Formula Junior

On This Day in F1: 31st May 1959

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On this day in F1 – brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: BlackJack’sBriefs 1959… remembered for… Fidel Castro assumed power in Cuba… as Charles de Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France… Harold MacMillan visited Russia – and was snubbed by Khrushchev, who claimed he had a dental appointment… Nikita Khrushchev then toured the US … Read more

On this Day in F1: 07 April

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In this day and age of relative safe racing it is easy to forget that in years gone by a crash, in most cases, meant death. History is littered by the greats of Formula 1 that have died doing something they loved. Today marks 45 years since the death of arguably one of the best … Read more