MPH: To the man trying to fill Christian Horner's shoes: good luck!
Laurent Mekies arrives as Red Bull F1 team principal with a series of immediate challenges to solve and long-term issues to tackle. He'll either sink or swim, says Mark Hughes
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring first-time winners, final wins and a Formula 1 world championship title.
1905: Manfred von Brauchitsch is born. In profile
1971: Jo Siffert wins for the last time in Formula 1, claiming victory in Austria. Report
1976: In Austria, John Watson scores his first and Penske’s only win. Report
1993: Damon Hill becomes F1’s first-ever second-generation Grand Prix winner with victory in Hungary. Report
1969: Oulton Park hosts the Gold Cup (watch fascinating super-8 footage here), with Jacky Ickx beating Jochen Rindt after Jackie Stewart retires. Report
1970: As Clay Regazzoni plays the team game, Ickx wins the Austrian Grand Prix. Report
1981: Jacques Laffite denies compatriot Rene Arnoux in Austria. Report
1987: Nigel Mansell beats team-mate Nelson Piquet to victory in Austria. Report
1992: While Ayrton Senna wins, second place wraps up the title for Mansell. Report
1993: Rene Dreyfus dies at the age of 88. In profile
1952: Nelson Piquet is born. In profile
1968: Jackie Stewart wins the Oulton Park Gold Cup. Report
1975: Vittorio Brambilla wins in the wet in Austria, and proceeds to crash while celebrating… Report
1994: Three-time Le Mans victor and NART founder Luigi Chinetti dies. In profile
1957: After three gruelling hours Stirling Moss wins the Pescara Grand Prix by three minutes. Report
1974: Carlos Reutemann controls the Austrian Grand Prix. Report
1954: Oscar Larrauri is born. In profile
1975: Mark Donohues dies two days after a crash in testing ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix. In profile
1980: Alfred Neubauer dies aged 89. On the Archive
1989: As the Nissan outruns itself, Sauber claims a 1-2 in the Nürburgring 480kms. Report
1971: John Surtees wins the Gold Cup. Report
Laurent Mekies arrives as Red Bull F1 team principal with a series of immediate challenges to solve and long-term issues to tackle. He'll either sink or swim, says Mark Hughes
Former McLaren F1 team-mates Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard are set to renew old rivalries in a new Evening with... tour – they told James Elson all about it
In Formula 1, driver contracts may look iron-clad on paper, but history shows that some of its biggest stars have made dramatic early exits
Former McLaren F1 ace told James Elson about his private audience with The Beatles' George Harrison, who played an unreleased grand prix-themed song