On This Day In Formula One - 18 August

1957

Stirling Moss won the first ever Pescara Grand Prix in Italy, on the calendar after the cancelations of the Belgian and Dutch GPs. Ferrari did not bother to send cars for Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins, partly because Juan Manuel Fangio had already secured the title but also in protest against Italian government moves to ban road racing. So it became a battle between Moss' Vanwall and the Maserati of Fangio, Moss winning after Fangio spun on oil left by Luigi Musso's privateer Ferrari.

                                                                                          1974

Carlos Reutemann wins the 1974 Austrian Grand Prix.

Carlos Reutemann won the Austrian Grand Prix from Denny Hulme and James Hunt. Having qualified second, Reutemann took the lead at the start and never looked back. While Reutemann carried on serenely at the front, cars were dropping like flies behind him, Scheckter, Lauda, Peterson, Pace and Fittipaldi all falling by the wayside.

1985

Italian driver Andrea de Cesaris lived up to his nickname of 'Andrea de Crasheris' at the Austrian Grand Prix when he had another spectacular accident, his Ligier going off the circuit and somersaulting several times. Although he walked away mercifully unscathed, a shaken De Cesaris was promptly sacked by Guy Ligier on his arrival back at the pits. "I can no longer afford the services of this young man," Ligier is reported to have said. Alain Prost went on to win the race.

2002

Rubens Barrichello led home Michael Schumacher for an easy 1-2 as Ferrari secured another constructors' title. In an uneventful procession of a race, Ralf Schumacher finished third and the only excitement came when Mika Salo was given a 25-second post-race penalty for an unsafe pit stop while trying to stay ahead of Pedro de la Rosa.

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[Part 1] The Belgian Grand Prix - DID YOU KNOW (FACTS)

On This Day In Formula One - 17 August

1896
The first British fatality as a result of a car came at Crystal Palace when 44-year-old Bridget Driscoll was run down by Arthur Edsall's imported Roger-Benz. "At the inquest, Florence Ashmore, a domestic servant, gave evidence that the car went at a 'tremendous pace', like a fire engine - 'as fast as a good horse could gallop'," the Times reported. "The driver, working for the Anglo-French Motor Co, said that he was doing 4mph when he killed Mrs Driscoll and that he had rung his bell and shouted."

                                                                                       1952

Nelson Piquet was born on this day.

Three-time Formula One World Champion Nelson Piquet was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although he won the last of his titles for Williams in 1987, Piquet is always associated with his title wins at Brabham in 1981 and 1983. Interestingly, Piquet was a name invented to conceal his racing from his family as his birth name was Nelson Soutomaior.

1952
Ferrari secured a dominant 1-2-3 at the Dutch Grand Prix with Alberto Ascari leading home Giuseppe Farina and Luigi Villoresi. Having qualified third, Mike Hawthorn was up to second in the early stages but eventually finished fourth.

1975
Italian Vittorio Brambilla scored his first grand prix victory at the Austrian Grand Prix from the British duo of James Hunt and Tom Pryce, who secured his first ever podium. Having qualified eighth, Brambilla slithered his March through the field and into the lead past Hunt on lap 19. Conditions deteriorated to such an extent that eventually the organizers were petitioned to stop the race. The chequered flag was shown and Brambilla in his excitement lost control of his car and crashed. He was able to rejoin and completed his victory lap with the front end of the car in a state of considerable disrepair.

1980
Jean-Pierre Jabouille won the Austrian Grand Prix for Renault from the Williams duo of Alan Jones and Carlos Reutemann. Jones jumped into an early lead but soon had the yellow Renaults swarming all over the back of him and by lap 4, both were through with Arnoux leading. A clutch problem dropped Arnoux back down the field and Jabouille was just able to fend off Jones on fading tyres by the finish.

                                                                 1986

Alain Prost on the Podium after winning the 1986 Austrian Grand Prix.

Alain Prost won the Austrian Grand Prix at the Osterreichring a week after Formula One's first visit to Hungary. The Benetton-BMWs of Teo Fabi and Gerhard Berger qualified on the front row and set off into the distance but soon both were out with mechanical problems. When Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet both also retired, Prost was left leading the Ferraris of Michele Alboreto and Stefan Johansson and that is how it stayed.

