Leonardo Fornaroli, McLaren, Circuit of the Americas, 2026

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

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Aslan Lateh!

On this day in motorsport

  • 25 years ago today Ralf Schumacher won the Canadian Grand Prix for Williams. His brother Michael finished second for Ferrari.
  • Born today in 1941: Dave Walker, who ended his only full season of F1 in 1972 point-less while his team mate Emerson Fittipaldi won the world championship
  • 20 years ago today Lewis Hamilton won the first GP2 race of the British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone for ART

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Lifelong motor sport fan Keith set up RaceFans in 2005 – when it was originally called F1 Fanatic. Having previously worked as a motoring journalist, Keith began running the site full-time in 2010, achieving a long-held ambition to dedicate his full attention to his passion for motor racing. View all posts by Keith Collantine