Juan Manuel Fangio secures his fifth world championship
World championships
Jochen Rindt takes his fourth consecutive and final Formula 1 victory
Alberto Ascari becomes Formula 1’s first back-to-back world champion
Mika Salo gives up his only likely Formula 1 victory
Jim Clark clinches his second world title with an eighth Grand Slam
Fernando Alonso is born
Jack Brabham answers the age jokes by winning at Zandvoort
Lewis Hamilton takes the 2016 championship lead in Hungary
Charles Leclerc crashes from the lead at the 2022 French Grand Prix
Nico Rosberg takes a yellow-flag pole in Hungary
Michael Schumacher clinches his fifth world title at Magny-Cours
Juan Manuel Fangio dies after a life that defined early Formula 1
Jack Brabham wins at Brands Hatch in his own car
Michael Schumacher wins the French Grand Prix for an eighth time
Juan Manuel Fangio wins the 1956 British Grand Prix for Ferrari
Alberto Ascari is born
Jacques Villeneuve wins at Silverstone as Williams reaches 100 wins
Nigel Mansell wins the 1992 British Grand Prix and the crowd invades the track
Jochen Rindt is born
Jim Clark wins as Brands Hatch hosts the British Grand Prix for the first time
Mark Webber signs to stay with Red Bull before his final title chance fades
Damon Hill wins the 1994 British Grand Prix after Schumacher ignores a black flag
