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2006 British Touring Car Race at Brands Hatch
2006 British Touring Car Race at Brands Hatch
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WikiProject British Motorsport aims to create, expand, update and standardize Wikipedia articles related to Motorsport in the United Kingdom.

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[edit] Introduction

Anyone who would like to take part in WikiProject British Motorsport is welcome to do so. The project aims primarily to create and standardize complete articles on all people, teams, races, and other aspects of Motorsport in the United Kingdom.

If you are interested, please feel free to help, and add your name to the list below. If you have any questions, please inquire on the project's talk page.

[edit] Goals

  1. To gather complete and accurate information in all British Motorsport-related articles
  2. To standardize the appearance of British Motorsport-related pages, such as articles on championships, drivers, constructors, circuits and races.
  3. To improve as many British Motorsport-related articles as possible to Good Article andFeatured Article standard through the Collaboration of the month.
  4. To keep all British Motorsport-related articles up-to-date

[edit] Members

Feel free to add yourself!

[edit] How to help

  • Add the WikiProject British Motorsport template to the top of the talk page of all approriate articles.
  • Improve any British Motorsport article
  • Standardise styles of articles following the guidelines below.

[edit] British Motorsport Featured Content

The following articles (or prior versions thereof) are some examples of what we believe British motorsport related articles should ideally look like, although none of them are perfect or complete.

Drivers
Circuits

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Constructors

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Others

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[edit] British Motorsport Good Articles

The following articles (or prior versions thereof) are some examples of British motorsport related articles that are of a high standard. However none of them are perfect or complete.

Drivers

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Circuits

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Constructors

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Others

[edit] Types of articles

[edit] Circuits

All circuits and motor racing venues in the United Kingdom should have an article written about them. In addition they should all be part of Category:Motor racing venues in the United Kingdom. All circuit layout images should ideally be in .svg format in the same style as used for Formula One circuits (See Pembrey Circuit as an example)

  • At the top, use the F1 Circuit infobox:
{{F1 circuit|
  Name          = Pembrey Circuit | 
  Location      = [[Carmarthenshire]], [[Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]|
  Image         = [[Image:Pembrey Motor Racing Circuit.svg|230px|Circuit layout of Pembrey with rallycross track shown in brown]] |
  Events        = [[British Rallycross]], [[British Truck Racing]], [[British Touring Car Championship]], [[Formula 3]] |
  Length_km     = 2.348  |
  Length_mi     =  1.456|
  Turns         = 8 |
  Record_time   = 50.079seconds |
  Record_driver = Brian Smith |
  Record_team   = Fortec Motorsport |
  Record_year   = 1997 |
}}

[edit] Drivers

  • Driver articles included in this project are all drivers of British nationality, and all drivers that have competed in British championships for an extended period of time. There is no set criteria for this, however someone like Yvan Muller who competed in BTCC for several seasons should qualify for this whilst an F1 driver who takes part in the British Grand Prix should not. All articles on BTCC drivers should be part of Category:British Touring Car Championship drivers and should contain the appropriate infobox. All articles on F1 drivers should be part of category Category:Formula One drivers and contain the approptiate infobox: {{F1 driver}} or {{Former F1 driver}}.
Example of BTCC driver template from James Thompson:
{{BTCC driver|
  Name = James Thompson |
  Image = [[Image:JamesThompsonSEAT.jpg|180px]] |
  Nationality = {{flagicon|ENG}} |
  Car number = 14|
  Team = [[SEAT|SEAT Sport UK]] |
  Car = [[SEAT León]] |
  Championships = 1 |
  Wins = 33 |
  Podiums = 106 |
  Poles = 29 |
  Fastest laps = 27 |
  First year = 1994 |
  First win = 1995 |
  Best position = 1st ([[2002 BTCC season|2002]], [[2004 BTCC season|2004]]) |
  Last season = 2004 |
  Last position = 1st (274 points) |
}}
Example of {{F1 driver}} from Jenson Button:
{{F1 driver|
  Name = Jenson Button |
  Image = [[Image:Jenson Button.jpg|222px]] |
  Caption = Button at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]] |
  Nationality = [[England|English]] |
  Car number = 12|
  Team = [[Honda F1|Honda Racing F1]] |
  Races = 114 |
  Championships = 0 |
  Wins = 1 |
  Podiums = 14 |
  Poles = 3 |
  Fastest laps = 0 |
  First race = [[2000 Australian Grand Prix]] |
  First win = [[2006 Hungarian Grand Prix]] |
  Last season = 2006 |
  Last position = 6th (31 points) |
}}
Example of {{Former F1 driver}} from Damon Hill:
{{Former F1 driver|
  Name = Damon Hill |
  Image = Damon_Hill_juillet_1995.jpg|[[1995 French Grand Prix]] |
  Nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]] |
  Years = [[1992 Formula One season|1992]] - [[1999 Formula One season|1999]] |
  Team(s) =  [[Brabham]], [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], [[Arrows]], [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] |
  Races = 122 |
  Championships = 1  ([[1996 Formula One season|1996]]) |
  Wins = 22 |
  Podiums = 42 |
  Poles = 20 |
  Fastest laps = 19 |
  First race = [[1992 British Grand Prix|1992]] [[British Grand Prix]] |
  First win =  [[1993 Hungarian Grand Prix|1993]] [[Hungarian Grand Prix]]|
  Last win =  [[1998 Belgian Grand Prix|1998]] [[Belgian Grand Prix]] |  Last race = [[1999 Japanese Grand Prix|1999]] [[Japanese Grand Prix]] |
}}

[edit] Constructors

  • All British F1 teams should have the F1 team infobox at the top. For other series, see WikiProject Motorsport:
 {{F1 team |
 Short_name    = Williams |
 Long_name     = [[BMW]].WilliamsF1 Team |
 Logo          = [[Image:BMW.WilliamsF1 Team.png|250px]] |
 Base          = [[Grove, Oxfordshire|Grove]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[United Kingdom]] |
 Principal     = [[Frank Williams]] |
 Director      = [[Sam Michael]] |
 Drivers       = 3. [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] <br /> 4. [[Ralf Schumacher]] |
 Test_drivers  = [[Antonio Pizzonia]] <br /> [[Marc Gené]] |
 Chassis       = Williams FW26 |
 Engine        = [[BMW]] P84 |
 Tyres         = [[Michelin]] |
 Debut         = [[1978 Argentine Grand Prix|1978]] [[Argentine Grand Prix]] |
 Races         = 496 |
 Cons_champ    = 9 ([[1980]], [[1981]], [[1986]], [[1987]], [[1992]], [[1993]], [[1994]],
[[1996]], [[1997]]) |
 Drivers_champ = 7 ([[1980]], [[1982]], [[1987]], [[1992]], [[1993]], [[1996]], [[1997]]) |
 Wins          = 113 |
 Poles         = 124 |
 Fastest_laps   = 127 |
 Last_season   = 2004 |
 Last_position = 4th (88 points)

}}

[edit] To do

To add or remove tasks, edit this page.

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject British Motorsport: edit · history · watch · refresh
  • Update:
    • Since motorsport is a constantly-changing subject, its pages need constant updating. Please help keep drivers statistics etc. up-to-date!
  • Clean up:
  • Miscellaneous:

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