RaceFans Round-up: 11th January 2025
Welcome to Saturday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to Chris Lloyd!
On this day in motorsport
- Born today in 1923: Carroll Shelby, who went on to win the Le Mans 24 Hours, race for Aston Martin’s short-lived F1 team, and manage Ford’s Le Mans 24 Hours programme, as dramatised in the film Ford vs Ferrari (aka Le Mans 66)
- Born today in 1983: Adrian Sutil
- Born today in 1985: Kazuki Nakajima
- 35 years ago today FIA president Jean-Marie Balestre announced Ayrton Senna would not be granted a superlience until he withdrew his claim the governing body “manipulated” the 1989 world championship following his collision with Alain Prost at Suzuka
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