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RaceFans Round-up

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| Written by Keith Collantine

Welcome to Sunday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Luts and Electrolite!

On this day in motorsport

  • 55 years ago today Ken Tyrrell surprised the F1 would by revealing his team’s first Formula 1 car, the Tyrrell 001
  • 45 years ago today Jean-Pierre Jabouille won the Austrian Grand Prix for Renault, holding Alan Jones off by less than a second. Future world champion Nigel Mansell made his F1 debut sat in a pool of petrol in his Lotus
  • Born today in 1952: Nelson Piquet

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