This week in motor sport, featuring a hat-trick win for Hill in his birthday week, and Mansell retires twice in one day.
Jackie Stewart leads Jim Clark at Monza in 1965
1948: Jean-Louis Schlesser is born. In profile
1965: ‘That apprentice from Scotland’ wins the Italian Grand Prix, his first GP victory. Report
1993: A hat-trick win for Damon Hill, at Monza. Report
1992: Ayrton Senna wins the Italian Grand Prix, Nigel Mansell retires (twice in one day). Report
Quiet day in the world of motor sport…
1888: Antonio Ascari is born. In profile
2007: Colin McRae dies in a helicopter crash. His 1994 RAC Rally win
1910: Karl Kling, Mercedes man and Alfred Neubauer successor, is born. In profile
1962: Graham Hill drives ‘an immaculate and regular race’ to win at Monza. Report
Stirling Moss, Lotus 18, on the way to his finest victory – Monaco,1961.
1929: Stirling Moss is born. In profile
1960: 1996 Formula 1 world champion Damon Hill is born. In profile
1951: Marc Surer is born. In profile
The Marc Surer and David Hobbs-shared BMW M1, 1981 Watkins Glen 6 Hours
Sir Frank Williams 1942-2021 Frank Williams. Has there ever lived a man so immersed, so desperately enthralled and in love with motor racing? He didn’t have a plan, he had…
Fernando Alonso’s third place at Qatar – his first podium in seven years – was well merited, a brilliant drive based on an over-achieving qualifying lap, an aggressive start where…
F1 and MotoGP have announced new deals to keep the Spanish and Catalan GPs on their respective calendars until 2026
McLaren will fight with Ferrari right to the end of the 2021 Formula 1 season but whatever happens there, the progress is clear