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    70 YEARS OF FORMULA 1

    May 15, 2020 4 minutes
    COMPILED BY JANE VORSTER

    IT’S theatre on four wheels, a pure turbo-charged adrenaline rush. When it comes to excitement, danger, noise, glamour and money, no other sport comes close to Formula 1.

    For seven decades drivers from all over the world have been keeping fans on the edge of their seats with their rivalries and all-consuming need for speed. As May marks the 70th anniversary of F1’s World Championship, we look at a sport that has shocked, thrilled and fascinated fans for decades.

    HOW IT ALL STARTED

    Although various races had been taking place in Europe since the 1920s, things got serious in 1950 when the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) introduced the F1 World Championship for

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