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TIL - In the 1977 Formula 1 season, Niki Lauda won the driver’s championship with 2 races still to go. He didn’t drive those last 2 races, perhaps because he was changing teams the next year. Gilles Villeneuve drove the last 2 races for Ferrari, in Niki’s absence.

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