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  • March 16, 2012: Our resident expert - Steven Lynch - has been finding the answers to questions on topics such as the most consecutive races won by first-time winners and the longest grand prix

  • Austrian Grand Prix
  • Brambilla takes maiden win in appalling conditions

  • August 17, 1975: The 37-year-old Italian Vittorio Brambilla, who had more than once threatened to record his maiden victory earlier in the season, finally did so at the Austrian Grand Prix

  • German Grand Prix
  • Reutemann up to second with 'Ring win

  • August 3, 1975: Carlos Reutemann won a German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring which was notable for the high attrition rate - only nine of the 24 starters finished - caused by a succession of punctures resulting from a failure to sweep flints and stones from the track

  • Swedish Grand Prix
  • Hat-trick gives Lauda comfortable lead

  • June 8, 1975: Niki Lauda recorded his third successive win of the season at the Swedish Grand Prix at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp to open up a healthy ten-point lead in the drivers' championship

  • Canadian Grand Prix
  • Stewart outwits Peterson in the wet

  • September 19, 1971: Newly crowned world champion Jackie Stewart took a sixth win of the season by winning the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park, despite the dreadful weather conditions

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