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Did you know…? 7 facts about 4-time world champion! 1. He was nicknamed “the Professor” because of his intellectual approach to competition. 2. His son Nicholas is also a racing driver. 3. Of the 10 teammates Alain Prost had during his career, all of them are podium finishers, 8 have won races, and 5 have won the world championship. 4. After his retirement in 1991, he came back to Formula 1 in 1993, won the championship and retired again. 5. He is also known for his rivalry with Ayrton Senna. 6. Prost likes cycling a lot. 7. From 1997 to 2001 he had his own team in F1.

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Did you know…? 7 facts about 4-time world champion! 1. Vettel’s permanent driver number is number five. "I have decided for number five because I drove it successfully in karting in 2001 and got my first title with it in 2010," Vettel told Bild. 2. He is not active on social media. 3. Vettel has a habit of naming his cars since 2008 - Julie (2008), Kate and Kate’s dirty sister (2009), Luscious Liz and Randy Mandy (2010), Kinky Kylie (2011), Abbey (2012), Hungry Heidi (2013), Suzie (2014), Eva (2015), Margherita (2016), Gina (2017), Loria (2018), Lina (2019) and Lucilla (2020). 4. Sebastian was involved in a serious crash even before his debut in F1. A piece of debris from the crash almost cut off his index finger. 5. When he won the Italian GP in 2008, he was nicknamed “Baby Schumi”. 6. Sebastian became the youngest World Champion when he won the crown in 2010. 7. As a child he was a big fan of three Michael’s – Michael Schumacher, Michael Jordan and Michael Jackson.

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Did you know...? 7 facts about 5-time F1 world champion! 1. Juan Manuel Fangio dominated the first decade of F1 in the 1950s. 2. He was nicknamed “El Chueco” or “El Maestro”. 3. Fangio was the oldest driver in many of his races. He started his career in his late 30s. 4. He won the championship five times. This record stood for 46 years. 5. Juan was originally a mechanic. He began racing himself in 1934. 6. Fangio was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990. 7. Juan Manuel Fangio died in Buenos Aires in 1995, at the age of 84 from kidney failure and pneumonia; he was buried in his home town of Balcarce. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKeNX-QBGFJ/?igshid=1gdxwifw6fdgh

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Did you know… ? 7 facts about 7-time F1 world champion! 1. Lewis Hamilton made his way into his first kart at the age of 8 years old. He won the British Karting Championship at the age of 10. 2. At 13, he became the youngest driver ever to be contracted by a Formula One team. 3. He became the youngest World Champion in 2008 during his era, Vettel currently holds the record for the youngest world champion in F1 history. 4. Lewis Hamilton has sold his £25million candy red private jet to help reduce his carbon emissions. 5. He is the highest paid sportsman in the UK. 6. Hamilton has won the most number of races in F1 history. 7. Hamilton does not yet have a deal in place to race in 2021 two months before the start of the new season.

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Did you know…? 7 facts about 7-time F1 world champion! 1. He won his first championship title in 1994. He is the first German to win the title. 2. Michael did not want his son Mick to become a racing driver. 3. Michael's wife gifted him an African bracelet that became his good lucky charm. He wore the bracelet each time he raced. 4. His all time favourite movie is The Silence of the Lambs. 5. He played a role in the movie Cars. His part was quickly recorded at 2005’s Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. 6. He is known as ‘Regenkonig’(rain king) or ‘Regenmeister’ (rain master) due to his racing skills in the wet conditions. 7. In December 2013 he met with an accident while skiing in the French Alps. He was medically induced into a coma due to traumatic brain injury. He is still recovering. Get well soon..! 🙏 https://www.instagram.com/p/CKZoUR9BjaE/?igshid=1ha2ee3pgm1jv