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

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to MajorMilou, Nico Savidge, Ripping Silk, Christopher and Nic Morley!

On this day in motorsport

  • Born today in 1926: Future three-times world champion Jack Brabham
  • Born today in 1940: Mike Hailwood, who became a champion on motorbikes and raced in Formula 1, finishing second to Emerson Fittipaldi at Monza in 1972 for Surtees
  • Born today in 1963: Fabrizio Barbazza, who scored points twice for Minardi in 1993. He stopped racing after surviving an horrific crash in a Ferrari 333SP sports car at Road Atlanta in 1995

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