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

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Amy, Ben Thomas and Kyle Puttifer!

On this day in motorsport

Nelson Piquet won F1’s last race in Argentina for 14 years today in 1981
  • 45 years ago today Nelson Piquet scored a crushing victory in the Argentinian Grand Prix, while Brabham team mate Hector Rebaque retired from second with an electrical problem
  • Born on this day in 1942: Carlos Reutemann, who won 12 grands prix with Ferrari, Williams and Brabham, and was runner-up to Piquet in the 1981 world championship

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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