There were only two grands prix over the years on the first of June. Alan Jones drove his FW07B a Williams-Cosworth to victory in the 1980 Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama ahead of Jochen Mass in an Arrows Cosworth and Elio de Angelis in a Lotus Cosworth. Indy 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya‘s 2003 Monaco Grand Prix win for BMW Williams over Kimi Räikkönen’s McLaren Mercedes and Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari was notable for the fact that there was not one overtake on track throughout the race… There was however more than ample other significant racing over the years – Baron Pierre de Crawhez for instance won 1898 Brussels-Spa race in a Panhard-Levassor, Barbereau won the 1899...
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