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Mike Hawthorn’s Ferrari beat Fangio’s Maserati by just 1 second after two and three quarter hours of racing at the 1953 French Grand Prix at Reims

Sunday 5th July 1953

Mike Hawthorn’s Ferrari beat Fangio’s Maserati by just 1 second after two and three quarter hours of racing at the 1953 French Grand Prix at Reims. This was the first victory for a British driver in the World Championship.
time record with a run of 4.595 seconds at Topeka, Kansas, USA.

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