Mark Webber takes his final Formula 1 win with a late Silverstone pass
Mark Webber won the 2012 British Grand Prix after passing Fernando Alonso late at Silverstone, taking what became the final victory of his Formula 1 career.
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Bernie Ecclestone floats a qualifying ballot during Ferrari’s dominant 2004 season
Bernie Ecclestone suggested a ballot-based qualifying system on 8 July 2004, a deliberately disruptive idea during Michael Schumacher and Ferrari's dominant season.
1993
John Riseley-Prichard dies
John Riseley-Prichard died on 8 July 1993, decades after making his only Formula 1 World Championship start in a Connaught at the 1954 British Grand Prix.
Keke Rosberg survives the Dallas heat as Mansell collapses at the line
Keke Rosberg won the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix on a broken street circuit, while Nigel Mansell's attempt to push his Lotus over the line became the race's lasting image.
Giampaolo Dall’Ara is born
Giampaolo Dall'Ara was born on 8 July 1968, before a long Formula 1 engineering career centred on Sauber and BMW Sauber trackside operations.
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Dan Gurney gives Porsche its first World Championship Grand Prix win
Dan Gurney won the 1962 French Grand Prix at Rouen, giving Porsche its first Formula 1 World Championship victory and taking the first win of his own Grand Prix career.