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South African Grand Prix, (first qualifying session), Kyalami, 13 October 1983. Quickest of the normally aspirated entrants, Michele Alboreto was 18th quickest (1 m 11.096s) in Ford Cosworth DFY-powered Tyrrell 012. 9/9 © Getty Images #F1

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Coming up this Thursday, back to 15 October 1983, looking back at the South African Grand Prix and the title decider between Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet and René Arnoux. © FOM #F1

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South African Grand Prix, (first qualifying session), Kyalami, 13 October 1983. The leading Pirelli runner, Elio de Angelis set the 8th quickest lap time (1 m 07.937s) in his Lotus-Renault-94T. 8/9 © Girardo and Co #F1

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South African Grand Prix, (first qualifying session), Kyalami, 13 October 1983. Enjoying a relatively trouble-free practice for a change, Manfred Winkelhock put in a strong showing with 6th place (1 m 07.726s) in his ATS-BMW-D6. 7/9 📷 Ercole Colombo/Hoch Zwei #F1

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South African Grand Prix, (first qualifying session), Kyalami, 13 October 1983. Promising debut for first turbocharged Williams. Keke Rosberg and Jacques Laffite were 5th and 7th quickest in the Honda V6-powered FW09s, designed by Patrick Head and Neil Oatley. 6/9 © Getty Images #F1

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South African GP, (first qualifying session), Kyalami, 13 October 1983. René Arnoux's Ferrari 126C3 stopped on the circuit after an electrical failure. As the Frenchman got out of his car, track marshals pushed the car over Arnoux's right foot, causing severe bruising... 5/9 📷 Hoch Zwei #F1

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South African Grand Prix, (first qualifying session), Kyalami, 13 October 1983. In with an outside chance of becoming World Champion, René Arnoux set the 4th quickest time (1 m 07.222s) despite falling victim to a bizarre accident... 4/9 © Getty Images #F1

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South African Grand Prix, (first qualifying session), Kyalami, 13 October 1983. Renault brought along special qualifying engines for the first time. It made little difference though as Alain Prost was 3rd quickest (1 min:07.186 sec) and outpaced by title rival Nelson Piquet. 3/9 #F1

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South African Grand Prix, (first qualifying session), Kyalami, 13 October 1983. Second in the standings, but aiming to win his second World Championship, Nelson Piquet (Brabham-BMW-BT52B) ended the first session 2nd quickest with a time of 1 min:06.792 sec. 2/9 📷 Ercole Colombo #F1

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#OnThisDay in 1983. At Kyalami, Patrick Tambay (Ferrari 126C3) set the pace during the first qualifying session for the season-ending South African Grand Prix. The Frenchman lapping in 1 min:06.554 sec. 1/9 © Getty Images #F1

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Remembering Dieter Stappert, born #OnThisDay in 1942. Stappert was the Sporting Director at BMW Motorsport from 1980 till 1985, responsible for BMW's F1 program. He created the BMW Junior Team, bringing the likes of Marc Surer, Eddie Cheever and Manfred Winkelhock through the ranks. #F1

Riccardo Patrese and Dieter Stappert, Hockenheim, 1983 📷 Rainer Schlegelmilch

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Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. With his McLaren-TAG running on five cylinders, Alain Prost nursed his car to a 2nd place finish. Those six precious points kept the Frenchman's title hopes alive. 2/2 © Girardo and Co #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. Drivers' and Constructors' Championship standings. © Getty Images #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. Race report www.statsf1.com/en/1986/mexi... Race highlights youtu.be/I2DUuui3Mc4?... © Getty Images/Girardo and Co #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. Finishing an F1 race for the third and final time, Canada's Allen Berg finished seven laps down in 16th position in his Osella-Alfa Romeo-FA1F. 📷 Mike Powell #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. Lap 65 of 68, having just moved into 4th position after the retirement of Stefan Johansson, Riccardo Patrese (Brabham-BMW-BT55) skidded on oil from the Swede's Ferrari, retiring... © FOM #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. Stefan Johansson's excellent drive ended by a turbo failure. Starting 14th, Johansson (Ferrari F1/86) was challenging Ayrton Senna for 3rd when the turbo blew up, four laps from the finish. © FOM #F1

