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Latest updates on 6th Gear

• September 15, 2024: Lower category champions - IndyCar update
• September 15, 2024: Grand Prix wins - Azerbaijan GP update
• September 15, 2024: F1 pole positions - Azerbaijan GP update
• September 15, 2024: F1 fastest laps - Azerbaijan GP update
• September 15, 2024: World Championship Grand Prix participations - Azerbaijan GP update
• September 15, 2024: Grand Prix winners - Azerbaijan GP update
• September 15, 2024: World Championship point totals - Azerbaijan GP update
• September 15, 2024: F1 2024 - Azerbaijan GP update
• September 15, 2024: 2024 winners' circle - F1, IndyCar, F2, Euroformula Open, Super Formula Lights, Indy NXT, FRECA, WEC, GT Open, NASCAR, Australia Supercars updates
• September 8, 2024: 2024 winners' circle - FRECA, DTM, British GT, Italian GT, NASCAR, Stock Car Brasil updates
• September 1, 2024: Lower category champions - F3, Indy NXT, Porsche Supercup updates
• September 1, 2024: Grand Prix wins - Italian GP update
• September 1, 2024: F1 pole positions - Italian GP update
• September 1, 2024: F1 fastest laps - Italian GP update
• September 1, 2024: World Championship Grand Prix participations - Italian GP update
• September 1, 2024: Grand Prix winners - Italian GP update
• September 1, 2024: World Championship point totals - Italian GP update
• September 1, 2024: F1 2024 - Italian GP update
• September 1, 2024: 2024 winners' circle - F1, IndyCar, F2, F3, Indy NXT, WEC, Porsche Supercup, NASCAR updates

 

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• Silverstone - Race of the season, 2024 Silverstone Festival report, by Mattijs Diepraam
• The 1958-'61 South American Triangular Tournaments - Where front-engined Formula One went to die, by Lorenzo Baer
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