On This Day in Formula One - 13 September

1953

Juan Manuel Fangio spoiled the party for the hordes of assembled Ferrari fans by stealing victory in the Italian Grand Prix from the scarlet trio of Giuseppe Farina, Luigi Villoresi and Mike Hawthorn. Alberto Ascari had started the race from pole and led early on as Fangio dropped back to fourth. With Ascari and Farina leading the majority of the race, the duo looked certain to finish first and second but on the last corner Ascari spun and Farina went across the grass to avoid his team-mate, who was punted into retirement by Onofre Marimon. A surprised Fangio avoided the carnage to take victory as Farina recovered to take second from Villoresi.

1959

Stirling Moss won the Italian Grand Prix in dominant fashion, winning by just under a minute from Phil Hill and Cooper team-mate Jack Brabham. Hill had passed Moss for the lead but pitted at half-distance, expecting the Coopers to follow suit. But feeling comfortable on his rubber, Moss stayed out for the remainder of the race to win comfortably from Hill and Brabham.

1981

The Italian Grand Prix returned to its spiritual home in Monza after the 1980 race was held at Imola. Nelson Piquet and Carlos Reutemann were locked on equal points at the top of the drivers' standings but it was Alain Prost who was to take a dominant victory after jumping from third place and into the lead on the opening lap. The Williams duo of Alan Jones and Carlos Reutemann grabbed the other podium places with Piquet losing ground back in fifth.

1986

Japan had a reputation of producing a succession of well-connected but ultimately inconsistent F1 drivers until Kamui Kobayashi, born on this day in Amagasaki, Japan, burst onto the F1 scene. Kobayashi raised eyebrows with some impressive showings for Toyota in 2009 and with the team announcing its withdrawal from the sport, Sauber snapped up the talented Japanese.

1992

Ayrton Senna won the Italian Grand Prix on the day that Nigel Mansell announced that he would retire from F1 at the end of the season, blaming Williams for not doing enough to keep him. Having qualified on pole, Mansell rocketed off into the distance, building a 12 second lead over team-mate Riccardo Patrese before bizarrely slowing and allowing him past before sitting on his gearbox. The strange spectacle ended with a hydraulics failure for the Williams. Patrese led Senna before a hydraulics problem also forced his retirement, Martin Brundle and Michael Schumacher following the Brazilian home.

Michael Schumacher celebrates his victory at the 1998 Italian Grand Prix.
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1998

Michael Schumacher led home team-mate Eddie Irvine for a Ferrari 1-2 the Italian Grand Prix to the delight of the assembled Tifosi, who had not witnessed a team 1-2 for ten years. It took a determined drive by Schumacher, who slipped back to fifth from pole at the start, both McLarens, Irvine and Jacques Villeneuve's Williams Mecachrome all passing the German. David Coulthard soon established a healthy lead over Mika Hakkinen until his engine blew on lap 17. Schumacher passed Villeneuve and Irvine before reeling in and taking Hakkinen. A spin from the Finn dropped him further back to fourth, Ralf Schumacher grabbing the remaining podium spot.

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On This Day in Formula One - 4 September

1960

Ferrari also dominated the 1960 Italian Grand Prix, Phil Hill leading home team-mates Ginther and Willy Mairesse for a 1-2-3. Wolfgang von Trips rounded off a great day for the Scuderia by finishing fifth in his F2 Ferrari behind Giulio Cabianca's Cooper-Castellotti.

1966

Ludovico Scarfiotti delighted home fans by taking his first grand prix victory at Monza. Scarfiotti and team-mate Mike Parkes qualified on the front row but Lorenzo Bandini made a great start from fifth to lead at the end of the first lap as Scarfiotti dropped back to seventh behind Denny Hulme. Then came the Italian's charge through the field and, aided by the retirements of first Jack Brabham then John Surtees, he led home Parkes. The biggest incident came on lap 17 when Richie Ginther suffered a tyre failure in the Curva Grande and his Honda crashed into the trees beside the track. The American emerged miraculously unhurt but his car was destroyed.

                                                                 2005

Juan Pablo Montoya leads the start of the 2005 Italian Grand Prix.

The Italian Grand Prix marked only the second time in history that every car that started the race was still running at the finish. It was won by Juan Pablo Montoya in his McLaren from the Renault's of Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella, who dedicated his podium finish to Michele Alboreto, the last Italian on the podium at Monza before him.

