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#F1 Daily News and Comment: Tuesday 23rd December 2014

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On this day in #F1: 29 December

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Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Carlo Carluccio – 1962: Hill wrote his name into the history books On this day, fifty one years ago Graham Hill secured his first world title and his win also confirmed BRM as the World Constructors champions. The Formula One World Championship had arrived in East London, South Africa for the … Read more

On This Day in F1: 06 March

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On this day in F1 06 March, is brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Samora Machel

– Andretti wins maiden GP 1971

“My Home” well not really MY home, but the circuit in South Africa whose name literally translates to that in the native Zulu. Kyalami. The opening round of the 1971 Formula One Season is underway. Unlike what we might be used to nowadays though (boy are we spoilt!), Spa and Interlagos aren’t part of the roster (how did they live like that?), some teams have three cars on the grid and the season is only 11 races long (this is just sad). The anticipation is probably greater than what we face now because the last running was about 4 months prior.

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The Bar Exam: 28 February 2013

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A big thank you to those taking part in last week’s Formula 1 Bar Exam.

The correct answer for last week’s Bar Exam was: Kyalami, South Africa where the last race held was in 1993 and won by Alain Prost in a Williams Renault. The other circuit was the Nordschleife last raced fully in formula 1 in 1976 and won by James hunt in the McLaren. As I did not make it clear that it should be the exact circuit I also accepted Nurburgring and Lewis Hamilton last won a race there in 2011. Well done to C-bahn and Wire2004 who got it 50% right in spotting Nordschleife/Nurburgring!

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