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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/9oRo on 2024-11-16 11:38:20+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that when F1 driver Pedro Rodriguez won the 1967 South African Grand Prix, becoming the first ever Mexican driver to win an F1 race, the organizers didn’t have the Mexican anthem, and instead played the Mexican hat dance. After that, Rodriguez always traveled with a record of the anthem with him