2009

The day Crashgate took off, with the announcement from the FIA it was going to charge renault following claims by Nelson Piquet Junior that he had deliberately crashed his Renault at the previous year's Singapore Grand Prix under team orders. The hearing was set for September 21 but by then Renault boss Flavio Briatore and engineer Pat Symonds had quit.

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On This Day in Formula One - 3 September

1906

The birth in Maffersdorf (the in Austria-Hungary but now in the Czech Republic) of the legendary and brilliant Ferdinand Porsche, the founder of the eponymous manufacturer. He also designed the iconic VW Beetle as well as Germany's Tiger tanks, earning him accolades from the Nazi party and internment by the French as a war criminal. He subsequently rebuilt the company after the war despite considerable obstacles, dying after suffering stroke in 1951.

1939

On the day Britain and France declared war against Germany, the last major European race for almost seven years took place with the staging of the one and only Belgrade Grand Prix. It was to be the last hurrah of the great Auto Union-Mercedes era as well and the final major win for the legendary Tazio Nuvolari.

1939

As Britain and France declared war against Germany, the last major European race for almost seven years took place with the staging of the one and only Belgrade Grand Prix. It was to be the last hurrah of the great Auto Union-Mercedes era as well and the final major win for the legendary Tazio Nuvolari.

                                                                  1950

Farina became Formula One's first world champion at Monza.

Giuseppe Farina won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to finish three points ahead of main rival Juan Manuel Fangio. The race saw the first serious challenge to Alfa Romeo in a world championship event with Ascari battling with Fangio and Farina. After 21 laps Ascari retired with an overheating engine and Fangio went out soon afterwards with a gearbox problem.

2003

Ralf Schumacher discharged himself from hospital against doctors' advice after he was involved in a heavy accident in Monza, where his car lost both rear and front wings at the second Lesmo corner. He was taken to hospital for precautionary checks and remained overnight for observation.

2004

It was Michael Schumacher's turn to suffer a huge accident during testing at Monza when the left-rear tyre of his Ferrari blew out at the end of the start/finish straight. Schumacher hit the barriers with the front and rear of the car, but left the accident unscathed.

2008

Formula One Management agreed a new deal with ESPN Star Sports for F1 television broadcasts in Asia. ESPN Star Sports was given exclusive Grand Prix broadcast rights in 24 Asian markets for the next five years in a deal that included internet, radio and mobile phone broadcasts as well as television coverage.

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On This Day in Formula One - 1 September

1985

A driver destined for greatness, Stefan Bellof was killed when he overstepped the mark in a sports car race at Spa, failing in a crazy attempt to overtake at the daunting Eau Rouge corner in his Porsche 956. Bellof was an electrifying driver, often on the ragged edge of control. He made it to Formula One in 1984 with Tyrrell and was challenging for victory at Monaco before heavy rain stopped play when he was third, thwarting both him and Ayrton Senna as they closed on Alain Prost. However, the Tyrrell team was found to have committed a technical irregularity and all his points were removed for the 1984 season. He won six times for Porsche en route to claiming the world title and was going for a sixth in 1985 when tragedy struck.

                                                                   2002

Michael Schumacher celebrates his victory at the 2002 Belgian Grand Prix.

Michael Schumacher won the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, described by some reporters as 'another massacre at Malmedy', such was his dominance at the circuit. Schumacher chalked up a record tenth win of the season and his seventh at Spa to win from team-mate Rubens Barrichello and the Williams of Juan Pablo Montoya in a race that was virtually devoid of overtaking.

2003

Cornelius Horan, the former priest who ran on to the track during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, was released from custody after six weeks on remand. The former priest believed that God protected him and the drivers when he was on the track. He also said that he would not have conducted his protest but a gate leading to the track had been left open - and that this represented a signal from God that he should invade the track.

2004

Michael Schumacher held a press conference to announce that he had no intention of leaving the sport he loves in the near future. "Apparently I'm supposed to announce my retirement here, but that is not the case," said Schumacher.

2007

Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya vowed to do his best to bring India into Formula One after teaming up with Spyker's director of Formula One Michiel Mol to make an 80 million euro bid for the cash-strapped team. "Team India is on the F1 grid," declared Mallya in a press conference. Mallya's dream became reality when his Force India team took the grid for the 2008 Australian Grand Prix.

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