This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, with Formula 1 in Japan, South Africa, Vegas and Mexico, and Senna and Prost coming to blows on track.
1979: Kimi Räikkönen is born. In profile
1981: Alan Jones wins at Las Vegas, while his curiously off-form team-mate Carlos Reutemann loses out on the title to Nelson Piquet. Report
1933: Ludovico Scarfiotti is born in Turin. In profile
1987: Nigel Mansell wins the split Mexican Grand Prix, but is unhappy with Piquet. Report
Ludovico Scarfiotti at Tabac Corner, Monaco, in 1968
1969: Denny Hulme claims the Mexican Grand Prix. Report
1985: Having avoided the pirouetting Keke Rosberg, Mansell wins at Kyalami as the French teams boycott. Report
1987: Mercedes man Hermann Lang dies aged 78. In profile
1978: Twenty-nine-year-old Gunnar Nilsson passes away of cancer. In profile
1991: Despite team orders moving Ayrton Senna into the lead, Gerhard Berger heads a McLaren 1-2 in Japan after Senna waves him back into the lead. Report
Gunnar Nilsson, Zolder, 1976
1932: Formula 1 podium-finisher Cesare Perdisa is born. In profile
1990: Piquet benefits as Alain Prost and Senna collide at the first corner. Report
1989: Senna and Prost clash in Japan, Alessandro Nannini inherits the win from a minute back. Report
1966: A hero is born: Alex Zanardi. In profile
1977: James Hunt scores his final F1 win, in Japan. Report
1993: Innes Ireland dies aged 63. 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