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Mexican GP, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. With neither car having finished a single race so far in '86, Minardi bizarrely achieved a double race finish! Andrea de Cesaris 8th in the M186-Motori Moderni. Alessandro Nannini, 14th, finished a GP for the first time. #F1

Alessandro Nannini (Minardi-Motori Moderni-M185B), 1986 Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez © Girardo and Co

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Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. 5th place finisher Nelson Piquet converted his Williams into a taxi, René Arnoux and Stefan Johansson sitting on the sidepods, while 6th placed Philippe Alliot, who ran out of fuel, perched on the roll bar! © FOM #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. The World Championship went right down to the wire! Nigel Mansell (70 points), Alain Prost (64 points) and Nelson Piquet (63 points) would compete for the world title at the Australian Grand Prix on 26 October. 5/5 #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. Making his 32nd F1 race starts, Philippe Alliot brought his Ligier-Renault-JS27 home in 6th position for his first World Championship point. 4/5 © Girardo and Co #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. Third on the grid, Nigel Mansell (Williams-Honda-FW11) struggled to get his car into first gear at the start. By the time he found first gear, much of the field had streamed past. Mansell would finish 5th. 3/5 © FOM #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. Nelson Piquet (Williams-Honda-FW11) led the first 31 laps, but excessive tyre wear led to three pit stops, scuppering any prospect of victory. The Brazilian finishing 4th, remained in title contention. 2/4 © Getty Images #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. 1 🇦🇹 Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 2 🇫🇷 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 3 🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 4 🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 5 🇬🇧 Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 6 🇫🇷 Philippe Alliot Ligier-Renault 1/4 #F1

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🇲🇽 Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. 1 🇦🇹 Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 🏁🏆🍾 2 🇫🇷 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 🏆🍾 3 🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 🏆🍾 1/2 © Getty Images #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 12 October 1986. Gerhard Berger interviewed after driving to his first F1 victory. 2/2 © FOM #F1

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#OnThisDay in 1986. First F1 victory for Gerhard Berger and Benetton. At the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Gerhard Berger used the durable Pirelli tyres to great effect, running without pitting, winning the first Mexican Grand Prix since 1970. This was the last win for the BMW turbo. 1/2 © FOM

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Mexican Grand Prix, (qualifying), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 10-11 October 1986. Philippe Alliot achieved a new F1 qualifying personal best of 10th in his Ligier-Renault-JS27. 10/10 © Revs Digital Library #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, (qualifying), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 10-11 October 1986. Despite poor straight line speed, Patrick Tambay qualified an impressive 8th in the Team Haas Lola-Ford-THL2. The car handling particularly well on the circuit's bumpy surface. 9/10 © Getty Images #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, (qualifying), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 10-11 October 1986. For once, the Brabham weren't troubled by the BMW engine issues which had plagued the team for much of the year. Riccardo Patrese qualified an excellent 5th, Derek Warwick a season's best 7th. 8/10 #F1

Derek Warwick (Brabham-BMW-BT55), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 1986 © Getty Images

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Mexican Grand Prix, (qualifying), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 10-11 October 1986. Still in the running for retaining the World Championship, Alain Prost qualified 6th fastest in his McLaren-TAG-MP4/2C. The TAG turbo afflicted by a slow throttle response. 7/10 © Getty Images #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, (qualifying), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 10-11 October 1986. Quickest on Friday, Gerhard Berger (Benetton-BMW-B186) had his hopes of claiming pole dashed by a turbo problem, then oil on the track and slower traffic. Berger qualifying 4th, top Pirelli runner. 6/10 #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, (qualifying), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 10-11 October 1986. "I wouldn't say that I would have taken the pole or made the front row of the grid without my stomach problems, but they certainly didn't help much." said an off-colour Nigel Mansell. 5/10 📷 Ercole Colombo #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, (qualifying), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 10-11 October 1986. Suffering from a bad case of Montezuma's Revenge (the classic Mexico stomach bug), championship leader Nigel Mansell (Williams-Honda-FW11) qualified a heroic 3rd fastest. 4/10 📷 Mike Powell #F1

