{"id":186780,"date":"2017-02-03T14:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T14:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/opinion\/this-week-in-motor-sport-january-30\/"},"modified":"2019-09-19T08:21:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T07:21:32","slug":"week-motor-sport-january-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/single-seaters\/f1\/week-motor-sport-january-30\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in motor sport \u2013 January 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daytona 24 Hours through the years, and a Ligier 1-2 in Brazil; this week in motor sport from the Archive and Database<\/strong><\/p>\n

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January 30<\/h3>\n

1901: <\/strong>Rudolf Caracciola is born. In profile<\/a><\/p>\n

1917: <\/strong>Racing writer Paul Fr\u00e8re is born. In profile<\/a><\/p>\n

1971: <\/strong>Jackie Oliver and Pedro Rodriguez win the Daytona 24 Hours \u2013 leading by more than 40 laps at one point… Report<\/a><\/p>\n

1988: <\/strong>Raul Boesel, Martin Brundle and John Nielsen, plus an hour or so from Jan Lammers, win the Daytona 24 Hours for TWR. Report<\/a><\/p>\n

January 31<\/h3>\n

1930: <\/strong>Grand Prix and sports car winner Jo Bonnier is born. In profile<\/a><\/p>\n

1954: <\/strong>Mauro Baldi, Formula 1 racer turned sports car winner, is born. In profile<\/a><\/p>\n

1966: <\/strong>Single seater champion, F1 racer and Le Mans winner JJ Lehto is born. In profile<\/a><\/p>\n

1987: <\/strong>Holbert Racing claims the Daytona 24 Hours, with Derek Bell, Al Holbert, Chip Robinson and Al Unser Jr. Report<\/a><\/p>\n

February 1<\/h3>\n

1969: <\/strong>Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons capitalise on Porsche’s failures to win the Daytona 24 Hours. Report<\/a><\/p>\n

1992: <\/strong>Nissan secures its first Daytona 24 Hours win. Report<\/a> <\/p>\n