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🏁 This Day in Formula 1 History — September 26, 2021

Norris was 5 laps from his maiden win at Sochi when rain hit. Stayed on slicks, slid off at Turn 5, and finished 7th. Hamilton pitted for inters and won — his 100th, F1's first centurion.

#F1 #Formula1 #RussianGP #Hamilton100

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🏁 This Day in Formula 1 History — September 24, 2000

Indianapolis hosted its first F1 race, ending a nine-year US absence. Schumacher won from pole by 12.118s over Barrichello. Häkkinen's lap-25 blowup handed him the title lead for good.

#F1 #Formula1 #Schumacher #Ferrari #USGP #USA

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🏁 This Day in Formula 1 History — September 22, 2019

Sebastian Vettel won the Singapore GP, beating Charles Leclerc by 2.641s in a Ferrari 1-2 after an undercut flipped the order in the pits. His first win since Spa 2018 — and the 53rd and final victory of his career.

#F1 #Vettel #Singapore

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🏁 This Day in Formula 1 History — September 21, 1997

Villeneuve won the A1-Ring's first F1 race from pole. Trulli led 22 laps for Prost before his engine blew. A stop-go for a yellow-flag pass left Schumacher 6th — title lead down to a point.

#F1 #Formula1 #AustrianGP #A1Ring

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Vasseur says 80% of Ferrari's current upgrades carry into 2027 — the SF-26 push isn't chasing a lost season; it's 2027 R&D billed to a 2026 cap year. Wolff says Mercedes doesn't have the margin to match, and leads by 145. The gap that matters is next spring.

#F1 #Ferrari #lewishamilton

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🏁 This Day in Formula 1 History — September 19, 1971

Fog stopped the Canadian GP at Mosport after 64 of 80 laps — F1's first red flag. Jackie Stewart won by 38.3s. Mark Donohue was third on debut: the only F1 podium of his career.

#F1 #Formula1 #JackieStewart #MarkDonohue

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🏁 This Day in Formula 1 History — September 18, 2016

Nico Rosberg won the Singapore GP from pole in his 200th Grand Prix, holding off Ricciardo by 0.488s. Hamilton finished third, and Rosberg kept an 8—point lead to the title.

#F1 #Formula1 #SingaporeGP #NicoRosberg

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🏁 This Day in Formula 1 History — September 16, 2001

Montoya won from pole at Monza—his first F1 win —by 5.175s over Barrichello. Five days after 9/11, Ferrari ran black, sponsor-free nosecones; they canceled podium celebrations.

#F1 #Formula1 #Montoya #Monza #ItalianGP

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Honda's power unit leadership change lands Oct. 1: Fukao in, Kakuda out, framed as a planned succession. Mid-season, with Aston Martin short on both power and reliability under the 2026 rules, it reads as a structural fix before the 2027 regs, not after.

#F1 #AstonMartin

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🏁 This Day in Formula 1 History — September 14, 2008

Sebastian Vettel won a rain-soaked Monza from pole by 12.5s over Kovalainen. At 21 years old, he was the youngest F1 winner at the time — and it remains Toro Rosso's only victory.

#F1 #Formula1 #Vettel #ToroRosso #Monza

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Stroll stops; Norris is two seconds past pit entry; the VSC runs for two minutes and ends before he's back around. That's a 20-second swing and a win. Drivers had already asked F1 to fix this. It's now handed Antonelli an 81-point lead with nine to go.

#F1 #SpanishGP

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Norris's 0.011s pole at the Madring is the season in
miniature: McLaren nowhere in all three practice
sessions, then one lap that erases the deficit. Antonelli
starts P2 with a 66-point cushion and no reason to fight.
Norris needs a win far more than Kimi needs a risk.

#F1
#SpanishGP

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🏁 This Day in Formula 1 History — September 11, 1988

Senna led Monza with 2 laps to go, then tangled with backmarker Schlesser. Ferrari took a 1-2 — Berger over Alboreto by 0.502s — 28 days after Enzo's death. McLaren's only loss all year.

#F1 #Formula1 #Ferrari #Monza #Senna

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🏁 This Day in Formula 1 History — September 10, 1961

Phil Hill won at Monza to become the first — and still only — American-born F1 champion. Ferrari teammate and title rival Wolfgang von Trips died on lap 2, along with 15 spectators.

#F1 #Formula1 #Monza #PhilHill #ItalianGP

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#f1 #spanishgp #madring

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McLaren reviewing the papaya rules after Monza is managing the wrong problem. Norris and Piastri raced each other for fourth, while Antonelli started 19th and won. Rules of engagement don't close a 96-point gap.

#F1 #Madring

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@SylentMayhem It's a semi automatic pump bolt action. It's the new new.

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Vasseur calling Monza "unacceptable" misses the point. Hamilton is 76 back, Leclerc 112 — neither has a title case. Ferrari is 122 down in the constructors, where the money actually is. The absence of team orders isn't neutrality; it's an unpriced cost.

#F1 #MadridGP #Monza