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F1 Driver Births, Deaths & Anniversaries.
โข Celebrating drivers โ past & present
โข Respectfully remembering those we've lost Daily #OnThisDay tributes on actual anniversary dates only.
โข Grand Prix race winners #OnThisDay#F1
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Grand Prix winners ๐#OnThisDay.
2010 Europe ๐ช๐บ Sebastian Vettel ๐ฉ๐ช Red Bull-Renault ๐
2021 Styria ๐ฆ๐น Max Verstappen ๐ณ๐ฑ Red Bull-Honda ๐
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Happy 41st birthday to 2016 F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg.
The son of 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg, Nico Rosberg took part in 206 Grand Prix (for Williams and Mercedes) during an F1 career which spanned 2006 to 2016. He won 23 Grand Prix.
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Happy 84th birthday to British former racing driver Chris Irwin.
Irwin drove for Brabham and Reg Parnell Racing in 10 Grand during 1966 and 1967. He was classified 5th at the 1967 French Grand Prix, despite late retirement due to an engine failure.
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Happy birthday to Italian former racing driver Carlo Facetti, 91 today.
Mostly a touring car/sports car racer, Facetti entered the 1974 Italian Grand Prix, but failed to qualify in his Scuderia Finotto Brabham-Ford-BT42.
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#OnThisDay in 2010.
Mark Williams ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ beat Stephen Maguire ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ 4-0 to win the Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 - Event 1.๐
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#OnThisDay in 1981.
Tony Meo ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ beat John Spencer ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ in winning the Winfield Australian Masters.๐ It was 21 year old Meo's first professional title. The tournament was staged at Tattersalls Club, Sydney. ๐ฆ๐บ
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Happy Birthday to Scottish former snooker professional Robert Stephen, 42 today.
On the pro tour during 2006/2007 and 2008/2009, Stephen reached the last 64 stage of three ranking tournaments. He reached a highest ranking of 82nd. In 2002, Stephen won the European U19 title.
Happy 46th birthday to English ex-snooker professional Andrew Norman.
Norman had three stints on the pro circuit between 2001 and 2015. He reached the last 16 of the Grand Prix in 2005 and 2006. Norman reached his highest ranking of 42 for 2007/2008.
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Scottish snooker player Eddie McLaughlin was born #OTD in 1952.
Turned pro 1981, reaching 54th in the rankings & last 32 of the 1984 Classic. Broke his back in a 1986 car crash, then tragically left in a coma after a 1989 incident with sadly no prospect of recovery.
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Grand Prix winners ๐#OnThisDay.
2010 Europe ๐ช๐บ Sebastian Vettel ๐ฉ๐ช Red Bull-Renault ๐
2021 Styria ๐ฆ๐น Max Verstappen ๐ณ๐ฑ Red Bull-Honda ๐
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Remembering British racing driver Ken Richardson, who died aged 85 #OTD in 1997.
A test/development driver at BRM, Richardson qualified a respectable 10th for the 1951 Italian GP, but didn't start when it emerged that he didn't have the correct racing licence.
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Happy 41st birthday to 2016 F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg.
The son of 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg, Nico Rosberg took part in 206 Grand Prix (for Williams and Mercedes) during an F1 career which spanned 2006 to 2016. He won 23 Grand Prix.
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Happy 84th birthday to British former racing driver Chris Irwin.
Irwin drove for Brabham and Reg Parnell Racing in 10 Grand during 1966 and 1967. He was classified 5th at the 1967 French Grand Prix, despite late retirement due to an engine failure.
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Chris Irwin won a number of F3 races in Europe and in Argentina. In F2, he had a number of good results during 1967, and in 1968 won the non-championship Eifelrennen. Irwin's promising career was ended by an accident during practice for the 1968 1000km Nรผrburgring.
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