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- NASCAR
When @Daniel_SuarezG captured the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship, he became the first foreign-born driver to win a national series title. He made history again in 2022 at Sonoma Raceway when he became the first Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race. https://t.co/tDGCkFPqp7
- Matt Bishop π³οΈβπ π
#OnThisDay 21 years ago Michael Schumacher dominated the #JapaneseGP for Ferrari, as he did so many GPs that year. In fact it was his 11th GP win of a one-sided 2002 #F1 season in which heβd achieved a podium finish in every single race. https://t.co/DP0g3vMjaa
- Scuderia Ferrari HP
πππ₯ππ¦ππ’π¬πππ« ππππππ #OnThisDay in 2003 Michael Schumacher made Formula 1 history by becoming the sportβs first six-time world champion β€οΈ https://t.co/8xYOJjMrT0
- Formula 1
#OnThisDay in 2003, Michael Schumacher navigated a wild and action-packed race to become the first six-time world champion in F1 history! π€―π An absolute legend πͺ #F1 https://t.co/sEwdXrAJuQ
- Matt Bishop π³οΈβπ π
#OnThisDay in β97, at Suzuka, Schumacher won, lifting his points total above Villeneuveβs, 78 against 77. However, Frentzenβs 2nd place, just 1.378sec behind, earned Williams the constructorsβ title because Ferrari couldnβt pass their points total with only one #F1 GP remaining. https://t.co/2Ay4QKXT7I
- Matt Bishop π³οΈβπ π
#OnThisDay in β86, at AutΓ³dromo Hermanos RodrΓguez, Mexico, Gerhard Berger won an #F1 GP for the first time. #AnorakFact: it was also Benettonβs first F1 GP win & the last F1 GP win for a turbocharged BMW engine. https://t.co/90B2OM5Gyv
- Matt Bishop π³οΈβπ π
Remembering Piero Taruffi, born #OnThisDay in 1906. He started 18 GPs & won one, at Bremgarten (Switzerland) in β52, at 45, in a Ferrari 500. Pic: at Silverstone in β52 with 2 greats, double world champion Alberto Ascari (right) & first ever world champion Nino Farina (centre). https://t.co/35n1IBdNXC