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- ...that, even though Williams drivers won the World Championship on seven occasions, only three races in the entirety of F1 history were won by Williams cars bearing the number 1? Those were the 1981 United States Grand Prix West, the 1981 Las Vegas Grand Prix, and the 1983 Monaco Grand Prix -- all of them street races.
- ...that the 2009 Formula One season will be the 60th World Championship season?
- ...that the 1974 French Grand Prix marked the only occasion in which F1 saw qualifying times of less than one minute? Twelve drivers managed to do that during qualifying: pole sitter Niki Lauda, eventual winner Ronnie Peterson, Tom Pryce, Clay Regazzoni, Emerson Fittipaldi, Mike Hailwood, Jody Scheckter, Carlos Reutemann, Patrick Depailler, James Hunt, Denny Hulme, and Jean-Pierre Jarier. The unexpectedly short lap times led to the circuit being extended for subsequent F1 races.
- ...that, following Michael Schumacher's retirement, Rubens Barrichello is the only still-active F1 driver to have been racing when Ayrton Senna died, though he didn't take part in that race due to injury?
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