RaceFans Round-up

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| Written by Keith Collantine

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

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Brendan, Catalina, drmouse and Ramatlhodi!

On this day in motorsport

  • Born 99 years ago today: Maria Theresa de Filippis, the first woman to start an F1 race, who did so at the 1958 Belgian Grand Prix driving a Maserati 250F. She passed away in 2016
  • Born today in 1998: Ferrari junior driver Callum Ilott
  • 30 years ago today Damon Hill took pole position for F1’s final grand prix at Adelaide

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