2000
Jenson Button's future was once again in the news when it was announced that he would be loaned by Frank Williams to the Benetton team for two seasons as Colombian Indycar sensation Juan Pablo Montoya stepped in. "I will always be eternally grateful to Frank Williams and Patrick Head for giving me my great opportunity in Formula One," said Button. "I have some unfinished business at Williams."

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On This Day In Formula One - 16 August

1970

It had been six years since F1 cars had visited the Zeltweg circuit and home favourite Jochen Rindt plopped his Lotus 72 on pole at the stunning venue. But it was to be Belgian Jacky Ickx, who started on the second row, who took the win from Ferrari team-mate Clay Regazzoni as Rindt retired early with an engine failure.

1981

Jacques Laffite won the Austrian Grand Prix ahead of Rene Arnoux and Nelson Piquet. Laffite benefitted from the retirement of Alain Prost to move up to second late in the race and executed a good passing move to pass Arnoux on lap 39. All in all, a good race to watch for French F1 fans.

1987

Five years earlier and Mansell was at it again, this time winning the Austrian Grand Prix. Mansell had been handicapped slightly after having a wisdom tooth removed before practice, allowing team-mate Nelson Piquet to take pole. After two crashes and two red flags, Piquet led Mansell until lap 21 when the Englishman battled past and remained in front for victory. McLaren driver Stefan Johansson was lucky to escape with a cracked rib after crashing heavily after hitting a deer in practice.

                                                                                             1992

Ayrton Senna celebrates the with Nigel Mansell as he becomes the World Champions.
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Nigel Mansell finally achieved his dream of becoming Formula One World Champion when he finished second in the Hungarian Grand Prix to Ayrton Senna. Mansell had twice come within touching distance of the title in 1986 and 1987 and was again runner-up in 91. He dominated the 1992 season, clinching the title in only the 11th race of the season, setting a new record for winning the title in the least number of grands prix since the 16-race season was adopted. The Hungarian Grand Prix also marked the final race for the famous Brabham name, the team struggling for money and rife with political infighting.

               1998

Michael Schumacher wins  the 1998 Hungarian GP.
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Michael Schumacher won the Hungarian Grand Prix to close the gap in the championship between himself and Mika Hakkinen to just seven points. Hakkinen and McLaren team-mate Coulthard had occupied the front row but Schumacher set an alarming pace, making the most of a three-stop strategy to get the jump on the two-stopping McLarens.

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On This Day In Formula One - 15 August

                                                                1905

Manfred von Brauchitsch racing the Mercedes-Benz W125 at the 1937 Donington Grand Prix.

Manfred von Brauchitsch, who was born on this day in Hamburg, was one of the great drivers of the legendary pre-war Mercedes team. Nicknamed Pechvogel - the unlucky fellow - he would have achieved more with a more circumspect approach, but that was never his style. After a inauspicious start with Mercedes, he won the 1937 Monaco Grand Prix and the 1938 French Grand Prix at Rheims, a victory followed by a near-death incident when his car was engulfed in a fireball at a pit-stop. In the war he worked for the armaments ministry, and that allied to the family connections with the army made things hard for him after 1945. He tried and failed in business, and in 1953 he was arrested on suspicion of treason against the federal republic. On his release he defected to East Germany, partly to avoid massive debts, where he became head of the country's motor sports association. After unification he made occasional appearances at Mercedes events where his haughty demeanour was still in evidence. At the time of his death in 2003 he was the oldest man alive to have driven in a grand prix and the last to have won one before the war. He had little time for modern racing, dismissing the modern Formula One drivers as "overpaid pimps".

1971

Swiss driver Jo Siffert won the Austrian Grand Prix at the Osterreichring to secure his second F1 victory. It would prove to be his last as he was tragically killed in a non-championship race at Brands Hatch later that year.

1976

Another English driver, John Watson, also secured his maiden grand prix on this day by winning the Austrian Grand Prix. Victory marked the first and only win for the Penske team and legend has it that Watson was forced to shave off his beard after the victory, having promised Roger Penske he would if the team won a race.

