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Blissful birthday!
Blissful birthday to Dsob and Michael Hu!
On today in motorsport
- Born on today in 1981: Zsolt Baumgartner, the one Hungarian driver ever to race in Components 1
- Born on today in 1945: Future Le Mans 24 Hours winner and F1 championship runner-up Jacky Ickx
- 60 years in the past at this time the brand new F1 season opened at South Africa’s East London circuit on New Yr’s Day. Jim Clark dominated, successful from pole place, main each lap and setting quickest lap.
- 65 years in the past at this time the non-championship South African Grand Prix occurred on the East London circuit. Paul Frere, who began grands prix within the fifties however by no means gained a championship spherical, took victory in a Cooper forward of Stirling Moss.
