HRL Wiki Style Guide

With so many people from so many different countries adding and editing articles on this wiki, it's hard to keep things consistent. Most media organisations have a 'style guide' to help with this. The following is a set of guidelines which will help keep the HRL wiki easy and enjoyable to read.

## Cars

Brake disc, not disk

Capital letters in car designations. eg; Porsche 917**K**, Ferrari 312**PB.** However, Lola T70 Mk3 (lower case k)

Engines: V8, I4, Flat-12 (never F12)

Fuel, Petrol, or Diesel. Never "gas"

Supercharger, not "Blower" or "Kompressor"

## Corners

**Brands Hatch**

* Clearways refers to the straight between Stirlings and Clark Curve.

**Circuit de la Sarthe**

* Circuit de la Sarthe when referring to the track, Le Mans when referring to the race or the town.
* "Mulsanne" refers to the straight. The corner at the end of it is "Mulsanne corner"

* Maison Blanche, not White House
* Dunlop curve (turn 1) and Dunlop Chicane (turns 2 and 3 on the modern layout) Never simply "Dunlop"

**Monaco**

* In the pre-1973 layout of the track, the final corner is **Gasometer**
* For races pre-1973, **Station Hairpin**. up to 1997, **Loews Hairpin**. 1998 - 2003; **Grand Hotel Hairpin.** 2004 onward it is known as the **Fairmont hairpin.**
* **Swimming pool** refers to turns 13 - 16 on the modern layout. Avoid "Piscine", because nobody knows what that is.

**Spa-Francorchamps**

* When referring to Spa-Francorchamps, use the full title on first mention, then "Spa" from then on

* **Eau Rouge** refers to the entire Eau Rouge - Raidillion complex

* Turn 11 at modern Spa-Francorchamps is **Speakers Corner** as Jacky Ickx doesnt exist in this universe
* **Masta kink** refers to both the left and right handers that break up the back straight on the pre-1979 layout

**Nurburgring**

* Flugplatz refers to the section from the crest of the hill to the exit of the 2nd corner after it.

* Karussell, not Carousel

## General Grammar

**A&E or ER?** Avoid these abbreviations as they are country specific. "The driver was taken to the ER" should be written "The driver was taken to hospital".

**British spelling**. For example;

* **Colour**, not color
* **Tyre,** not tire
* **Metre**, not meter (Unless talking about a measuring device, such as a Speedometer)
* **Mum**, not mom
* **Analyse**, not analyze
* **Defence**, not defense
* **Travelling**, not traveling

However, there are come exceptions;

* **Analog**, not analogue
* **Estrogen**, not Oestrogen
* **Leukemia**, not Leukaemia

**Championship possessive apostrophes:** The championships are owned by all of the drivers and all of the teams, so the apostrophe should go after the s; **Drivers' Championship, Constructors' Championship**

**en route:** not on route

**Female** not “woman” in such phrases as "Female driver"

**Concrete:** Cement and Concrete and not interchangeable. Cement is an ingredient of Concrete. eg: "Ashwood hit the Concrete wall"

**Constructors' Championship:** There have been many names for it throughout history, but we'll stick with Constructor's and Driver's championships for simplicity.

**Currency:** Use whatever currency is appropriate for the situation. Enzo Ferrari does not deal in Rupee.

**Dates:** Formatted dd/mm/yyyy, and written [Day]th of[Month] [Year]. eg; 16/07/1978, or 16th of July1978.

**Formula** **One**, or **F1** in headings. Never **Formula** **1**.

**Grand Prix:** Plural: **Grands Prix**

**Mercedes** or Mercedes-Benz. Both are acceptable.

**McLaren**. (Capital after the Mc)

**Million:** Use m for sums of money, units or inanimate objects: $10m, 45m tonnes of coal, but **million** for people or animals: 1 million people, 23 million rabbits, etc.

**OK** is OK; okay is not

**Oxford comma:** A comma before the final “and” in lists: straightforward ones (he ate ham, eggs and chips) do not need one, but sometimes it can help the reader (he ate cereal, kippers, bacon, eggs, toast and marmalade, and tea).

Sometimes it is essential: compare
Dingley dedicated the win to his parents, Uncle Cletus, and Cousin Betty-Sue
with
Dingley dedicated the win to his parents, Uncle Cletus and Cousin Betty-Sue

**Senior:** abbreviate to **Sr** not Sen or Snr.

**Tense**: The clue is in the title; **Historic** Racing League. Keep it past tense.

**Units**

* **Speed**: Kilometres per hour, and abbreviated kph. To convert from mph, multiply by 1.6
* **Distance**: Metres or Kilometres, abbreviated m and km respectively. Feet and inches only when talking about the height of a person.
* **Power**: Horsepower, abbreviated hp.
* **Torque**: Foot-pounds, abbreviated ft-lb

## Places

**Ardennes Forest:**Spa is in the Ardennes forest, but near the towns of Stavelot and Malmedy. Generally try to avoid using towns to describe Spa-Francorchamps.

**Ceylon:** When referring to Sri Lanka before 1948. eg; "Born in Colombo, Ceylon, 18th of June 1946"

**Former Soviet republics** and their collective nouns:

* **Armenia** - **Armenian**

* **Azerbaijan** - **Azerbaijani**
* **Belarus** - **Belarusian**
* **Estonia** - **Estonian**
* **Georgia** - **Georgian**
* **Kazakhstan** - **Kazakh**
* **Kyrgyzstan** - **Kyrgyz**
* **Latvia** - **Latvian**
* **Lithuania** - **Lithuanian**
* **Moldova** - **Moldovan**
* **Russia** - **Russian**
* **Tajikistan** - **Tajik**
* **Turkmenistan** - **Turkmen** (singular; Turkman)
* **Ukraine** - **Ukrainian** (Never “the Ukraine”)
* **Uzbekistan** - **Uzbek**

**Imola:**Generally refers to the **Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari**, located in Imola, Italy. San Marino is a seperate micronation. The track is not in San Marino, despite races there often being called the **San Marino Grand Prix**

**Monaco:** Refers to the principality as a whole. **Monte Carlo** is the neighbourhood where the circuit is located. When refering to the track; "Van Damme's win at Monaco" or "Van Damme's win in Monte Carlo" are both acceptable.

**Rhodesia:** When refering to Zimbabwe pre-1964.