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4 unusual facts about Formula


Cement chemist notation

The phase composition of a particular cement can be quantified through a complex set of calculation known as the Bogue Formula.

Formula-G

The last race was done in Ankara, Turkey on 2007.The first and second positions in this year was held by the teams of Istanbul Technical University.

Formula-G or Turkish Solar Car Grand Prix is a solar car championship.

Mathematical constants and functions

Formula: For use in programs like Mathematica or Wolfram Alpha.


1961 Kanonloppet

This race featured some local drivers who did not compete regularly in Formula One, and also the multiple world motorcycle champion Geoff Duke.

1966 Monaco Grand Prix

It was the opening round of the 1966 Formula One season, the first of a new era for Formula One, the 'return to power' as engine regulations were altered from 1.5 litres of maximum engine displacement to 3.0 litres.

1979 European Formula Two season

Chevron hired experienced Formula 1 designer Tony Southgate to create the B48 ground effects car with Paul Owens, based on the 1978 B42 chassis.

2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship

The 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup will be the 16th British Formula Renault Winter Series and the second all BARC championship only winter series.

2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season

The FIA European Formula 3 Championship is a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that will be held across Europe.

2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season

Matthieu Vaxivière, who finished tenth in the 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series, will enter the championship with Lotus.

Adam Macrow

Adams formula ford title was the first title for the Australian manufacturer of Spectrum Cars, which to this day have run drivers such as Mark Winterbottom and John Martin

Afzelechin

Afzelechin-(4alpha→8)-afzelechin (molecular formula : C30H26O10, molar mass : 546.52 g/mol, exact mass : 546.152597, CAS number : 101339-37-1, Pubchem CID : 12395) is a B type proanthocyanidin.

Aikin

Aikinite, sulfide mineral of lead, copper and bismuth with formula PbCuBiS3

Albanian literature

Of special importance in supporting this are: a baptizing formula (Unte paghesont premenit Atit et Birit et spertit senit) of 1462, written in Albanian within a text in Latin by the bishop of Durrës, Pal Engjëlli; a glossary with Albanian words of 1497 by Arnhold von Harff, a German who had travelled through Albania, and a 15th-century fragment from the Bible from the Gospel of Matthew, also in Albanian, but in Greek letters.

Aldo Biscardi

In 1993, Biscardi moved to Tele+ and took on the range of sports offered by that channel, re-introducing the Il Processo di Biscardi programme with the same formula and name, followed, in 1996, by another move to Telemontecarlo.

Animalistic

It was released only in Japan on November 15, 2006 (see 2006 in music) by Formula Recordings, led by the single "Watch It."

Bessel's correction

In statistics, Bessel's correction, named after Friedrich Bessel, is the use of n − 1 instead of n in the formula for the sample variance and sample standard deviation, where n is the number of observations in a sample: it corrects the bias in the estimation of the population variance, and some (but not all) of the bias in the estimation of the population standard deviation.

BMW M12

The Megatron programme ended as a result of a change of Formula One engine rules which banned turbocharged engines at the end of 1988, with American driver Eddie Cheever achieving the old BMW engine's last podium finish with third place in the 1988 Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Boltzmann's entropy formula

In 1934, Swiss physical chemist Werner Kuhn successfully derived a thermal equation of state for rubber molecules using Boltzmann's formula, which has since come to be known as the entropy model of rubber.

Buddha Gujjar

Syed Noor has, during the last decade or so, acquired the status of the filmmaker in Pakistan but his critics say his movies seldom defy the 'formula'.

Chris Forsberg

He teamed up with Corey Hosford for 2013 season of Formula Drift and they have been touring together since.

Dalby's Carminative

Dalby's Carminative was a medicinal product formula originally made by James Dalby of London, England, in the late 1770s.

Daniel Brailovsky

He was then a correspondent for SportsCenter and Fútbol Picante, as well as the radio/TV show ESPN Radio Formula.

Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula

The Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula (or DFP; named after William C. Davidon, Roger Fletcher, and Michael J. D. Powell) finds the solution to the secant equation that is closest to the current estimate and satisfies the curvature condition (see below).

Diran Noubar

Noubar is also currently working on a Documentary about Italian Formula One Legend Riccardo Patrese

Eoin Young

He initially worked with Denny Hulme for the Formula Junior series in Europe, and then in 1962 he became Bruce McLaren's secretary.

Eugène Schueller

As a young French chemist and 1904 graduate of the Institut de Chimie Appliquée de Paris (now Chimie ParisTech), Eugene Schueller developed in 1907 an innovative hair-color formula.

