On a busy day in Formula 1, but not very much else, 9 June has played host a good few motor racing highlights over the years. Jim Clark’s Lotus Climax won a sodden 1963 Belgian Grand Prix from Bruce McLaren in a Cooper-Climax and Dan Gurney’s Brabham-Climax. Five years later, McLaren was unaware that he’d taken his McLaren brand’s maiden victory over Pedro Rodríguez’s BRM and Jacky Ickx in a Ferrari in Belgium in 1968, after race leader Jackie Stewart had to pit for fuel with a lap to run. That race is also noted for ever more cars sprouting aerodynamic wings. Jody Scheckter became the sixth winner in seven 1974 grands prix in Sweden en route to his maiden victory ahead of...
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