MPH: To the man trying to fill Christian Horner's shoes: good luck!
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
This week’s motor racing milestones from the Archive and Database, with Graham Hill Racing and DSJ remembered, plus Bellof takes his world title.
1990: Chico Godia, Spain’s most succesful Formula 1 driver after Fernando Alonso, dies aged 69. In profile
1923: Chuck Daigh, who beat Phil Hill to the inaugural United States Grand Prix, is born. In profile
1975: The Graham Hill Racing plane crash takes the lives of Graham Hill, Tony Brise, designer Andy Smallman, Team Manager Ray Brimble and mechanics Terry Richards and Tony Alcock.
1996: The continental correspondent, DSJ and Jenks, Denis Jenkinson passes away at the age of 75. In profile
1965: Talented Finn Mika Salo is born. In profile
1948: Guy Tunmer, two-time F1 starter, is born. In profile
1985: Jacky Ickx and Jochen Mass sign off the WEC season with victory in Selangor. Report
1930: David Piper is born. In profile
1937: Chris Bristow is born. In profile
1984: Stefan Bellof becomes world champion with victory at Sandown alongside Derek Bell. Report
2001: Fifties racer Bruce Halford dies aged 70. In profile
1924: Rugby player, tennis player, Olympian yachtsman and Jean Behra stand-in Roberto Meires is born. In profile
1932: Grand Prix-driving nobleman Gaetano Starrabba is born. In profile
1951: Three-time CART champ and four-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears is born. In profile
2011: War vet and one-time GP starter Rob Shroeder dies aged 85. In profile
1881: French Grand Prix winner Felice Nazzaro is born. In profile
1911: Willi Krakau, olympic rower-turned-racer, is born. In profile
1944: Francois Migault, veteran of some 25 Le Mans, is born. In profile
1957: World Sportscar champ Raul Boesel is born. 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