This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring a world title for Jacky Ickx and birthdays for some sports car stars
2011: Peter Gethin passes away after a long illness. In profile
1896: Bentley Boy and Le Mans winner Bernard Rubin is born. In profile
1948: 1982 Formula 1 world champ Keke Rosberg is born. In profile
1955: Le Mans winner and DTM champion Manuel Reuter is born. In profile
1924: Multiple South African F1 Championship winner John Love is born. In profile
1925: Fifties racer Hermano da Silva Ramos is born. In profile
1936: Racer turned team owner Bob Tullius is born. Racing career
1984: Robert Kubica is born. In profile
2015: F2 podium finisher Peter Westbury passes away, aged 77. In profile
1983: New world champion Neel Jani is born. In profile
2008: Xavier Perrot dies aged 76. In profile
1936: Sports car racer-turned-Olympian and vineyard owner Ben Pon is born. In profile
1947: Porsche man Jürgen Barth is born. In profile
1954: Le Mans winner Price Cobb is born. In profile
1983: Derek Bell and Stefan Bellof win at Kyalami, while third is good enough for the title for Jacky Ickx. Report
2010: Jacques Swaters dies aged 84. In profile
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