A busy week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring a host of Race of Champions and more.
1947: Lyn St James, class winner at the 24 Hours of Daytona and Indy 500 racer, is born. In profile
1965: A rare Clark mistake gifts Mike Spence the victory in the two-heat Race of Champions. Report
1983: Nelson Piquet gives the Brabham BT52 a winning debut, but nobody finishes second following Keke Rosberg’s disqualification. Report
1988: Martin Brundle and Eddie Cheever win an exciting Jarama 360kms. Report
1957: Eugenio Castellotti dies in a testing crash. In profile
1976: James Hunt wins at Brands Hatch – and doesn’t have this one taken away from him… In profile
1993: Alain Prost returns and wins in Kyalami. Report
1913: Jack Fairman, World Sports Car winner with Stirling Moss is born. In profile
1981: Reigning champion Alan Jones takes victory at Long Beach, after Riccardo Patrese claimed pole for Arrows. Report
1942: Double Le Mans winner Gijs van Lennep is born. In profile
1943: Hans Heyer, veteran of 1000 races, is born. In profile
1969: Jackie Stewart sets the tone for the season with victory in the Race of Champions. Report
2001: ‘Brilliant Bob’ Wollek is killed cycling back to his hotel on the eve of the 12 Hours of Sebring. In profile
1968: Bruce McLaren wins ‘a strange race’ at Brands Hatch. Report
1937: ‘Captain Nice’ Mark Donohue is born. In profile
1950: European F3’s first champion, Larry Perkins is born. In profile
1964: Alex Caffi is born. In profile
1973: Peter Gethin beats the F1 cars to the Race of Champions victory. Report
1977: Carlos Pace is killed in a plane crash. In profile
1982: F1 racer, GP2 champion and current DTM driver Timo Glock is born. In profile
1943: Le Mans winner Vern Schuppan is born. In profile
1964: Nicola Larini, DTM champion and F1 podium-finisher, is born. 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