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
An impatient Max Verstappen was forced off track in his rash bid to pass Lewis Hamilton at the 2018 Chinese GP. Last weekend, in the same situation, at the same corner, he bided his time. Mark Hughes examines the shifting statures of the two champions
Fifty years ago, Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo leapt into the air as Niki Lauda won the 1974 Spanish Grand Prix, claiming his first victory in the F1 championship. Matt Bishop recounts the remarkable race
Will Zhou Guanyu's first Chinese GP as an F1 driver also be his last? Chris Medland on an emotional homecoming. Plus, points galore, with a proposal to expand the points places and an unwelcome tally for Fernando Alonso
The scarred and burned helmet, worn by Niki Lauda in his Nürburgring crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix, is being sold at public auction for the first time