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F1 On This Day: 24th October

The 2021 United States Grand Prix will be the seventh F1 race to be held on 24th October. It’s the day on which Honda recorded their first win, James Hunt won the 1976 World Championship and Mario Andretti set an unusual record…

F1 On This Day: 12th September

12th September is the day on which the most ever lead changes were recorded in 1965, the day Lauda returned to racing after his 1976 accident and the day Alonso won in front of the Tifosi in 2010.

F1 On This Day: 1st August

The 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix will be the seventh F1 race held on 1st August. It’s the day on which McLaren started from pole for the 100th time, the day Clark claimed his second title and the day on which Lauda suffered a near-fatal crash.

F1 On This Day: 18th April

The 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix will be the third Formula 1 race held on 18th April. It’s the day on which Red Bull recorded their first pole position, the day that a Russian driver scored for the first time and the day that F1’s only posthumous champion was born.

F1 On This Day: 28th March

The 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix will be the fourth Formula 1 race to take place on 28th March. It’s the day on which Ayrton Senna recorded his final home win, and the day Jenson Button won with McLaren for the first time.

On This Day: 2020 Turkish Grand Prix

The 2020 Turkish Grand Prix will be the third Formula 1 race to have been held on 15th November, after the 1987 Australian Grand Prix and the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix.

On This Day: 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix

The 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix will be the seventh Formula 1 race to be held on 13th September. While this will be the seventh race to be held in Italy on this day, it will be the first not to be held at Monza.

On This Day: 2020 Italian Grand Prix

Four previous Italian Grands Prix have taken place on 6th September. 2020 will mark the fifth Monza race to be held on this date.

On This Day: 2020 Belgian Grand Prix

The 2020 Belgian Grand Prix will be the fifth Grand Prix to have been held on 30th August. While the Dutch Grand Prix was held on this day in 1981, the three most recent races held on the date have all taken place at Spa-Francorchamps.

On This Day: 2020 Spanish Grand Prix

The 2020 Spanish Grand Prix will be the sixth Formula 1 race to have been staged on 16th August, and the first to be held on this date since the 1998 Hungarian Grand Prix.

On This Day: 2020 British Grand Prix

The 2020 British Grand Prix will be the seventh Formula 1 race to have been held on 2nd August, but the first not to have taken place in Germany.

On This Day: 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix

The 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix will be the fifth Grand Prix to be held on 19th July, but the first to not be held in Britain. It’s the first time a Formula 1 race has fallen on this date since 1975!

On This Day: 2020 Steiermark Grand Prix

The 2020 Steiermark Grand Prix will be the fifth Formula 1 race to be held on 12th July, after the 1987, 1992 and 1998 British Grands Prix and the 2009 German Grand Prix.

On This Day: 2020 Austrian Grand Prix

The 2020 Austrian Grand Prix will be the eighth Grand Prix held on 5th July, making it the tenth date to have held eight or more Formula 1 races.

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