What Happened On This Day August 1 In F1 History?

What happened on this day, August 1 in Formula 1 history? Find out interesting facts and stories about Formula 1 on this day.

1954

The 1954 German Grand Prix was the 17th running of the event since its inception in 1926 and the 16th time it was held at the Nürburgring circuit.

The race was won by 1951 World Champion, Juan Manuel Fangio, who drove the dominant Mercedes-Benz W196 to victory. Ferrari secured the remaining podium spots, with Mike Hawthorn finishing second in a shared drive with Jose Froilan Gonzalez, while Maurice Trintignant claimed third place.

1954 German Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	18	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes-Benz	22	3:45:45.800	8
2	1	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari		SHC	3
2	1	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	22	+96.500s	3
3	2	Maurice  Trintignant	Ferrari	22	+308.600s	4
4	19	Karl Kling	Mercedes-Benz	22	+366.500s	4
5	7	Sergio Mantovani	Maserati	22	+530.500s	2
6	4	Piero  Taruffi	Ferrari	21	+1 lap	0
7	15	Harry Schell	Maserati	21	+1 lap	0
8	25	Louis  Rosier	Ferrari	21	+1 lap	0
9	24	Robert  Manzon	Ferrari	20	+2 laps	0
10	9	Jean Behra	Gordini	20	+2 laps	0
NC	14	Prince Bira	Maserati	18	DNF	0
NC	21	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	10	DNF	0
NC	11	Clemar Bucci	Gordini	8	DNF	0
NC	22	Theo Helfrich	Klenk BMW	8	DNF	0
NC	20	Hans  Herrmann	Mercedes-Benz	7	DNF	0
NC	10	Paul Frere	Gordini	4	DNF	0
NC	3	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	3	DNF	0
NC	8	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	2	DNF	0
NC	16	Stirling Moss	Maserati	1	DNF	0
NC	12	Andre Pilette	Gordini	0	DNF	0

1959

Jean Behra died in a sports car race ahead of the 1959 German Grand Prix at AVUS under treacherous wet weather conditions. Behra lost control on the slippery track, launching his Porsche RSK over the top of the banking where there was no guard rail. He was thrown from his car and died instantly upon hitting a flag pole, fracturing his skull. The French driver competed in 52 Grand Prix, achieving nine podium finishes. Although he never won a race, Behra was widely regarded as one of the best and most aggressive drivers of his era, racing for Gordini, Maserati, BRM, and Ferrari.

Currently, AVUS is a vital part of the German public highway system as Autobahn A 115.

1965

Jim Clark secured his second World Championship in 1965 by driving his Lotus to victory at the 1965 German Grand Prix. This win was Clark’s sixth victory of the 1965 Formula One season in just the seventh race, highlighting his dominance that year.

His win also gave Team Lotus the 1965 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers title. BRM driver, Graham Hill, finished the race in second position in front of Brabham driver, Dan Gurney, in third. Clark’s victory was also his 3rd Grand Slam of the season and the final of his career.

1965 German Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	15	2:07:52.400	9
2	9	Graham Hill	BRM	15	+15.900s	6
3	5	Dan Gurney	Brabham Climax	15	+21.400s	4
4	12	Jochen Rindt	Cooper Climax	15	+209.600s	3
5	4	Jack Brabham	Brabham Climax	15	+281.200s	2
6	8	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	15	+308.600s	1
7	16	Jo Bonnier	Brabham Climax	15	+358.500s	0
8	24	Masten Gregory	BRM	14	+1 lap	0
NC	7	John Surtees	Ferrari	11	DNF	0
NC	17	Jo Siffert	Brabham BRM	9	DNF	0
NC	3	Gerhard Mitter	Lotus Climax	8	DNF	0
NC	2	Mike Spence	Lotus Climax	8	DNF	0
NC	20	Richard Attwood	Lotus BRM	7	DNF	0
NC	11	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Climax	7	DNF	0
NC	6	Denny Hulme	Brabham Climax	5	DNF	0
NC	22	Paul Hawkins	Lotus Climax	4	DNF	0
NC	19	Chris Amon	Lotus BRM	3	DNF	0
NC	10	Jackie Stewart	BRM	2	DNF	0
NC	21	Frank Gardner	Brabham BRM	0	DNF	0

1971

F1 returned to the Nürburgring for the 1971 German Grand Prix after a year at Hockenheim due to safety concerns. Jackie Stewart, driving for Tyrrell, secured pole with a time of 7:19.0 and led the entire 12-lap race, clinching his fifth victory of the season. His teammate, François Cevert, finished second, 30.1 seconds behind, after battling with Ferrari’s Clay Regazzoni, who completed the podium in third place. Stewart’s win extended his lead in the 1971 Drivers’ Championship to 51 points.