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Mexican Grans Prix, (qualifying), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 10-11 October 1986. Ten points behind championship leader Nigel Mansell, with two races left, Nelson Piquet (Williams-Honda-FW11) qualified 2nd quickest with a time of 1 min:17.279 sec. 3/10 📷 Mike Powell #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix ,(qualifying), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 10-11 October 1986. "I hit a bump, got off line and had to lift off the throttle. It seemed to take forever before the power came back again. I could have been have a second quicker." Ayrton Senna on his pole lap. 2/10

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#OnThisDay in 1986. Ayrton Senna clinches pole position for first Mexican Grand Prix since 1970. At the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Senna stormed to an eighth pole of the season. 1/10 © Getty Images #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, (first qualifying session), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 10 October 1986. 10 and 11 points behind championship leader Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet (Williams-Honda-FW11) and Alain Prost (McLaren-TAG-MP4/2C) were 2nd and 6th fastest respectively. 3/3 © Revs Digital Library #F1

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Mexican Grand Prix, (first qualifying session), Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 10 October 1986. 10 points clear in the World Championship, with only two races to go, Nigel Mansell (Williams-Honda-FW11) ended the opening session 3rd quickest (1 min:18.269 sec). 2/3 📷 Mike Powell #F1

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#OnThisDay in 1986. Mexican Grand Prix returns for first time since 1970. The renamed Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez had been shortened and modified from its previous layout. Gerhard Berger(Benetton-BMW-B186) topped the first qualifying session. The Austrian lapping in 1 min:17.780 sec. 1/3 #F1

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Some great 1980s F1 memories coming up this Monday. Going back to 12 October 1986 at the Mexican Grand Prix. Race results, photos and video clips from the race. © FOM #F1

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The best commentator. His sheer enthusiasm played a massive part in igniting my interest in F1, back in the 1980s.

Murray Walker and Martin Brundle, Monte Carlo, 1985 📷 David Phipps

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Happy 74th Birthday to Italian former racing driver Siegfried Stohr. Stohr drove for Arrows in nine Grand Prix during the 1981 F1 season. His best F1 result was 7th at the Dutch Grand Prix. Stohr won the 1978 Italian F3 Championship and won the Enna round in the 1980 European F2 Championship. #F1

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Remembering Murray Walker, the much-missed voice of motorsport, born #OnThisDay in 1923. #F1

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German Grand Prix, (qualifying), Hockenheim, 22-23 July 1988. In the home race for Günter Schmid's Rial Racing team, Andrea de Cesaris qualified solidly in 14th position. The Italian quickest of the Ford Cosworth DFZ V8-powered entrants. 4/6 © Girardo and Co/Imago Images #F1

Andrea de Cesaris (Rial-Ford Cosworth-ARC1), Hockenheim, 1988.

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German Grand Prix, (qualifying), Hockenheim, 22-23 July 1988. Alessandro Nannini continued to impress at Benetton. The Italian qualifying 6th fastest and best of the non-turbo runners. 3/6 © Imago Images #F1

Alessandro Nannini (Benetton-Ford Cosworth-B188), Hockenheim, 1988.

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German Grand Prix, (qualifying), Hockenheim, 22-23 July 1988. Gerhard Berger's Ferrari F1/87/88C was undamaged after a high-speed spin. As was often the case during 1988, Berger was best of the rest behind the McLaren-Hondas, over 1.5 sec away from Senna's pole time. 2/6 © FOM #F1

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