Welcome to Thursday’s version of the RaceFans round-up.
Comfortable birthday!
Comfortable birthday to Tom Watson and Ian Hayward!
On at the present time in motorsport
Born as we speak in 1956: Hector Rebaque, who began 41 grands prix and was staff mate to Nelson Piquet in 1981 when the Brabham driver gained the world championship, however by no means completed on the rostrum
70 years in the past as we speak Juan Manuel Fangio gained the non-championship Buenos Aires Grand Prix, two weeks on from the season-opening race on a barely totally different configuration of the identical monitor
30 years in the past as we speak Benetton launched their B196 in Sicily, having changed the 2 drivers they gained the constructors’ championship with the earlier 12 months
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