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Today in Racing: 17 June

Formula 1 has an international and unique flavour over race history on 17 June with grands prix quite literally all around the world and a few most memorable tales to tell as well. It starts with Nino Farina’s Alfa Romeo 159A dominating the 1951 Belgian Grand Prix ahead of Alberto Ascari and Gigi Villoresi’s Ferrari 375s after Juan Manuel Fangio had issues with the latest Alfa Romeo 159B’s revolutionary concave wheels at Spa-Francorchamps. Eleven years later and once again at Spa-Francorchamps, Jim Clark served notice of things to come when he stormed to his maiden Grand Prix victory, the first of four consecutive Belgian wins and also the Lotus 25’s first win over his future great...
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