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RaceFans Round-up
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| Written by Keith Collantine
Welcome to Sunday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to Luts and Electrolite!
On this day in motorsport
- 55 years ago today Ken Tyrrell surprised the F1 would by revealing his team’s first Formula 1 car, the Tyrrell 001
- 45 years ago today Jean-Pierre Jabouille won the Austrian Grand Prix for Renault, holding Alan Jones off by less than a second. Future world champion Nigel Mansell made his F1 debut sat in a pool of petrol in his Lotus
- Born today in 1952: Nelson Piquet