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FORMULA 1 / HISTORY, IN CONTEXT

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From the record book

RECORDED WIN CREDITS

Lewis Hamilton

106 position-one participant credits in eligible World Championship observations.

Shared drives and source coverage affect this measure; see methodology.
RECORDED WIN CREDITS

Michael Schumacher

91 position-one participant credits in eligible World Championship observations.

Shared drives and source coverage affect this measure; see methodology.
RECORDED WIN CREDITS

Max Verstappen

73 position-one participant credits in eligible World Championship observations.

Shared drives and source coverage affect this measure; see methodology.

On this day in 1926 · Larry Crockett was born

On this day in 1937 · Giacomo Russo was born

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01 / DISCOVERY

On this day

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02 / INTELLIGENCE

The wonderfully unusual

Long waits, surprising returns and patterns hiding in the numbers. Definitions and limitations included.

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03 / PLAY

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People & engineering

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Ferrari

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constructor

Lotus

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McLaren

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person

Ayrton Senna

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person

Jim Clark

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