RaceFans Round-up
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| Written by Keith Collantine
Happy new year to all our readers! Welcome to the first RaceFans round-up of 2026.
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to dsob and Michael Hu!
On this day in motorsport
- Born on this day in 1945: Future Le Mans 24 Hours winner and F1 championship runner-up Jacky Ickx
- Born on this day in 1963: Jean-Marc Gounon, who started nine grands prix for Minardi and Simtek
- Born on this day in 1981: Zsolt Baumgartner, the only Hungarian driver ever to race in Formula 1