This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring a birthday for one of Porsche’s first Le Mans winners, a first win on four wheels for Surtees, Jim Clark, and F1 goes to South America.
1961: John Surtees wins his first race on four-wheels. Report
1967: Five-time Aussie V8 Supercars champion Mark Skaife is born. In profile
1977: Mario Andretti wins at home. Report
1985: Le Mans podium finisher Helmut Niedermayr dies. In profile
1988: Alain Prost wins in front of Ayrton Senna’s home crowd. Report
1940: Le Mans winner Richard Attwood is born. In profile
1971: Alfa Romeo wins again at the Brands Hatch 1000Kms. Report
1973: MotoGP veteran Loris Capirossi is born. In profile
1982: ‘Lauda the perfectionist’ wins at Long Beach. Report
2010: Red Bull finish 1-2 as Sebastian Vettel finally wins in 2010. Report
1973: Ecurie Ecosse founder David Murray dies. In profile
1982: Le Mans Series champion Alexandre Premat is born. In profile
2009: Jenson Button masters the Malaysian monsoon. Report
1885: The first foreign Indy 500 winner Jules Goux is born. In profile
1909: Pre-war Grand Prix winner Hermann Lang is born. In profile
2008: Felipe Massa wins, Robert Kubica stars in Bahrain. Report
2014: The Silver Arrows thrill in a desert duel. Report
1968: Twice world champion Jim Clark dies. In profile
1982: Schnitzer BMW racer Harald Ertl dies. In profile
1984: Niki Lauda dominates in South Africa. Report
1985: Alain Prost wins the season-opener in Brazil. Report
2005: Athlete, jockey and F1 racer Cliff Allison dies. In profile
1966: Le Mans winner Mark Blundell is born. In profile
1979: Ferrari, Gilles Villeneuve dominate at Long Beach. Report
1971: Canada’s first F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve is born. In profile
1989: Sauber-Mercedes dominate the Suzuka 480Kms. Report
1995: Damon Hill wins in Argentina. Report
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The scarred and burned helmet, worn by Niki Lauda in his Nürburgring crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix, is being sold at public auction for the first time