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The has been a pretty much permanent feature on the since 1968 - and the event's history stretches all the way back to 1913.

That's quite some list of races to choose from for our classic races series, but obviously the further back in time one goes, the harder it is to source television footage - so, in the interests of giving you the best selection of highlights we could, we have focused our selection of classic Spanish F1 races on the last three decades.

And these really are some great races.

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The new have already spiced Formula 1 up this year, but their future is very much up in the air.

The systems, which store energy that would have been wasted during braking and re-apply it while the car accelerates, have been championed by , president of F1's governing body, the FIA.

Mosley sees in them a way F1 can be relevant to the future direction of road-car technology as well as protecting itself against accusations of profligacy in a world in which are running out and CO2 emissions urgently need to be reined in.

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has always had a way with withering put-downs, and this week he turned his attention to Ferrari, the team he won two world titles for in the 1970s.

The Austrian legend said the team's disastrous start to the 2009 Formula 1 season was a return to their "spaghetti culture".

Lauda could not have found a more insulting turn of phrase had he worked at it for a month.

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Fernando Alonso's victory in the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix is the event we have chosen to highlight in the latest episode in our series of classic Formula 1 races.

Bahrain was the first race of the season that year - Melbourne had been moved as a result of the Commonwealth Games - and it gave the Spaniard an early chance to answer some of his more short-sighted critics.

but when he won his first world title in 2005 with Renault there were those who claimed that it was devalued because he had not had to fight Michael Schumacher to win it.

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is the event chosen to be highlighted in our classic races series this week.

There was some stiff competition, particularly from and , but you just cannot look past the drama of Kimi Raikkonen's victory in 2007.

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This is only the sixth year in the short history of the so the event was always going to struggle when it came to our classic races series.

But actually, although there have only been five races there, the Shanghai track has hosted some enjoyable battles.

the first three drivers across the line were covered by less than 1.5 seconds as Rubens Barrichello secured his last win for Ferrari and held off Jenson Button's BAR and a late-charging Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren.

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We are showing the as the latest event in our classic races series.

The video highlights of that race are embedded in this blog - and the other four races we picked out can be found below.

The 1999 event was fascinating but, to fully understand what happened, you need to know a little bit of the back story, which is steeped in politics and rumour, like so much of Formula 1.

This was the event that marked 's return after a , an injury he sustained in a crash at the .

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