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Alberto Ascari becomes Formula 1’s first back-to-back world champion

Alberto Ascari secured his second consecutive Drivers' Championship at the 1953 German Grand Prix despite a disrupted race at the Nürburgring.

Heikki Kovalainen 2010 Malaysia

Heikki Kovalainen inherits his first and only Formula 1 victory

Heikki Kovalainen won the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix after Felipe Massa's Ferrari engine failed with three laps remaining.

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John Surtees takes his first Formula 1 victory

John Surtees defeated Jim Clark at the 1963 German Grand Prix to secure his first Formula 1 victory for Ferrari.

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Chris Amon dies at the age of 73

Chris Amon died on 3 August 2016 after a career that produced five Formula 1 pole positions, 11 podiums and an enduring reputation for extraordinary speed.