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unusual facts about Constructor


Constructor

Constructor Group AS, a Norwegian-based group specialising in shelving, racking and storage systems


1872 in Denmark

27 July – Jens Olsen, clockmaker, locksmith and astromechanic, constructor of the World Clock in Copenhagen City Hall (d. 1945)

1979 United States Grand Prix West

Canadian Gilles Villeneuve captured pole, fastest lap and the win for Ferrari, followed by teammate Jody Scheckter, as the Prancing Horses took a big step toward reclaiming the Constructor's and Driver's Championships from Lotus.

1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix

Qualifying saw Mika Häkkinen take pole position in the McLaren-Mercedes - the first-ever for the Finnish driver, the first for McLaren since the 1993 Australian Grand Prix, and the first for Mercedes (as an engine supplier or constructor) since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix.

2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season

The championship will feature drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Italian constructor Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship.

Alberg

Carl Alberg (1900, Göteborg – 1986, Marblehead), ship engineer and sailboat constructor

Automobiles Martini

Automobiles Martini is a constructor of Formula racing cars from France, founded by Renato "Tico" Martini in 1965, when Martini and partner Bill Knight founded the Winfield Racing School at the Magny-Cours circuit.

Benetton

Benetton Formula, a Formula One constructor which became Renault F1 in 2002

Bertone

Giuseppe Bertone (called "Nuccio"), Italian automobile designer and constructor

Ceremonial ship launching

The christening party for the launch of the 64-gun ship-of-the-line Prince Royal in 1610 included the Prince of Wales and famed naval constructor Phineas Pett, who was master shipwright at the Woolwich yard.

Château de La Petite-Pierre

Count Hugo, either the son or grandson of the powerful Count of Blieskastel (fr), is held as the constructor.

European F3 Open Championship

All competitors must use Toyota's F3 engine, and chassis from the ubiquitous Italian constructor, Dallara.

Formula Holden

Cheetah Mk.9, Dome F102, Elfin FA891, Hocking 901, Hocking 911, Liston BF3, Lola T87/50, Lola T91/50, Lola T93/50, March 87B, Ralt RT4, Ralt RT20, Ralt RT21, Ralt RT23, Reynard 89D, Reynard 90D, Reynard 91D, Reynard 92D, Reynard 93D, Reynard 94D, Reynard 95D, Reynard 96D, Reynard 97D, Reynard 98D, Shrike NB89H, SPA 001, SPA 002, SPA 003

Forum Appii

Forum Appii an ancient post station on the Via Appia, 43 miles (69 km) southeast of Rome, founded, no doubt, by the original constructor of the road.

Four-wheel drive in Formula One

The resulting car consisted of the chassis of a BRM P261, the suspension of a P57, a 1.5-litre BRM P56 engine mounted back-to-front and Ferguson's transmission system, all put together by BRM apprentice Mike Pilbeam who was later to find fame as a constructor of hillclimb cars.

Galaksija Plus

The goal was to enhance original Galaksija while keeping the original goal of keeping things inexpensive and simple for the constructor.

Hiroshi Fushida

He unsuccessfully entered two Formula One Grands Prix with Maki, the first in The Netherlands in 1975 where a blown engine prevented him from starting, and the second at the British GP the same year, where he failed to qualify.

Honda RA099

Honda Racing had last competed in Formula One as a constructor in the 1960s but had pulled out of the sport, after its driver Jo Schlesser was killed in one of its cars in the 1968 French Grand Prix at Rouen.

HWM

Hersham and Walton Motors, a garage business, trading as HWM Aston Martin and HWM Alfa Romeo, and former racing car constructor

Jean Rondeau

Jean Rondeau (Le Mans, France, 13 May 1946 – Champagné, France, 27 December 1985) was a French race car driver and constructor, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1980, in a car bearing his own name, an achievement which remains unique in the history of the race.

Karol Jokl

Great constructor and passer, on which will always remember his teammate from ŠK Slovan Bratislava Ján Čapkovič.

Kazimierz Leski

Soon afterwards Leski became the head designer for the Orzeł class submarines: the future ORP Orzeł and ORP Sęp, as well as the deputy to the lead constructor Niemeier.

Lotus Renault

Team Lotus, which used Renault engines between 1983 and 1986 with the constructor name of Lotus Renault

Lotus F1, the current Formula One team which uses Renault engines with the constructor name of Lotus Renault

Marin Getaldić

Ghetaldić was the constructor of the parabolic mirror (66 cm in diameter), kept today at the National Maritime Museum in London.

Mario Theissen

In the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix Robert Kubica led Nick Heidfeld to finish first and second, giving BMW its first victory as a constructor.

MCEM 2 submachine gun

The MCEM-2 was developed by Jerzy Podsedkowski, a Polish constructor involved in work on Vis and Mors, who fled from occupied Poland to Britain.

McLaren M23

At the end of 1975 Fittipaldi left the team to join his brother's Copersucar-sponsored Fittipaldi Automotive team.

Panoz Auto Development

Panoz began by making their own car, the Esperante GTR-1, and have since acquired other manufacturers, including famous Formula Ford builders Van Diemen and Indy Racing League constructor G-Force Technologies.

PowerPlant

It was designed to work with a GUI editor called Constructor; unusually for such programs, Constructor was primarily a resource editor specializing primarily in UI elements, including several custom resource types, 'PPob' ("PowerPlant object" -- a general view description), 'CT Y P' (custom widgets), and Mcmd (used for dispatching menu-related events).

Sima Milutinović

Sima Milutinović (Serbian Cyrillic:Сима Милутиновић) (12 July 1899, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 11 December 1981, Belgrade, Yugoslavia), was a mechanical engineer and a professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Belgrade, the most prolific Yugoslav aircraft constructor.

Spice Engineering

Spice Engineering was a British racing team founded by driver Gordon Spice with his brother Derek Spice in the early 1980s, later becoming a successful sports car constructor in 1986.

Szamotuły

Hans Georg Friedrich Groß (1860-1924), German balloonist and airship constructor

Thorell

Sven Thorell (1888-1974), Swedish boat constructor, winner of Olympic Gold Medal in sailing in Amsterdam 1928

Tony Brise

Embassy Racing with Graham Hill

Transport in Iceland

Vegagerðin (Icelandic Roads Administration) is the legal owner and constructor of the roads, and oversees and maintains them as well.

Willi Krakau

During the late 1940s and early 1950s, he built a reputation as a constructor of special racing cars, sometimes based on the BMW 328, with which he enjoyed some success in various formulae including Formula Two.

William H. Zimmer Power Station

The constructor, the Henry J. Kaiser Company, had never built a nuclear power plant before (or since).

Y.O Concept

Y.O Concept is a French racecar constructor based in Cornillé, Brittany.

Zbigniew Burzyński

Zbigniew Burzyński (March 31, 1902 in Żółkiew near Lwów – December 30, 1971 in Warsaw), was a Polish balloonist and constructor of balloons, pioneer of Polish balloons, who twice won the Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning, also beat the world record.


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