Typically, these days the first two months of the year are reserved for launches and testing, but it hasn’t always been that way. In fact, since 1953 there have been 27 world championship races held in either January or February. We look back over those events… Argentina (January races: 13; February races: one)In 1953, Argentina became the first of three countries to host a world championship race in the first two months of the year. Formula One racing’s popularity in the South American country was sky high thanks to the success of both Jose Froilan Gonzalez - the first man to win a Grand Prix for Ferrari - and the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio, who’d won the first...
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