🏆 A single bright spot in a DNF-strewn year, Jean-Pierre Jabouille won the Austrian Grand Prix On This Day forty five years ago, seizing his Renault RE20's turbo advantage in the high altitude Styrian mountains and just fending off Williams' Alan Jones on well-worn tyres. 😰 A half-distance puncture for team-mate René Arnoux robbed them of a likely 1-2 - Arnoux spent the remainder of the race blitzing through backmarkers at such a rate that he needed to pit twice more for new tyres! 🛞   Nigel Mansell also made a fittingly dramatic debut for Lotus; he raced for 40 laps until his Cosworth engine failed, all while suffering burns from a fuel leak. 🤕 . . . .   #F1 #OnThisDay #JeanPierreJabouille #Renault #RenaultTurbo #RenaultRE20 #ClassicF1 #80sF1 #FormulaOne #Formula1 #GrandPrix #F1History #PhotographyHistory #MotorsportHistory #MotorsportPhotography #GettyImages #GettySport #SuttonImages