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February 1, 2013: Our resident expert - Steven Lynch - is back to answer more of your questions including who finished lowest in the championship having won a race and front-row records

September 30, 2011: Our resident expert - Steven Lynch - uncovers a record relating to points scoring that Michael Schumacher doesn't hold and answers readers' questions on turbos, also-rans and F1's Jungle Boy

January 6, 2010: Rene Arnoux recalls his favourite race - the 1979 French Grand Prix

August 17, 1980: Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who had not finished in any of the previous nine rounds, won the Austrian Grand Prix, holding off the determined championship leader Alan Jones and his Williams team-mate Carlos Reutemann

May 4, 1980: Didier Pironi won the Belgian Grand Prix, the first race of the European season, having led from start to finish at the tight circuit of Zolder

March 1, 1980: Renault's Rene Arnoux followed his win at Interlagos with victory at the South African Grand Prix

January 27, 1980: Rene Arnoux, driving a turbocharged Renault, won the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, with Elio de Angelis second for Lotus and new championship favourite Alan Jones back in third

September 9, 1979: Jody Scheckter won his first world championship in a fitting way as he swept to victory in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza

August 12, 1979: Alan Jones scored his second win in as many races and Williams its third in succession at the Austrian Grand Prix at the Österreichring

July 29, 1979: Alan Jones won the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim despite his engine misfiring during the final stages and crossing the finishing line with a punctured rear tyre

July 1, 1979: The French dominated their home grand prix as Jean-Pierre Jabouille steered Renault to victory at Dijon-Prenois with team-mate Rene Arnoux taking third