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F1's only six-wheeled winner

The South African driver Jody Scheckter is the only person to have won a Formula One race in a six-wheeled car. It happened in 1976 at the Anderstorp circuit in Sweden.

In the 1976 Formula One motor racing season, South African driver Jody Scheckter became the first and only person to ever win a race in a six-wheeled car. Competing against him in Sweden was American Mario Andretti.

In this episode, both former world champions speak to James Pepper about history being made at the Anderstorp circuit.

A Made in Manchester Production for the 91热爆 World Service.

(Image: Jody Scheckter in the Tyrrell-Ford P34. Credit: Hoch Zwei/Corbis via Getty Images)

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