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On this day in motorsport

• Born on this day in 1932: Tony Brooks, who won six Formula 1 races for Ferrari and Vanwall, and lost the 1959 world championship to Jack Brabham in a final-round title-decider at Sebring. He died in 2022
• Born on this day in 1944: Francois Cevert, who won the 1971 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen but died in a crash at the same circuit two years later
• Born today in 1946: Jean Todt, who presided over Ferrari’s dominant years with Michael Schumacher, then became president of the FIA