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  • August 26, 2011: Our resident expert Steven Lynch tracks down the driver with the most races for one team as well as answering readers' questions on F1's next star and the limited success of Spyker

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  • Dutch Grand Prix
  • Prost wins as Piquet erases gap

  • August 30, 1981: Alain Prost took his second win of the season for Renault, leading the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort for all but a few dozen yards during a fierce battle with Alan Jones. Nelson Piquet's second place put him level with Carlos Reutemann in the drivers' championship

  • Monaco Grand Prix
  • Villeneuve back to winning ways

  • May 31, 1981: Gilles Villeneuve showed Ferrari had put its appalling 1980 season behind it with victory in Monte Carlo, but yet again the weekend was as memorable for off-track events as anything on it.

  • US Grand Prix
  • Jones wins as Patrese stars at Long Beach

  • March 15, 1981: The season started with victory for defending world champion Alan Jones at Long Beach, suggesting it was going to be another long campaign for Williams' rivals. Despite rule changes which removed skirts from cars, it was as-you-were in the USA.

  • Spanish Grand Prix
  • Depailler wins as Laffite falters

  • April 29, 1979: Patrick Depailler secured a start-to-finish victory for Ligier at the Spanish Grand Prix, but it was another day of frustration for his team-mate Jacques Laffite as his early season wins started to fade as reliability issues came to the fore

  • United States Grand Prix West
  • Villeneuve beats Scheckter again at Long Beach

  • April 8, 1979: Gilles Villeneuve won the United States Grand Prix at Long Beach - his second successive victory and one which took him two points ahead of Jacques Lafitte in the drivers' championship - but it was a day of confusion and controversy

  • French Grand Prix
  • Andretti opens up commanding lead

  • July 2, 1978: Normal service was resumed at the Paul Ricard circuit as Mario Andretti secured his third win in four starts in the French Grand Prix in front of a record 100,000 spectators

  • United States Grand Prix West
  • Reutemann capitalises on Villeneuve error

  • April 2, 1978: Carlos Reutemann moved joint top of the drivers' championship with his second win of the season at the USA Grand Prix West at Long Beach, leading home his closest rival Mario Andretti by a little over 11 seconds

  • South African Grand Prix
  • Peterson snatches win from Depailler

  • March 4, 1978: Ronnie Peterson gave Lotus its second win in three races with victory at the South African Grand Prix, a race in which the lead changed a number of times

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