![]() 05/05/2019 at 23:04 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
McLaren is the only manufacturer to win the triple crown of Monte Carlo, Le Mans, and Indy.
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And Graham Hill’s the only driver to do it. None of his victories was in a McLaren.
Bruce Almighty won 2 out of 3, neither in one of his own cars.
Bruce is however one of three drivers ever to win an F1 race in a car of his own construction. Jack Brabham and Dan Gurn ey are the others.
Brabham is - and I expect will remain - the only per so n ever to win the F1 world drivers championship in his own car (in 1966).
...and other useless trivia.
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McLaren hasn’t even won the Derby lol
![]() 05/06/2019 at 01:25 |
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I thought the triple crown was Le Mans, Indy, and Monaco.
![]() 05/06/2019 at 04:56 |
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Correct. The official name is
Grand Prix de Monaco.
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![]() 05/06/2019 at 06:32 |
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Monaco, Monte Carlo, same fucking area of France