Round-up: Madring promoters ready to work through the nights to complete track, and more

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Beninlux, JonathanProc and vikenbauer!

On this day in motorsport

• 75 years ago today Giuseppe Farina won the Belgian Grand Prix for Alfa Romeo, two minutes and 51 seconds ahead of Alberto Ascari’s Ferrari, whose team mate Luigi Villoresi was another minute and a half behind.

Keith Collantine

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