Michael Schumacher - celebrating 40th birthday

Recently I received email from one of the F1 Wolf subscribers asking me to write about retired F1 champions and what they do these days. I liked the idea and decided to go for it. To make the life easier for myself I will start with the most recent one – Michael Schumacher who is also celebrating his 40th birthday today.

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Jim Clark, Formula 1 New Year specialist

It has been very quiet during this Christmas and New Year holiday season in Formula One. But it was not always the case. There were times when New Year meant serious F1 action.

The first five South African Grands Prix between 1962 – 1968 were all held at the end of December and early January. Two of these races were held on January 1st – the season opening GPs in 1965 (East London) and 1968 (Kyalami). And what is interesting, both the New Year Formula 1 races had the same winner – Jim Clark (Lotus). There was F1 race on January 1, 1966 too – the non-championship event in East London won by Mike Spence. Here is the list of the winners of the holiday season F1 winners:

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