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Happy birthday to Johnny 'two or four wheels'!
We wish a happy one to Johnny Cecotto, who turns 65 today. The Venezuelan is the last of a very select group of racers who competed at the highest level of motorsport, both on two and four wheels. Cecotto rose to prominence as a teenage prodigy in 1975 when he became the youngest motorcycle world champion at the age of 19, clinching the title in50cc category. In 1980, he made his four-wheel debut with Minardi in the European F2 Championship, graduating to Formula 1 in 1983 with Theodore Racing before moving on to Toleman a year later. During his 24-month spell at the pinnacle of motorsport, he scored points just once, in his second race, the US Grand Prix West at Long Beach where he...
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