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32 years ago #OnThisDay:
After missing out in 1993, @carlfogarty became @WorldSBK champion for the first time, taking 1st & 4th at @PICircuit as rival Scott Russell faltered.
The @DucatiMotor man added 3 further titles ('95, '98 & '99) 🇬🇧
#Throwback #foggy #ducati #WorldSBK
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On This Day in 1987:
A sickening end to @nigelmansell's 1987 @F1 championship challenge.
"Red 5" suffered a spinal concussion & fractures in an accident in friday practice at Suzuka, giving the title to
@WilliamsRacing team-mate...
#Throwback #F1 #OnThisDay #Japan
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...Nelson Piquet.
The race was won from pole by @ScuderiaFerrari
's Gerhard Berger from @ayrtonsenna & @SJohanssonF1, with Michele Alboreto, Thierry Boutsen & home hero Satoru Nakajima in the points.
A sad anticlimax on Honshu.
#F1 #OnThisDay #throwback #Senna #McLaren
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Its #WorldPastaDay
Paolo Barilla, Deputy Chairman of @Barilla, made 9 @F1 starts for @MinardiOfficial in 1989 & 1990.
He also raced in the @24hoursoflemans 6 times, winning the great race in 1986 with @JoestRacing @Porsche and...
#F1 #pasta #italy #minardi #LeMans
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...also raced for @lancia_official & @Toyota alongside @tiff_tv, Alessandro Nannini, Mauro Baldi, Klaus Ludwig and others.
Seasons were raced in F2, F3000 & in endurance races for @alfa_romeo
Happy World Pasta day!
#F1 #LeMans #lancia #Porsche #minardi @barillagroup
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Remembering Jo Siffert, tragically lost #OnThisDay at @Brands_Hatch in 1971.
Siffert won @F1 Grands Prix at Brands Hatch & the Österreichring in 1968 & 1971 with Rob Walker Racing and BRM, took class wins in the @24hoursoflemans...
#RestInPeace #f1 #throwback #LeMans
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...with @Porsche in 1966 & 1967, won at @DAYTONA & @sebringraceway in '68, the 1970 @TargaFlorioOff with good friend @BrianRedman66 & much more.
A terrific all-rounder, he was just 35 when he was lost.
Rest In Peace, Jo 🇨🇭
#f1 #Porsche #daytona #RestInPeace #LeMans
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#OnThisDay in 1976, James Hunt clinches the @F1 World Championship for @McLarenF1 at a sodden Fuji.
After the courageous Niki Lauda retired in the pits early, Hunt needed to finish 3rd.
After a late stop following a puncture, Hunt charged...
#throwback #F1 #Japan #mclaren
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...from rom 5th to 3rd & taking the title by a point, despite the official scoring tower initially showing he finished 5th before amending to 3rd behind race winner @MarioAndretti & Patrick Depailler.
A remarkable end to a remarkable season.
#F1 #OnThisDay #McLaren #hunt
Today is National Crocodile day...
Here's the @Audi R8 LMP900 of @allanmcnish & Dindo Capello that took pole, fastest lap and victory in the Race of a Thousand Years on December 31st 2000 in Adelaide during the @AsianLeMans Series.
A snappy livery 🐊
#audi #LeMans #Crocs #oz
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Remembering the remarkable @lxznr – born #OnThisDay in 1966.
He was double @IndyCar (Champ Car) Champion, 41-time @F1 GP starter, Touring Car Champion & double @Paralympics gold medal winner as well as taking race...
#HappyBirthday #inspiration #RestInPeace #f1 #Indy
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Remembering @MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli, tragically lost 15 years ago today at @circuitomisano.
The 250cc series champion in 2008, "Sic" was signed by @GresiniRacing for 2010 with whom he took 15 top 6 finishes including 2 podiums...
#RestInPeace #sic #MotoGP #HONDA
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...before tragedy struck in Malaysia #OnThisDay in 2011.
Marco had taken 2nd at Phillip Island a week earlier and was surely a champion in the making.
@circuitomisano was renamed in his honour - he is never forgotten.
Rest In Peace, Marco 🇮🇹
#RestInPeace #SIC #MotoGP
Remembering Tony Renna, tragically lost #OnThisDay in 2003 while testing for @CGRTeams at @IMS - his first session for the team.
A hugely impressive racer who won races on both sides of the Atlantic, Renna was just 26.
Rest In Peace, Tony 🇺🇸
#RestInPeace #Indy #CGR
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#OnThisday in 1989; Part 1 of @ayrtonsenna v @Prost_official at Suzuka.
Prost seemingly deliberately turns in on Senna (photo 4) & retires, Senna rejoins & wins, Prost heads for Jean-Marie Balestre, Senna is disqualified, Nannini wins,...
#throwback #F1 #Senna #McLaren
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...and @Prost_official is declared champion 5 days later in a courtroom.
A livid Senna took his revenge 364 days later, and gave rise to the most tiresomely incorrectly-used phrase in @F1 history, which was later retracted.
#F1 #throwback #OnThisDay #McLaren #prost
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On this day 42 years ago @McLarenF1's Niki Lauda won his 3rd World Championship, driving from 11th to 2nd at Estoril to take the title from team-mate & race-winner Alain Prost by the smallest margin in the history of @F1; just 0.5...
#F1 #OnThisDay #Throwback #McLaren
