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TIL about Dorino Serafini from Pesaro, Italy. Still the only man in F1 History to have a 100% podium record. He finished joint 2nd at the 1950 Italian GP for Ferrari with his teammate Alberto Ascari (only italian man to win an F1 title for Ferrari). The race was won by Luigi Fagioli.

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