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"Along with turbo engines and a groan-inducing, gimmicky double points finale, there are more tweaks slated for Formula 1 next season. Drivers will now select a number to race under for the entirety of their career, from No. 2 through No. 99. The coveted No. 1 will be spoils of the reigning champ, as it was until 1996. But the FIA doesn&amp;#039;t want teams and constructors picking the numbers, so the sanctioning body is contacting drivers individually. All of next year&amp;#039;s drivers are to begin applying for their digits now, with the request listing three choices, all ranked in order of preference. Williams&amp;#039; man Valtteri Bottas says he wants No. 77, and ESPN is reporting that a couple others have applied, too: Force India&amp;#039;s new hand Sergio Perez is after No. 11, Felipe Mass wants No. 19, and Nico Rosberg hopes to fly under No. 6 as his dad Keke did during his &amp;#039;82 world title season. But regardless of who ends up with them next season, there are a handful of numbers that will always be special to F1 diehards\u2014some because of the men who wore them, others because of what the vehicle or era represents. When we wind back our collective open-wheel highlight reel, here are a few that stick out. via ESPN UK "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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