Featuring cult heroes, two of the greatest riders of all time, a five-time Monaco winner and the youngest winner of Le Mans – this week’s milestones in motor sport from the Archive and Database.
1948: Jim Crawford is born. In profile
2005: Maurice Trintignant dies aged 87. In profile
1942: Ricardo Rodriguez is born. In profile
1944: SuperSwede Ronnie Peterson is born. In profile
1929: The only driver to win the fabled Triple Crown, five-time Monaco victor and double world champion, Graham Hill is born. In profile
1974: Alex Wurz, the youngest driver to win Le Mans, is born. In profile
1921: Jean Behra, non-championship F1 winner but never a Grand Prix, is born, In profile
1979: ‘The Doctor’, Valentino Rossi is born. In profile
1993: Marc Marquez is born. In profile
Jean Behra leads Stiring Moss at Monaco in 1959
1898: Enzo Ferrari is born. In profile
2001: ‘The Intimidator’ Dale Earnhardt is killed crashing late on in the Daytona 500. In profile
1923: Sometime Grand Prix racer Giulio Cabianca is born. In profile
1961: Le Mans winner and much, much more, Andy Wallace is born. In profile
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