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That's the subject debated by 1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill and renowned F1 journalist Mark Hughes in the latest episode of The Undercut, the podcast where we give the duo a thought-provoking starting topic and then see where the conversation takes them...Get your 7-day free trial to The Race Members' Club on Patreon today and enjoy bonus F1 podcasts and ad-free listening.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information."},"annotations":[{"startTime":1238.6,"endTime":1242.4,"type":"concept","title":"South African Grand Prix","url":"/glossary/south-african-grand-prix","quote":"...after breaking his legs over the previous season. So he made an amazing comeback and got a point in agony with the Rob Walker Lotus in 1970.","canonicalId":"concept:south-african-grand-prix","priority":0.5,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4o-mini","data":{"explanation":"The South African Grand Prix is a Formula One race that has been held at various times since the 1930s. 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