1 Rikky von Opel drives the Ensign F1 car he financed for the first time (1973). 3 Ligier F1 driver Patrick Depailler is seriously injured in a hang glider crash (1979). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FINaXgYLO_8 6 Jim Clark makes his Lotus F1 championship debut in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. His race ends on lap 42 with a broken crankshaft. Jack Brabham wins the race in a Cooper-Climax (1960). 7 James Hunt announces his immediate retirement from F1 (1979). 9 Ludovico Scarfiotti…
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