Oliver Bearman, Lance Stroll, Shanghai International Circuit, 2025

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

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Lee!

On this day in motorsport

Eddie Jordan, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, 2023
Eddie Jordan, who died earlier this month, would have been 77 today
  • Born on this day in 1948: Eddie Jordan, who entered F1 with his eponymous team in 1991 and saw them win four grands prix before he sold up in 2005. He passed away earlier this month.
  • Born on this day in 1961: Mike Thackwell, who entered a handful of grands prix in the early eighties, won the Formula 2 title in 1984 but never got the break in grand prix racing many thought he deserved
  • 45 years ago today Nelson Piquet scored his first F1 victory at Long Beach but Clay Regazzoni suffered paralysis after a huge crash in his Ensign

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