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

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Sumedh and Joe Papp!

On this day in motorsport

Mansell spun but won at Spa today in 1986
  • 40 years ago today Nigel Mansell won the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa despite spinning at the Bus Stop chicane after passing Ayrton Senna, who finished second and regained the championship lead

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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