Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to Andrew, Richpea, wasiF1, Willian Ceolin and Alex Tunnicliffe for today, Louise.1987 and Urvaksh for December 25th, Michael S for December 26th and Scott Joslin, super_swede_96, Dean McKinnon and Diceman for December 27th!
On this day in motorsport: December 24th
- Born today in 1941: Howden Ganley, who raced for BRM, Frank Williams and March in the seventies. His career was cut short when he was injured in a crash while driving for his final team, Maki, at the Nurburgring, following suspension failure.
- Born today in 1949: One-time F1 race starter Warwick Brown
On this day in motorsport: December 25th
- Born on this day in 1934: Giancarlo Baghetti – the only driver to win on his F1 debut
- Born today in 1943: Wilson Fittipaldi, who raced in F1 for three years before handing his Copersucar drive to younger brother Emerson
- Born today in 1987: Ma Qing Hua, the first Chinese driver to participate in a grand prix weekend, though he never started an F1 race
On this day in motorsport: December 26th
On this day in motorsport: December 27th
- Born today in 1969: Jean-Christophe Boullion, who won the 1994 F3000 title in a thrilling battle with Franck Lagorce, and made his 11 F1 race starts the following year
- Born today in 1985: Jerome d’Ambrosio
The next RaceFans Round-up will appear on December 28th. In the meantime we wish all our readers the very best for the holiday season.
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