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Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Mark Hitchcock and Prashanth Bhat!

On this day in motorsport

• 35 years ago today Ayrton Senna won the Italian Grand Prix ahead of Alain Prost, pulling 16 points ahead of his rival in the title fight