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Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.
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On this day in motorsport
35 years ago today Nelson Piquet won a lively, season-closing Australian Grand Prix for Benetton, narrowly holding off Nigel Mansell in his final race for Ferrari
Eric Thompson, who finished fifth in his only F1 start in the 1952 British Grand Prix for Connaught, was born today in 1919. He died in 2015.
Jacques Villeneuve Snr, uncle of 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve who failed to qualify in all three F1 appearances, was born today in 1953
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