A Brief History of Formula One

Familiar faces on the race track during the Sixties were Brit Graham Hill and his German-Austrian rival Jochen Rindt
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Thrill Seekers
Grand Prix circuits were always glamorous places to be. Familiar faces on the race track during the Sixties included (seen here in Monza, 1969) dapper Brit Graham Hill (r) and his German-Austrian rival Jochen Rindt (c).

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