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... that Sebastian Vettel's (pictured) win from pole position at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix made him both the youngest driver to take pole position and the youngest driver to win a Formula One race? Also, it was the youngest podium in F1 history. With Vettel winning the race, Kovalainen finished 2nd, and Robert Kubica finished 3rd.
... that the Ferrari F60 was named to celebrate Ferrari's 60 years in Formula One?
... that racing engineer Harvey Postlethwaite said he agreed to join the Hesketh Racing team because they got him drunk?
... that the 1952 and 1953 World Drivers' Championships were run under Formula Two rules?

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