This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, with a home winner in the first Brazilian Grand Prix, plus a birthday for the only world champion on both two and four wheels.
1997: Roger Laurent, ‘bike champion and non-championship Grand Prix racer, dies aged 83. In profile
2008: Tony Rolt dies aged 89. In profile
1963: Peter Selsdon, who drove for just an hour at Le Mans to victory with Luigi Chinetti in 1949, dies. In profile
1956: Le Mans-winning Dane John Nielsen is born. In profile
1983: Christian Klien is born. In profile
1999: Formula 1 podium finisher and Targa Florio winner Umberto Maglioli (above) dies. In profile
2002: Jack Fairman dies aged 88. In profile
1932: Cliff Allison is born. In profile
1937: South Africa’s first Grand Prix racer, Tony Maggs is born. In profile
1978: ‘King of the Mountains’ Hans Stuck dies aged 77. In profile
John Surtees, Mexico 1970 – Surtees TS7
Quiet day in motor sport…
1934: Champion on two wheels and four, John Surtees is born. In profile
1959: F3000 champion, Grand Prix racer and Champ Car winner Roberto Moreno is born. In profile
1973: A home winner – Emerson Fittipaldi claims the first Brazilian Grand Prix. Report
1987: Dennis Poore, F1 points-scorer on debut with Connaught, dies aged 70. In profile
1940: Pre-war racer and once 24-hour record holder Selwyn Edge dies. In profile
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