1993

The build-up to the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend was awash with rumours that Ayrton Senna was in advanced talks with the Williams team for a drive in 1994. On track, it was business as usual with Alain Prost on pole from team-mate Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher's Benetton. Prost stalled on the parade lap and had to start from the back, handing Hill an initiative he was not to squander, taking his maiden grand prix victory by over a minute. With Schumacher and Senna forced to retire, Riccardo Patrese finished second ahead of Gerhard Berger's Ferrari. Derek Warwick was fourth in his Footwork.

1999

Mika Hakkinen needed a win in Hungary to close the gap to Eddie Irvine in the drivers' standings and qualified on pole ahead of the Ulsterman. Hakkinen established a clear lead and the race developed into a fight for second as David Coulthard began to reel Irvine in. In the closing laps, Irvine cracked under pressure and slid wide, allowing Coulthard through to the delight of his McLaren team-mate.

2004

Michael Schumacher celebrates his 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix victory.

Michael Schumacher won the Hungarian Grand Prix at a canter from Ferrari team-mate Rubens Barrichello to take his 82nd career victory. In doing so, Schumacher broke his own record for wins in a season at 12. It also gave Ferrari its sixth successive constructors' title.

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On This Day In Formula One - 14 August

1960

Jack Brabham won the Portuguese Grand Prix from Bruce McLaren to extend his lead in the championship over the New Zealander. A promising young Scot by the name of Jim Clark finished third to secure his first of many podiums and the race was also notable for John Surtees taking his first pole position.

                                                                  1977

Alan Jones wins the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix in a Shadow.

The Shadow team gave many talented drivers their F1 break including Peter Revson, Jean-Pierre Jarier and Tom Pryce. The team debuted in 1973 and secured its only grand prix victory in at the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix with Alan Jones securing his first win in Formula One. Jones had qualified well down in 14th but sliced through the field in the early laps on a wet circuit as lesser drivers struggled with the conditions. Having overtaken Hans Stuck and Jody Scheckter to move up to second, Jones could make little impression on race leader James Hunt but lap 44 Hunt's engine suddenly blew and Jones drove on to an unlikely victory.

1983

Alain Prost won the Austrian Grand Prix to extend his lead in the drivers' championship over Nelson Piquet, who finished third in his Brabham behind the Ferrari of Rene Arnoux. The race also marked Ferrari's 100th pole position, Patrick Tambay starting at the front of the grid.

1988

Enzo Ferrari, founder of the most emotive and successful team in the history of Formula One, died aged 90. The 'Old Man', remained in charge of the team which he founded in 1947 until his death.

                                                                                  1994

Michael Schumacher on the podium celebrating his victory.
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Michael Schumacher won the Hungarian Grand Prix from Damon Hill and team-mate Jos Verstappen, who claimed his first F1 podium. Mika Hakkinen served a one-race ban for his part in the first-corner pile-up in Germany but Schumacher led from start to finish to extend his lead over his title rival to a massive 31 points. Verstappen's podium finish marked a welcome return only two weeks after he walked away with minor burns from the frightening pit fire in Hockenheim.

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On This Day In Formula One - 13 August

1887

David Bruce-Brown was born in New York City on this day. His career started when as an 18-year-old he bluffed his way into a drive and his natural talent was soon evident. He won the American Grand Prize in 1910 and 1911 and also competed in the 1911 (finishing third) and 1912 Indianapolis 500s. He was killed during practice for the 1912 American Grand Prize.

1972

Emerson Fittipaldi won the Austrian Grand Prix at the Osterreichring from Denny Hulme and Peter Revson after passing Jackie Stewart for the lead on lap 24. The victory gave Fittipaldi a lead in the championship of 25 points with only three races remaining meaning that Hulme would need to win all three without Emerson scoring a point to beat the young Brazilian to the title.

                                1978

Ronnie Peterson won the Austrian Grand Prix after a chaotic start caused by a sudden downpour just as the race was about to get underway.
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Widely regarded as one of the best drivers never to win the world championship, Sweden's Ronnie Peterson won the last of his ten grand prix victories at the Austrian Grand Prix, winning from Patrick Depailler and Gilles Villeneuve. Peterson took ten victories in an eight year F1 career but tragically died a month later after complications arising from a straightforward operation on broken legs sustained during a crash at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

1989

Nigel Mansell makes the move stick to pass Ayrton Senna for the win.

