Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the news, as it is most appreciated. Additional news is the winning of the GTS class race which was part of the American Le Mans Series by a Corvette C5R. Roland Smith Oakland, California - ----- Original Message ----- From: <SthRosner@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 8:20 AM Subject: [Leica] OT - Fifth F1 World Championship > For those who care, Michael Schumacher, driving for Ferrari, tied a world > record that many race fans believed would endure in perpetuity: Juan Manuel > Fangio's five world championships. In winning the French Grand Prix at > Magny-Cours this afternoon, Schumacher clinched the championship, his third > in a row, with six races still to be run, the earliest the championship has > ever been won. Fangio is the only other G.P. driver to have won three > consecutive championships. > > Schumacher has 61 Formula One wins in 173 race starts; next most victories is > Alain Prost with 51. Prost also won four world championships, Ayrton Senna > three. > > Ferrari is closing on its fourth consecutive world constructor's > championship. Chapeaux to Michael and the entire Ferrari Scuderia. > > Seth 365GTC > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html