This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring a championship win for Jack Brabham – on foot
1946: Emerson Fittipaldi is born. In profile
1959: Bruce McLaren becomes the youngest winner of a Grand Prix, and Jack Brabham pushes his Cooper to the World Championship. Report
2010: Racer and team owner Tom Walkinshaw passes away of cancer, aged 64. In profile
1918: Indy great Bill Vukovich is born. In profile
1977: World champion sports car racer Romain Dumas is born. In profile
2006: Clay Regazzoni is killed in a car accident. In profile
1920: Jazz musician turned racer ‘Les Leston’ is born. In profile
1932: Bobsleigh racer and Grand Prix starter Henry Taylor is born. In profile
1980: Peter Gregg commits suicide in Florida aged 40. In profile
1982: Colin Chapman dies of a heart attack. In profile
1968: Paul Tracy is born. In profile
2010: Two-time Grand Prix starter Dick Gibson dies at the age of 92. In profile
1991: Hersham and Walton Motors co-founder George Abecassis dies. In profile
France's narrow Clermont-Ferrand circuit threaded through volcanic rock faces, sheer drops, and untamed countryside, posing one of F1's greatest-ever tests of nerve. No wonder only the very best drivers won there, says Matt Bishop
The 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed will feature enough F1 drivers to fill almost two GP grids as it celebrates 75 years of the world championship. Here are all of the confirmed attendees and F1 teams
Hülkenberg's long-awaited first F1 podium at Silverstone was the result of bold strategy, perfect timing, and a faultless drive from 19th on the grid in a race shaped by changing weather and opportunity. Here's how he pulled it off
Was Oscar Piastri the real winner in the long run after Silverstone? asks James Elson