Round-up: Mercedes ‘made the car a little slower’ with race set-up, and more

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to driftin and Mallesh Magdum!

On this day in motorsport

• 40 years ago today Philippe Alliot won the Formula 3000 round at Spa-Francorchamps – his only points score of the season, as he later returned to Formula 1 in place of the injured Jacques Laffite at Ligier

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