Gene, Marc - - -started out as a Minardi rent-a-driver, but has now taken a job as tester with BAR
German Grand Prix - - -The German Grand Prix, or GROßER MOBIL 1 PREIS VON DEUTSCHLAND, has been run every year since 1951, with the exception of 1960. All but two of the first 18 races (BERLIN 1959 and HOCKENHEIM 1970) and another in 1985, were run on the daunting NURBURGRING circuit in the Eifel Mountains in southeastern Germany. In 1977, the race moved to its current home at HOCKENHEIM, near Stuttgart, in southwestern Germany. This 6.823-km circuit is a far cry from the NURBURGRING of the 1950s and 1960s, which was more than three times as long. Four drivers - Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina, Jackie Stewart of Scotland, and Brazilians Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna - have each registered three victories in the German Grand Prix.
Goodyear - - -American tyre manufacturer, based in Akron, Ohio, which withdrew from Formula One at the end of the 1998 season following a highly successful involvement with the sport.
Grand Prix de Belgique - - -See BELGIAN GRAND PRIX.
Grand Prix of Canada - - -Currently the AIR CANADA GRAND PRIX OF CANADA, the event has been run at various tracks over the years, including MOSPORT and MONT-TREMBLANT. Home of the Canadian Grand Prix since 1967 is the CIRCUIT GILLES VILLENEUVE on ILE NOTRE-DAME, near Montreal.
Grand Prix de France F1 - - -The most "well-travelled" event on the Grand Prix calendar, the French Grand Prix has been held on seven different circuits in 48 years: REIMS, ROUEN, CLERMONT-FERRAND, LE MANS, DIJON, PAUL RICARD and MAGNY-COURS. Since 1991, the home of the event has been the 4.25-km Magny-Cours circuit in central France, south of Nevers. Multiple winners include Alain Prost (six wins), Juan Manuel Fangio, Nigel Mansell and Michael Schumacher (four wins each), and Jackie Stewart and Jack Brabham (three each).
Grand Prix of Holland - - -Some 30 editions of the DUTCH GRAND PRIX were run from 1952 to 1985 at Zandvoort, a town on the North Sea. The legendary Scot Jim Clark won four races, while Scotland's Jackie Stewart and Austrian, Niki Lauda, recorded three victories each.
Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco - - -The most famous Formula One race of them all, the Monaco Grand Prix was first run there in 1950, and won by the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina in an Alfa Romeo 158. After a hiatus of four years, the race returned in 1955, and has been run through the streets of the Principality of MONTE CARLO ever since. The late Ayrton Senna of Brazil won six times (1987, 1989-93), while Britain's Graham Hill scored five victories (1963-65 and 1968-69). Michael Schumacher leads the current generation of drivers with three wins (1994-95, Benetton and 1997, Ferrari).
Gran Premio de España - - -See SPANISH GRAND PRIX.
Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina - - -See ARGENTINE GRAND PRIX.
Gran Premio di San Marino - - -See SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX.
Gran Premio do Brasil - - -See BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX.
Grip - - -The lateral force generated when a car is cornering, the level of grip a chassis can generate is affected by such variables as tyres, suspension design and aerodynamics. The more grip a car can generate, the faster it should be able to corner.
Grooved tyres - - -Introduced at the beginning of the 1998 season in a bid to reduce cornering speeds and increase overtaking opportunities, the previous slick (treadless) tyres used for dry weather racing in Formula One were required to have longitudinal grooves (three at the front, four at the rear) moulded into the tread. These grooves reduced the contact patch area of the tyre (that part of the tyre in contact with the ground at any given instant) by 17 per cent. For the 1999 season, Formula One front tyres will feature an extra longitudinal groove.
Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland - - -See GERMAN GRAND PRIX.
Grosser Preis von Osterreich - - -See AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX.
Ground effects - - -The DOWNFORCE generated by a car can be gained by either increasing the pressureof air pushing down on the car (through airfoils, and bodywork design) or by reducing the pressure under the car pushing it up. By management of the airflow beneath a race car in such a way as to create a low-pressure area under the car, it is "sucked" down onto the track surface. It is this management of the air under the which is known as Ground Effects .In aerodynamics, the ground effect is a force pushing upwards under the car and so this management is to reduce the ground effect. By increasing the amount of aerodynamic DOWNFORCE that can be generated by a car, it can corner at higher speeds than would normally be the case.