The 1989 Hungarian Grand Prix will forever be remembered for a brilliantly opportunistic manoeuvre by Nigel Mansell's Ferrari on Ayrton Senna's McLaren that secured him victory. On lap 58 the pair came up to pass backmarker Stefan Johansson, experiencing gearbox problems in his Onyx. As the leaders arrived behind the Swede his problem struck again and as the Onyx slowed unexpectedly, Mansell swerved to the right of Senna and nailed his man.

1995

Damon Hill romped to a straightforward victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix, leading home team-mate David Coulthard for a Williams 1-2. Michael Schumacher looked destined to finish second in his Benetton and was hunting down Hill when he was forced to retire with a fuel pump problem. Despite his retirement, Schumacher still led the championship by eleven points from Hill. The race also saw a bizarre incident involving Japanese driver Taki Inoue. His Footwork had broken down by the side of the track and when he climbed from his car, he ran straight into the path of a marshal's car which promptly knocked him over and injured his leg.

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On This Day In Formula One - 12 August

                                                                               1979

Frank Williams celebrates his third successive victory.
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Alan Jones won the Austrian Grand Prix at the Osterreichring to secure three consecutive wins for the Williams team. Even though Williams also won the next race, ultimately, his team's winning streak proved in vain and was not enough to stop Jody Scheckter and Ferrari notching up a drivers' and constructors' championship double that year. Rene Arnoux secured his first pole position as Renault started with a power advantage from its turbo but he was quickly passed at the start and fuel pick-up problems meant he finished sixth.

1985

Former F1 driver Manfred Winkelhock was killed when he crashed heavily at turn 2 at Mosport Park near Toronto during the Budweiser 1000 km World Endurance Championship event. The brother of Joachim Winkelhock, Manfred became famous when he flipped his F2 March at the very steep rise-and-fall Flugplatz corner on the Nürburgring in 1980. He started 47 grands prix between 1980 and 1985.

1990

Belgian driver Thierry Boutsen secured his third and final victory for Williams at the 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix after withstanding intense pressure from Ayrton Senna's McLaren-Honda. The race also marked Alex Caffi's 50th grand prix start.

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On This Day In Formula One - 11 August

1939

Designer and engineer Jean Bugatti was killed when out testing a car and was forced to swerve to avoid a drunken cyclist and hit a tree. Although only 30, he had already stamped his mark on the motor industry as part of the family company, designing landmark vehicles while in his early 20s and going on to build a series of leading racing cars. As an engineer he worked on revolutionary suspension systems.

                                                                                                                                                   1953

 Tazio Nuvolari, also known as “The Flying Mantuan".

Tazio Nuvolari was the ultimate pre-war driver who won every major race going, and was described by Ferdinand Porsche as "the greatest driver of the past, present and future". Credited for his determination as well as his speed, he once had his Maserati specially adapted so he could drive a race with one leg still in plaster after he had broken it in a crash a month earlier. Nuvolari died on this day from a stroke aged 60. Alberto Ascari, Luigi Villoresi and Juan Fangio pushed his coffin on a car chassis on the mile-long funeral procession as all of Italy mourned.

                                                                        1984
Lucas Di Grassi was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Brazilian secured his first F1 drive with Virgin Racing in 2010 after finishing second in GP2 in 2007 and third in 2008 and 2009.

1991

Ayrton Senna won the Hungarian Grand Prix from pole position, leading home the Williams duo of Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese. The Jordan Team also secured its first ever fastest lap in the same race, Bertrand Gachot the driver behind the wheel.

                          1996

Jacques Villeneuve celebrates his victory with team-mate Damon Hill.

Jacques Villeneuve took his third win in his debut Formula One season at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Leading home team-mate Damon Hill for a Williams's 1-2, the points haul secured the team its eighth constructors' title to equal Ferrari's record. It also meant that Hill and Villeneuve were the only men left in contention for the drivers' title. The battle would go right down to the final race in Japan when Hill triumphed after Villeneuve lost a wheel and retired.

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