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Formula One Through the Years 🏁 @f1throughtheyears.bsky.social · 57m

One of Japan's best all-round racing drivers, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, "the fastest man in Japan", made his second & last World Championship race start. Hoshino (30) finishing 11th in the locally built Kojima-Ford-KE009.

Japanese Grand Prix, Fuji Speedway, 23 October 1977.

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Kazuyoshi Hoshino (Kojima-Ford-KE009/Heros Racing Corporation), 1977 Japanese Grand Prix, Fuji Speedway.

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In his only World Championship race start, Kunimitsu Takahashi (37) finished 9th in a Tyrrell-Ford-007, entered by the local Meritsu Racing Team.

Japanese Grand Prix, Fuji Speedway, 23 October 1977.

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Another strong drive from Alan Jones (Shadow-Ford-DN8), 4th & narrowly missing the final podium spot. Jacques Laffite was 5th in a Ligier-Matra-JS7. Riccardo Patrese scored his first World Championship point, 6th in the other Shadow.

Japanese Grand Prix, Fuji Speedway, 23 October 1977.

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In the last Grand Prix appearance for a six-wheeled car, Patrick Depailler finished 3rd in the Tyrrell-Ford-P34. Teammate Ronnie Peterson retired on lap 6 after a collision with Gilles Villeneuve.

Japanese Grand Prix, Fuji Speedway, 23 October 1977.

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James Hunt's last F1 victory. Carlos Reutemann (2nd) & Patrick Depailler (3rd). Race marred by tragic deaths of a marshal & a photographer after a collision between Gilles Villeneuve & Ronnie Peterson.

Japanese Grand Prix, Fuji Speedway, 23 October 1977.

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With race winner James Hunt & runner-up Carlos Reutemann catching flights back home, only 3rd placed Patrick Depailler & a Magneti Marelli representative showed up on the podium...

Japanese Grand Prix, Fuji Speedway, 23 October 1977.

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1976 World Champion James Hunt raced his McLaren-Ford-M26 to his 10th & last Grand Prix victory. It would be the last Japanese Grand Prix until 1987 & the last Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway until 2007.

Japanese Grand Prix, Fuji Speedway, 23 October 1977.

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Formula One Through the Years 🏁 @f1throughtheyears.bsky.social · 4h

#OnThisDay in 1977.

James Hunt's final F1 victory.

At Fuji Speedway, Hunt (McLaren-Ford-M26) won the Japanese GP, his 10th GP victory. The race was marred by the deaths of a marshal & a photographer, hit by debris from the lap 6 collision between Gilles Villeneuve & Ronnie Peterson.

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#OnThisDay in 1977.

Tragedy at Fuji Speedway.

Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari 312T2) & Ronnie Peterson (Tyrrell-Ford-P34) collided on lap 6 of the Japanese Grand Prix. A marshal and a photographer were killed by debris from the accident.

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Another driver making his final Grand Prix start, Bob Bondurant (Eagle-Weslake-T1G) retired (fuel system) from his 9th Grand Prix on lap 28.

Mexican Grand Prix, Ciudad Deportivo Magdalena Mixhuca, 23 October 1966.

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1961 US Grand Prix winner Innes Ireland took part in his 50th & final Grand Prix. Ireland (BRM P261/Bernard White Racing) retiring (transmission) on lap 28.

Mexican Grand Prix, Ciudad Deportivo Magdalena Mixhuca, 23 October 1966.

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Formula One Through the Years 🏁 @f1throughtheyears.bsky.social · 5h

Final Grand Prix for Peter Arundell (Lotus-BRM-33) & Ronnie Bucknum (Honda RA273). Arundell, making his 11th start, finished 7th. Bucknum, also making his 11th start, finished 8th.

Mexican Grand Prix, Ciudad Deportivo Magdalena Mixhuca, 23 October 1966.

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Richie Ginther finished 4th in his Honda RA273. Dan Gurney was 5th in an Eagle-Climax-T1F. Jo Bonnier rounded off the points scorers with 6th in his privateer Cooper-Maserati-T81.

Mexican Grand Prix, Ciudad Deportivo Magdalena Mixhuca, 23 October 1966.

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#OnThisDay in 1966.

John Surtees (Cooper-Maserati) won the season-ending Mexican Grand Prix, securing runner-up spot in the Drivers' Championship. World Champion Jack Brabham (Brabham-Repco) finished 2nd, teammate Denny Hulme in 3rd.

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Formula One Through the Years 🏁 @f1throughtheyears.bsky.social · 6h

#HappyBirthday to Alex Zanardi, 59 today.

Zanardi started 41 GPs (1991-1999), finishing 6th at Interlagos in 1993. He won CART titles (1997-1998), but lost both legs in a crash at Lausitz (2001). Zanardi won races in an adapted BMW in the WTCC, & later had huge success in para-cycling.

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Formula One Through the Years 🏁 @f1throughtheyears.bsky.social · 6h

Remembering Giacomo "Geki" Russo, born #OnThisDay in 1937.

A three-time Italian Formula Junior champion, Russo also won the 1964 Italian F3 championship. He raced a works Lotus at the Italian Grand Prix (1965, 1966) finishing 9th at the 1966 race.

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Formula One History @f1history1950.bsky.social · 1d

Remembering Dietrich Mateschitz (1944–2022), who #OnThisDay 22 October 2022 passed away.

Mateschitz was the co-founder and driving force behind Red Bull, which began as a bold idea to energise the world and became a global phenomenon…

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2006 – Alonso’s second Championship and Schumacher’s last Ferrari drive.

It appeared to be the end of an era when Michael Schumacher finished fourth #OnThisDay 22 October at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix, his final race for Ferrari after an iconic career.

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Formula One History @f1history1950.bsky.social · 23h

1995 – Benetton driver Michael Schumacher claimed his second World Championship #OnThisDay 22 October, with a victory at Japan’s Pacific GP.

However, the race was overshadowed by a heated dispute with Williams driver Damon Hill, triggered by Schumacher’s criticism of Hill’s driving.

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Remembering Innes Ireland #OnThisDay 22 October, one of motor racing’s great personalities, who passed away at age 63 in 1993, after a battle with cancer.

Ireland’s racing career began in earnest at the age of 27 in 1957.

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1989 – Alain Prost secured the Drivers’ Championship #OnThisDay 22 October, but the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix became one of the sport’s most controversial moments.

Prost arrived in Japan with a 16-point lead, not needing a win to claim his third world championship.

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1967 – Hulme wins the Drivers' Championship

#OnThisDay 22 October, Brabham driver Denny Hulme clinched the 1967 Drivers’ Championship with a third-place finish at the Mexican Grand Prix.

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Matt Bishop 🏳️‍🌈 🏁 @thebishf1.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay in 2006, in São Paulo, after a puncture that had dropped him to the back of the field, Michael Schumacher raced brilliantly to 4th, a fitting end to a stunningly successful #F1 career. He later returned, with Merc, but IMHO he probably shouldn’t have.

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Matt Bishop 🏳️‍🌈 🏁 @thebishf1.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay 25 years ago, at Sepang, Michael Schumacher drove his Ferrari F1-2000 to a then record-equalling 9th #F1 GP win of the season. Great pic taken by Clive Mason.

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Matt Bishop 🏳️‍🌈 🏁 @thebishf1.bsky.social · 1d

The ’89 #JapaneseGP, run #OnThisDay 36 years ago, is (in)famous for the disqualification of winner Senna, which went to an appeal court 5 days later, where the drivers’ title was decided in Prost’s favour. Nannini (pic), having finished 2nd on the road, took his sole #F1 GP win.

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