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People who have shaped our world

Matt James looks back at some of the stand-out images and moments of the 10-year period

Fairy tales can come true, and the UK experienced a purple patch early on in the century with two home-grown grand prix title winners.

Whose team could change four tyres the faster? Ken Tyrrell and McLaren’s Teddy Mayer had £600 riding on it. The former’s crew – a gun guy at each corner, a jack man at either end – was said to have go

Difficult, changeable conditions hit Peter Auto’s Spa-Classic from 23-25 May in Belgium, so perhaps it wasn’t a great surprise that the experienced Oliver Bryant took victory in the wet, all-Porsche 9

It was a decade of British success across a turbulent landscape. Matt James picks out some highlights