On this day

  Brought to you by TJ13 contributor Marek On this day…. 16th August 1992 Today is the day Nigel Mansell finally won the world driver’s championship at the Hungarian Grand Prix after finishing second in the race to Ayrton Senna’s McLaren. Mansell came oh so close to winning the title in 1986, when he narrowly lost … Read more

Manfred von Brauchitsch at Donnington in 1937 On this day… August 15th 1905 Manfred von Brauchitsch, who died aged 97, was the nearest thing to royalty in the legendary Mercedes-Benz grand prix racing team of the 1930s. His death severed the final link to an epic period in the sport’s history, and one when the … Read more

On this day… August 14th 1977 We recently looked at the most unlikely F1 win which almost occurred – Damon Hill in his 1997 Arrows at the Hungaroring. Well on this day in 1977, there was an unlikely F1 win as the Shadown team broke their duck. Shadow Racing, Italian financed but built in Northampton, … Read more

On this day… August 13th 1978 Along with Sir Stirling Moss, Ronnie Peterson is considered one of the best F1 drivers never to win a championship, and he won his last race on August 13th 1978. The race was held at the Osterreichring – old style. The circuit had been constructed to replace the rather … Read more

On this day…. August 12th 1988 Enzo Ferrari, whose blood-red autos raced at the front of the pack for decades, was buried yesterday near his hometown of Modena, Italy. He died Sunday at the age of 90. No cause of death was given, but Mr. Ferrari was known to have suffered from kidney disease. For … Read more

On this day…. August 10th 1997 In the history of Formula One there have been some highly unlikely race victories. The only championship upset – similar to the 2016 Leicester City minnows winning the Premier League story – was in 2009 when Brawn GP beat the hundreds of millions spent by the big boys. In … Read more