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Ricciardo and Power create motorsport history

The stunning feats of Daniel Ricciardo and Will Power have created motorsport history as their success on Sunday ensured Australia became the first country to have drivers win motorsport's two most famous races on the same day. Only hours after Ricciardo won the prestigious Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix from pole, 37-year-old Power pulled off the greatest win of his career in America as he became the first Australian to win the Indianapolis 500, which was first held in 1911. Only two other countries – Britain (1965, 1966) and Brazil (1989, 1993) – had provided the winning driver at Monaco and Indianapolis in the same year. The last Australian to win on the streets of Monaco in...
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