This week in motor sport sees Formula 1 in New Zealand for the Tasman series and a birthday for a triple world champion.
1957: Beppe Gabbiani is born. In profile
1954: Christian Lautenschlager (top), double French Grand Prix winner, dies aged 76. In profile
1969: Michael Schumacher in born. In profile
1938: Keith Greene is born. In profile
2014: Engine builder and handy racer Brian Hart dies aged 77. In profile
2015: Jean-Pierre Beltoise dies aged 77. In profile
1968: Chris Amon wins the New Zealand Grand Prix at Pukekohe. Report
1980: Raymond Mays dies at the age of 80. In profile
1939: One-time Grand Prix starter Brausch Niemann is born. In profile
1946: Mike Wilds, who is still found racing in the UK, is born. In profile
1964: Reg Parnell dies following an appendix operation. In profile
1985: Lewis Hamilton is born. In profile
2002: Sometime race Geoffrey Crossley dies following a stroke, aged 80. In profile
1958: John Duff, Le Mans winner, dies in a horse riding accident aged 62. In profile
1966: Graham Hill wins the New Zealand Grand Prix. Report
1981: Le Mans winning journalist Sammy Davis dies the day before his 94th birthday. 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