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
Kimi Antonelli begins life as world champion and Ferrari faces fresh questions over its driver management as F1 heads to Interlagos for the 2026 Sao Paulo GP
1980 Formula 1 world champion Alan Jones has died at the age of 80. The 12-time grand prix winner was the first driver to claim an F1 title with Williams in a life "dedicated to motor sport"
Antonelli has already taken more than half a dozen 'youngest ever' marks. The records that matter most are the ones nobody expected a 20-year-old to be able to chase
Ferrari’s real problem isn't a lost 1-2 finish in Mexico, but a rivalry where both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc believe they should be No1, says Mark Hughes
