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

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Ned Flanders, Rui Pinto, TheD4N1EL, Dirk and Andy!

On this day in motorsport

  • Born today in 1975: Ralph Firman, who contested a single season of Formula 1 for Jordan in 2003. He also won Japan’s Formula Nippon, British F3 and the Macau Grand Prix.
  • 35 years ago today Jean-Marc Gounon won the Pau Grand Prix, the second round of the Formula 3000 championship, ahead of Christian Fittipaldi

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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