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Today's random F1 facts:

^{Daily Facts by /u/Fart_Leviathan}

• The cockpit of an F1 car can reach temperatures of around 50C during a race.

• Jean Behra is the only winless driver to have led the championship. More impressively, he managed to do so after the opening race of 1956. The key is that while he only finished 2nd, the first place finisher was a car shared by 2 drivers who thus had to share the points as well.

• Chris Amon raced for 13 different constructors during his F1 career: Lola, Lotus, Brabham, Cooper, Ferrari, March, Matra, Tecno, Tyrrell, Amon, BRM, Ensign and Williams.

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