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

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Tom Parfitt!

On this day in motorsport

  • 37 years ago today Ayrton Senna broke Jim Clark’s record of 33 pole positions. He did it in his 84th F1 weekend, at the Phoenix street circuit
  • 25 years ago today Kenny Brack extended his lead in the CART IndyCar series by scoring his second win in a row, at Milwaukee
  • 70 years ago today Peter Collins won the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps for Ferrari ahead of team mate Paul Frere

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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