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107% rule
The 107% rule is a Formula One qualifying regulation requiring every car to set a lap within 107% of the fastest Q1 time to start the race, unless stewards grant an exception.
12 Hours of Sebring
The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual 12-hour sports car endurance race held each March at Sebring International Raceway in Florida, first run in 1952.
1920 Tour de France
1920 Tour de France: 14th edition, 27 June–25 July, 5,503 km in 15 stages; Philippe Thys won his third Tour, first triple winner, ahead of seven Belgians; 113 started, 22 finished.
1927 Tour de France
1927 Tour de France, 21st edition, 19 June to 17 July, won by Nicolas Frantz (Alcyon) of Luxembourg; 24 stages, 5,398 km, staggered-start team time trial stages, 142 starters, 39 finishers.
1928 Tour de France
The 1928 Tour de France was the 22nd edition of the race, run from 17 June to 15 July over 22 stages and won by Luxembourg's Nicolas Frantz.
1930 Tour de France
1930 Tour de France, 29th edition (2–27 July, 21 stages, 4,818 km), first run with national teams instead of trade teams by Henri Desgrange, with the first publicity caravan; André Leducq won, Charles Pélissier took a record 8 stage wins.
1939 Tour de France
1939 Tour de France, 33rd edition, won by Belgium's Sylvère Maes (132h 03' 17", 31.987 km/h), his second win after 1936; René Vietto second. Last Tour before World War II; race suspended until 1947.
1947 Tour de France
1947 Tour de France, 34th edition, first Tour since 1939 after World War II. Jean Robic won in 148h11'25'' over 4,642 km and 21 stages, taking the yellow jersey only in the final kilometers, the only winner never to lead in race.
1950 Formula One season
The 1950 Formula One season was the first FIA Formula One World Championship: seven rounds from Silverstone, 13 May 1950, to Monza, won by Giuseppe Farina of Alfa Romeo over Juan Manuel Fangio under an 8-6-4-3-2 points system plus a fastest-lap point.
1950 Swiss Grand Prix
1950 Swiss Grand Prix, Grosser Preis der Schweiz, round 4 of the first F1 championship, held 4 June 1950 at Bremgarten, Bern. Giuseppe Farina won for Alfa Romeo from Fagioli; Fangio took pole but retired.
1951 Formula One season
The 1951 Formula One season, the second FIA World Championship, ran over 8 races; Juan Manuel Fangio won the drivers' title for Alfa Romeo with 31 points, while Ferrari took its first win at the British Grand Prix.
1952 Formula One season
1952 Formula One season, the sixth World Drivers' Championship, run to Formula Two 2-litre rules; Alberto Ascari won six of eight races for Ferrari and the title with 36 points over Farina and Taruffi.
1952 Swiss Grand Prix
The 1952 Swiss Grand Prix (Grand Prix de Suisse) was a Formula One race at Bremgarten, Berne, on 18 May 1952, won by Ferrari's Piero Taruffi.
1953 Tour de France
1953 Tour de France, 40th edition (3–26 July), fiftieth anniversary race; Louison Bobet won his first of three Tours, and the green jersey points competition was introduced.
1954 Formula One season
1954 Formula One season: fifth World Championship of Drivers, nine races, first 2.5-litre formula. Juan Manuel Fangio won his second title with 42 points and 6 wins, switching mid-season from Maserati to the returning Mercedes-Benz W196.
1955 Formula One season
1955 Formula One season: sixth FIA World Championship, seven races, won by Juan Manuel Fangio (Mercedes-Benz, 40 points) over Stirling Moss; marked by the Le Mans disaster and cancelled Grands Prix.
1955 Le Mans disaster
The 1955 Le Mans disaster: on 11 June 1955 at Circuit de la Sarthe, Pierre Levegh's Mercedes 300 SLR crashed into spectators, killing at least 82, motorsport's deadliest accident, prompting national racing bans and safety reform.
1958 Formula One season
1958 Formula One season: ninth FIA World Championship, 11 races. Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari) beat Stirling Moss 42-41 with one win; Vanwall won the first Constructors' Cup; Moss's Cooper-Climax Argentina win launched rear-engined F1.
1960 Formula One season
1960 Formula One season, 11th World Championship, final year of the 2.5-litre formula; Jack Brabham and Cooper won drivers' and constructors' titles, Brabham taking six wins as rear-engined cars ended the front-engined era.
1961 Formula One season
1961 Formula One season: 8-race F1 World Championship under the new 1.5-litre formula, dominated by Ferrari's mid-engined 156 Sharknose with five wins; Phil Hill beat von Trips 34-33 for the title after von Trips's fatal Monza crash.
1962 Tour de France
1962 Tour de France, 49th edition, first Tour with sponsored trade teams. Jacques Anquetil won his third Tour ahead of Planckaert and Poulidor over 4,274 km, 22 stages, Nancy to Paris.
1966 24 Hours of Le Mans
1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, 34th running, 18-19 June 1966: Ford GT40 Mk IIs finished 1-2-3, McLaren/Amon classified first over Miles/Hulme in a staged dead heat, ending Ferrari's six-year streak.
1966 Formula One season
1966 Formula One season: first year of the 3-litre formula, nine races from 22 May to 23 October. Jack Brabham won the drivers' title (42 points) in his own Brabham-Repco, which also took the constructors' championship; Surtees was runner-up.
1966 Tour de France
1966 Tour de France, 53rd edition, June 21 to July 14, 1966; won by Lucien Aimar (Ford-France) ahead of Jan Janssen and Raymond Poulidor; first Tour with dope tests, causing a riders' strike; Anquetil abandoned but helped Aimar.
1967 Formula One season
The 1967 Formula One season was the 18th FIA Formula One World Championship, run over 11 Grands Prix from 2 January to 22 October. Denny Hulme won the drivers' title for Brabham-Repco without a pole position; the Lotus 49 and Cosworth DFV debuted.
1968 Formula One season
1968 Formula One season: 12-race FIA World Championship won by Graham Hill (Lotus Ford, 48 points); Lotus took the constructors' standings with 62. Marked by the arrival of aerofoil wings and Jim Clark's death at Hockenheim in April.
1968 Tour de France
The 1968 Tour de France, the 55th edition, was won by Dutch rider Jan Janssen on the final time trial, the last Tour run by national teams.
1969 Formula One season
The 1969 Formula One season was the 23rd FIA Formula One World Championship, contested over eleven Grands Prix and won by Jackie Stewart of Great Britain in a Matra-Ford.
1969 Tour de France
1969 Tour de France, 56th edition (28 June–20 July 1969, Roubaix to Paris, 4,117 km, 22 stages). Won by Eddy Merckx on debut at 116h16'02'', 17'54" ahead of Pingeon, sweeping GC, points and mountains classifications.
1974 Formula One season
The 1974 Formula One season was won by Emerson Fittipaldi of McLaren, who beat Ferrari's Clay Regazzoni in a title showdown decided at the final race.