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Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Guilherme Teixeira, Marc, Thomas Lindgren and Thomas Lindgren!

On this day in motorsport

• 40 years ago today Alain Prost gave McLaren’s new MP4/2B its first run, at Brands Hatch. He went on to win his first world championship in the car
• 35 years ago today Alain Prost won the Brazilian Grand Prix for Ferrari at Interlagos after leader Ayrton Senna collided with backmarker Satoru Nakajima
• Famed F1 circuit designer John Hugenholtz died 30 years ago today