Formula of Concord

The Formula of Concord was not accepted by Lutherans in Hesse, Zweibrücken, Anhalt, Pommeranian (Land), Holstein, Denmark, Sweden, Nürnberg, Strassburg, and Magdeburg, and the government of Queen Elizabeth I of England lobbied in its German embassies to prevent acceptance of it among the German estates.

Formula One Arcade

Formula One Arcade is a racing video game developed by Studio 33 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation.

Formula Rossa

Ferrari Formula One drivers, Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso rode the Formula Rossa on November 11, 2010, 3 days before the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Hascombe Court

It was owned by the broadcaster and television presenter Chris Evans, until sold to Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky who, in turn, sold it to Ron Dennis, the boss of Formula One racing team, McLaren F1.

Hudson Hornet

The Gran Turismo developer, Polyphony Digital is confirmed the 1954 Hudson Hornet will be rebuild on December, also will feature this car on the racing simulator "Gran Turismo 6", and the former Formula 1 world champion, Mario Andretti to talk about the early racing life story for filming the GT6 and Mario's documentary "First Love".

Ian Fergusson

In his BBC biography, Fergusson cites his longstanding interest in Formula One motor-racing and has often indicated that he is a supporter of 2008 F1 World Champion & McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton.

Lotus Mark III

In 1951, Chapman began to focus on a car for road racing, rather than trials, to compete in the 750 Motor Club formula, which used the Austin 7 as a basis.

Matroid partitioning

A formula proved by Crispin Nash-Williams characterizes the arboricity exactly: it is the maximum, over all subgraphs H of the given graph G, of the quantity E(H)|}{|V(H)|-1}\right\rceil.

Melde's experiment

Later, the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell in his study of the wave nature of light succeeded in expressing waves and the electromagnetic spectrum in a mathematical formula.

Miss Victory

Her true identity is Dr. Joan Wayne, a research scientist in the United States Department of Defense, who in the 1940s developed the "V-47 formula" to increase the strength/stamina of allied troops.

Monochloride

Selenium monochloride, an inorganic compound with the formula Se2Cl2

Oastler

Malcolm Oastler (1959-) - British Formula One designer and director

Panettone

Peru's Antonio D'Onofrio, son of immigrants hailing from Caserta, Italy, spawned his own brand using the Alemagna formula, which he licensed along with the packaging style.

Pontiac

The Firebird continued to fly high on the success of the 'Smokey and the Bandit' film, still offering Formula and Trans Am packages, plus a Pontiac first- a turbocharged V-8, for the 1980 and 1981 model years.

Pythagenpat

The formula's name is derived from Baseball Prospectus' Clay Davenport's Pythagenport formula, which attempts to perform the same function.

Quadratic formula

The Indian mathematician Brahmagupta (597–668 AD) was first to clearly describe the quadratic formula, although prior civilizations had investigated quadratic equations, understood them fairly well, and developed methods for solving them.

Rand formula

Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ivan Rand, the eponym of this law, introduced this formula in 1946 as an arbitration decision ending the Ford Strike of 1945 in Windsor, Ontario.

Robert Tyrrell

Ken Tyrrell or Robert Kenneth Tyrrell (1924–2001), British Formula Two racing driver

San Marino Grand Prix

In contrast to motorbike racing, where there have been riders from San Marino, like Manuel Poggiali and Alex De Angelis, Formula One has never had competitors from the small country and as such no San Marinese drivers ever competed in the Grand Prix.

Scion tC

For the 2009/10 Formula Drift seasons, Tanner Foust competed using a Rockstar, AEM and Toyo Tire sponsored Scion tC converted to RWD, built by Papadakis Racing.

Silicone

F. S. Kipping coined the word "silicone" in 1901 to describe polydiphenylsiloxane by analogy of its formula, Ph2SiO (Ph stands for phenyl, C6H5), with the formula of the ketone benzophenone, Ph2CO.

SimTower

The South China Morning Post praised the game's formula, noting that it followed in the footsteps of previous open-ended Maxis games.

Trace formula

Arthur–Selberg trace formula, also known as invariant trace formula, Jacquet's relative trace formula, simple trace formula, stable trace formula

Trevor Blokdyk

He continued in Formula Junior in 1964 and then moved into Formula 3 and scored some good results, including a win at Magny-Cours and Nogaro.

You Are the Champion

Often used during sporting events, especially for victory celebrations, a special version was recorded by Scorpions and Michael Kleitmann in honor of Michael Schumacher winning his seventh F1 Formula One Championship.


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