Mercedes s'illustre très tôt en Grand Prix puisque trois voitures sont engagées lors du Premier Grand Prix de l'histoire automobile, au Circuit du Mans en 1906.Toutefois, les années 1930 constituent une période-clé dans l'histoire sportive de la marque par la volonté d'Adolf Hitler de démontrer la supériorité de l'Allemagne, Mercedes-Benz et Auto Union sont ainsi soutenues ...

Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE HonFREng (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes.In Formula One, Hamilton has won a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Michael Schumacher), and holds the records for the most wins (103), pole positions (103), and podium finishes (191), among others.

Silver Arrows (German: Silberpfeil) was the nickname given by the press to Germany's dominant Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union Grand Prix motor racing cars between 1934 and 1939. The name was later applied to the Mercedes-Benz Formula One and sports cars in 1954 and 1955, then to the Group C prototype racing sports cars that were successful at the Le Mans in the late …

Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe FBA (/ ˈ æ n s k ə m /; 18 March 1919 – 5 January 2001), usually cited as G. E. M. Anscombe or Elizabeth Anscombe, was a British analytic philosopher.She wrote on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophical logic, philosophy of language, and ethics.She was a prominent figure of analytical Thomism, a Fellow …

Origin. The Optimist was designed in 1947 by American Clark Mills at the request of the Clearwater Florida Optimist service club following a proposal by Major Clifford McKay to offer low-cost sailing for young people. The Optimist Club ran a soap box derby, but wanted more than a single-day event.Thus they were looking for a low-cost equivalent for sailing.

A corvette is a small warship.It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or "rated") warship.The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the sloop-of-war.The modern types of ships below a corvette are coastal patrol craft, missile boat and fast attack craft.

Julie d'Aubigny (1670/1673 – 1707), better known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was a 17th-century French opera singer. Little is known for certain about her life; her tumultuous career and flamboyant lifestyle were the subject of gossip, rumor, and colourful stories in her own time, and inspired numerous fictional and semi-fictional portrayals afterwards.

Kingdom Hearts II is a 2005 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Buena Vista Games for the PlayStation 2 video game console.The game is a sequel to Kingdom Hearts, and like the original game, combines characters and settings from Disney films with those of Square Enix's Final Fantasy series. An expanded re-release of the …

Louis Alexandre Chiron (3 August 1899 – 22 June 1979) was a Monégasque racing driver who competed in rallies, sports car races, and Grands Prix.. Among the greatest drivers between the two World Wars, his career embraced over thirty years, …

James Allison (born 21 February 1968) is an English motorsport designer and engineer, best known for his accomplishments in Formula 1, where he is the chief technical officer of Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team from July 2021.