Motor racing’s major milestones from this week on the Archive and Database, featuring Ferrari’s winner on debut and ABBA’s racing driver drummer.
1943: Jacques Laffite is born. In profile
1953: Felice Bonetto dies on the Carrera Panamericana. In profile
1887: Pietro Bordino, 1922 Italian Grand Prix victor, is born. In profile
1903: Le Mans runner-up Juan Jover is born. In profile
1913: Reims winner Christian Kautz is born. In profile
2011: Indy 500 winner Jim Rathmann dies aged 83. Career
2013: Sebastian Vettel matches Alberto Ascari’s record of nine wins in a row, with victory in Brazil. Report
1907: Le Mans winner and Hurricane developer John Hindmarsh is born. In profile
1946: ABBA drummer, F1 racer and champion of F3 and tin-tops, Slim Borgudd is born. In profile
1953: (British) Formula 1’s only female winner, Desire Wilson, is born. In profile
1980: Peter de Paolo, nephew and riding mechanic Ralph, dies aged 82. In profile
1957: Kenny Acheson is born. In profile
1995: Winner of F1 debut with Ferrari, Giancarlo Baghetti dies aged 60. In profile
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
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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
The king of positive vibes has seen his crown slipping recently – a grey day in China only deepened the Silver Arrows' Slough of Despond