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McLaren ___MASK16___ Limited , competing as McLaren Honda , is a British Formula One team based at the McLaren Technology Centre , Woking , Surrey , England . McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in and won the Indianapolis 500 and the ___MASK18___ - American Challenge Cup ( Can - Am ). The team is the second oldest active team after Ferrari . They are one of the most successful teams in Formula One history , having won 182 races , 12 drivers ' championships and eight constructors ' championships . The team is a wholly owned subsidiary of McLaren Technology Group . Magny - Cours is a commune in the Nièvre department in central ___MASK37___ . KV ___MASK16___ Technology is an auto ___MASK16___ team that competes in the IndyCar Series . The team was originally formed as PK ___MASK16___ before the 2003 season by Australian businessman Kevin Kalkhoven and former Formula One team manager Craig Pollock from the remnants of the PacWest team . Michael Schumacher ( born 3 ___MASK89___ 1969 ) is a German retired ___MASK16___ driver . He is a seven - time Formula One World Champion and is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time . He was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year twice . He won two titles with Benetton in and before moving to Ferrari where he drove for eleven years . His time with Ferrari yielded five consecutive titles between and . The 2004 Monaco Grand Prix ( formally the LXII Grand Prix de Monaco ) was a ___MASK73___ motor race held on 23 ___MASK57___ 2004 , at the Circuit de Monaco ; contested over 77 laps , it was the sixth race of the ___MASK58___ . The race was won by the Renault driver Jarno Trulli . The BAR driver , Jenson Button finished in second position , one second behind Trulli . Rubens Barrichello took the third and final podium spot for Ferrari . ___MASK37___ , officially the ___MASK81___ Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of ___MASK37___ extends from the Mediterranean ___MASK49___ to the English Channel and the North ___MASK49___ , and from the Rhine to the ___MASK5___ . Overseas ___MASK37___ include ___MASK81___ Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . ___MASK37___ spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . Auto ___MASK16___ ( also known as car ___MASK16___ , motor ___MASK16___ or automobile ___MASK16___ ) is a sport involving the ___MASK16___ of automobiles for competition . Circuit de Nevers Magny - Cours , which has a capacity of 90 , 000 , is a motor ___MASK16___ circuit located in central France , near the towns of Magny - Cours and Nevers , some 250 km ( 160 miles ) from Paris . ___MASK73___ ( also Formula 1 or F1 and officially the FIA ___MASK73___ World Championship ) is the highest ___MASK98___ of single - seat auto ___MASK16___ that is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l ' Automobile ( FIA ). The FIA ___MASK73___ World Championship has been the premier form of ___MASK16___ since the inaugural season in ___MASK40___ , although other ___MASK73___ races were regularly held until 1983 . The " formula ", designated in the name , refers to a set of rules , to which all participants ' cars must conform . The F1 season consists of a series of races , known as " Grands Prix " ( from French , meaning grand prizes ), held worldwide on purpose - built F1 circuits and public roads . Nevers ( Latin : " Noviodunum ", later " Nevirnum " and " Nebirnum ") is the prefecture of the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne - Franche - Comté region in central ___MASK37___ . It was the principal ___MASK3___ of the former province of Nivernais . It is south - southeast of Paris . Rubens " Rubinho " Gonçalves Barrichello (, born 23 ___MASK57___ 1972 ) is a Brazilian racing driver who competed in Formula One between and . After losing his seat at the Williams F1 team , Barrichello moved to the IndyCar Series in 2012 with KV Racing Technology . After only one year and being unable to find a ride for the 2013 season , Barrichello moved back to Brazil to participate in the Brazilian Stock Car V8 Series , winning the championship in 2014 while driving for Full Time Sports . Jarno Trulli ( born 13 ___MASK91___ 1974 ) is an Italian ___MASK16___ driver . He competed in Formula One from 1997 to 2011 , driving for Minardi , Prost , Jordan , Renault , Toyota , Lotus ___MASK16___ and Team Lotus . His best result in the World Drivers ' Championship was sixth place in ; this was also the year in which he scored the only win of his Formula One career at the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix . The 2004 ___MASK81___ Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 4 ___MASK91___ 2004 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny - Cours . This race has become famous for a 4 stop strategy used by Michael Schumacher to beat Fernando Alonso ' s Renault . Rubens Barrichello finished third in his Ferrari , having overtaken Jarno Trulli in the last corners of the last lap . The Fédération Internationale de l ' Automobile ( FIA , ___MASK47___ : International Automobile Federation ) is an association established as the " Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus " ( AIACR , ___MASK47___ : ' International Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs ') on 20 ___MASK42___ 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users . To the general public , the FIA is mostly known as the governing body for many auto racing events . The FIA also promotes road safety around the world . Fernando Alonso Díaz ( born 29 ___MASK91___ 1981 ) is a Spanish Formula One ___MASK16___ driver and a double World Champion who is currently ___MASK16___ for McLaren - Honda . Minardi was an Italian automobile ___MASK16___ team and constructor founded in Faenza in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi . It competed in the Formula One World Championship from 1985 until 2005 with little success , nevertheless acquiring a loyal following of fans . In 2001 , to save the team from folding , Minardi sold it to Australian businessman Paul Stoddart , who ran the team for five years before selling it on to Red Bull in 2005 who renamed it Scuderia Toro Rosso . The IndyCar ___MASK100___ ( currently known as the Verizon IndyCar ___MASK100___ for sponsorship reasons ) is the premier level of open ___MASK26___ ___MASK16___ in North America . Its parent company began in 1996 as a competitor to CART known as the Indy ___MASK16___ League ( IRL ) which was created by then Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George . In 2008 , the IndyCar ___MASK100___ merged with the Champ Car World ___MASK100___ ( formerly CART ). The series is sanctioned by INDYCAR . ___MASK75___ ( French : ) is the capital and most populous ___MASK3___ of France . It has an area of and a population in 2013 of 2 , 229 , 621 within its administrative limits . The ___MASK3___ is both a commune and department , and forms the centre and headquarters of the Île - de - France , or ___MASK75___ Region , which has an area of and a population in 2014 of 12 , 005 , 077 , comprising 18 . 2 percent of the population of France .