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F1 Driver Births, Deaths & Anniversaries.

• Celebrating drivers — past & present

• Respectfully remembering those we've lost Daily #OnThisDay tributes on actual anniversary dates only.

• Grand Prix race winners #OnThisDay

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Remembering Spanish racing driver Juan Jover, killed in a road accident #OTD in 1960, he was 56.

Jover entered the 1951 Spanish GP in a privateer Maserati. He qualified 18th, but didn't start due to an engine failure. In 1949, he finished 2nd at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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Will Stevens bio https://t.co/CYCO3dh1mJ

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Happy 35th birthday to British racing driver Will Stevens.

Stevens drove for Caterham (one race) and Manor Marussia in 18 Grand Prix during 2014 and 2015. His best result was 13th at the 2015 British Grand Prix.

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Will Stevens raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 series from 2012 to.2014, winning twice during the 2014 season. He has raced sports cars since 2015, claiming two class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and in 2022 he won the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class.

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Welcome to
@F1OTD

F1 Driver Births, Deaths & Anniversaries.

• Celebrating drivers — past & present

• Respectfully remembering those we've lost Daily #OnThisDay tributes on actual anniversary dates only.

• Grand Prix race winners #OnThisDay

#F1

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Remembering Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, born #OnThisDay in 1923.

Schwelm-Cruz raced in Europe as well as his native Argentina, winning the national sports car championship in 1951. He drove a works Cooper-Bristol at the 1953 Argentine Grand Prix, retiring when a stub axle broke.

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Now 82, Jacques Laffite returns to Austria 45 years on from his Österreichring F1 victory.

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Il y a 45 ans Jacques Laffite gagnait en Autriche et faussait une bamboule d’enfer au Groggerhof, l’hôtel de son amie Eva. Il est de retour à Spielberg ce week-end et aura le droit à son dessert préféré le nockerln

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Grand Prix winners 🏆#OnThisDay.

2010 Europe 🇪🇺 Sebastian Vettel 🇩🇪 Red Bull-Renault 🏁

2021 Styria 🇦🇹 Max Verstappen 🇳🇱 Red Bull-Honda 🏁

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Grand Prix winners 🏆#OnThisDay.

1965 France 🇫🇷 Jim Clark 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Lotus-Climax 🏁

1999 France 🇫🇷 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 🇩🇪 Jordan-Mugen Honda 🏁

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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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Nico Rosberg bio https://t.co/gmSSk1BtVY

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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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Nico Rosberg • 4th in 2004 F3 Euro Series with three race wins. 2005 GP2 champion, winning five races.

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Chris Irwin bio https://t.co/gxqv8xeMyn

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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 Nürburgring.

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Carlo Facetti bio https://t.co/aKdwcjUsw4

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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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Carlo Facetti, runner-up at the 1977 24 Hours of Daytona. Winner of the 1979 European Touring Car Championship.

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#OnThisDay in 2011.

History made at Valencia.

Remarkably all 24 starters finished the European Grand Prix, the highest number of finishers in World Championship history. The race was won by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.

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