shakira sang don't tell me cuz it hurts.
who sings don't tell me cuz it hurts?
shakira
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throughout the 1990s van diemen began to dominate the formula ford market. throughout the decade the constructor won the british formula ford championship five times and the festival seven times. jason plato won the first formula renault eurocup driving for the duckhams van diemen factory team. bobby verdon-roe won the british formula renault in 1991 in a customer entered van diemen. the 1991 season marked the debut of the formula vauxhall junior spec racing series. because of van diemens success in the formula ford, the marque was contracted to build all formula vauxhall junior cars for the 1991 season. this racing car did not use aerodynamic features like wings, but used slick tires. the first championship was won by future indycar driver dario franchitti. for 1992 van diemen re-entered the formula 3 market. this was the first composite chassis baring the van diemen name, it was built by precision composites. the car raced in the japanese f3, german f3 and the french f3 championships. franc ten wolde raced in five races of the german f3 in a mugen powered rf92 entered by dutch racing team nomag racing. ten wolde finished once, in eleventh place. nomag entered ten wolde in the 1992 masters of formula 3 where he finished thirteenth. the honda powered cars entered in the japanese f3 and french f3 had little success entering only a few races. after this disappointing season van diemen did not return to formula 3. with the demise of formula ford 2000, van diemen began to export its cars to the united states. 1992 was a successful year for van diemen in the american f2000 series. greg ray won the scca f2000 championship. back in europe james matthews, driving for manor motorsport, won the 1994 formula renault eurocup in a van diemen. van diemen cars won the first two official usf2000 championships in 1995 and 1996 with jeret schroeder and steve knapp. van diemen dominated the series winning all drivers and constructors titles until the series folded after the 2006 season. many aspiring drivers won races with the british brand like buddy rice and dan wheldon. the constructor continued to win in the british formula renault winning the title again in 1995 with guy smith. the following seasons the van diemen chassis became less successful in formula renault. competition from mygale, tatuus and other smaller chassis manufacturers prevented van diemen from being competitive in the eurocup. the cars remained competitive in the british championship fighting for the title against factory entered tatuus chassis. 1998 marked the final year for van diemen in formula renault with tim mullen and vitor meira finishing third and fourth in customer entered cars. as of 1998 van diemen was contracted to build all the cars for the formula palmer audi championship which ran until 2010.
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