The race also saw Jo Siffert and Mike Beuttler disqualified for taking a shortcut into the pits, and Jacky Ickx, who had qualified second, crash out on the first lap, while Emerson Fittipaldi retired due to an oil leak. Mario Andretti finished fourth, followed by Ronnie Peterson in fifth and Tim Schenken in sixth. The race was also the Formula One World Championship debut for Austrian driver Helmut Marko.

1971 German Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	2	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell Ford	12	1:29:15.700	9
2	3	Francois  Cevert	Tyrrell Ford	12	+30.100s	6
3	6	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	12	+37.100s	4
4	5	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	12	+125.000s	3
5	15	Ronnie Peterson	March Ford	12	+149.100s	2
6	25	Tim  Schenken	Brabham Ford	12	+178.600s	1
7	7	John Surtees	Surtees Ford	12	+199.000s	0
8	9	Reine  Wisell	Lotus Ford	12	+391.700s	0
9	24	Graham Hill	Brabham Ford	12	+397.000s	0
10	12	Rolf Stommelen	Surtees Ford	11	+1 lap	0
11	22	Vic  Elford	BRM	11	+1 lap	0
12	17	Nanni  Galli	March Alfa Romeo	10	+2 laps	0
NC	8	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	8	DNF	0
NC	21	Jo Siffert	BRM	6	DNF	0
NC	10	Chris Amon	Matra	6	DNF	0
NC	20	Peter  Gethin	McLaren Ford	5	DNF	0
NC	14	Henri Pescarolo	March Ford	5	DNF	0
DQ	28	Mike  Beuttler	March Ford	3	DSQ	0
NC	18	Denny Hulme	McLaren Ford	3	DNF	0
NC	16	Andrea de Adamich	March Alfa Romeo	2	DNF	0
NC	23	Howden  Ganley	BRM	2	DNF	0
NC	4	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1	DNF	0

1976

Niki Lauda nearly lost his life in a dramatic accident at the Nurburgring during the 1976 German Grand Prix. Lauda’s Ferrari veered off track and burst into flames before sliding back onto the track and being struck by two other drivers. The crash was so severe that a priest administered last rites to Lauda after he was rescued from the wreckage by fellow drivers who had stopped to help. Remarkably, Lauda recovered and returned to racing just six weeks later. However, Formula One never raced on the Nordschleife course at the Nurburgring again.

Before the race had started, defending world champion Lauda, who was also leading the current season’s points standings, was deeply concerned about the safety conditions and the organisers’ failure to provide adequate safety support staff, including doctors, helicopters and fire marshals, for the massive German circuit. The forecast of rain heightened his worries. Lauda attempted to organise a boycott of the race, but the other drivers narrowly voted against it by a single vote, and the race proceeded as planned.

Lauda sustained severe burns to his head, resulting in extensive scarring. He lost most of his right ear, the hair on the right side of his head, his eyebrows, and his eyelids. Remarkably, Lauda missed only two races and appeared at a press conference in Monza just six weeks after the accident with his fresh burns still bandaged.

The 14-lap race was won by McLaren driver James Hunt with the Tyrrell of Jody Scheckter in second and Hunt’s teammate Jochen Mass in third.

1976 German Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	11	James Hunt	McLaren Ford	14	1:41:42.700	9
2	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell Ford	14	+27.700s	6
3	12	Jochen Mass	McLaren Ford	14	+52.400s	4
4	8	Carlos Pace	Brabham Alfa Romeo	14	+54.200s	3
5	6	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	14	+117.300s	2
6	77	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham Alfa Romeo	14	+150.300s	1
7	28	John Watson	Penske Ford	14	+153.900s	0
8	16	Tom Pryce	Shadow Ford	14	+168.200s	0
9	2	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	14	+226.000s	0
10	19	Alan  Jones	Surtees Ford	14	+227.300s	0
11	17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow Ford	14	+291.700s	0
12	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	14	+298.100s	0
13	30	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Ford	14	+325.200s	0
14	40	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Tyrrell Ford	13	+1 lap	0
15	25	Guy Edwards	Hesketh Ford	13	+1 lap	0
NC	20	Arturo Merzario	Wolf-Williams	3	DNF	0
NC	9	Vittorio Brambilla	March Ford	1	DNF	0
NC	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell Ford	0	DNF	0
NC	7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham Alfa Romeo	0	DNF	0
NC	10	Ronnie Peterson	March Ford	0	DNF	0
NC	34	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March Ford	0	DNF	0
NC	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier Matra	0	DNF	0
NC	22	Chris Amon	Ensign Ford	0	DNF	0
NC	1	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	0	DNF	0
NC	18	Brett Lunger	Surtees Ford	0	DNF	0
NC	24	Harald Ertl	Hesketh Ford	0	DNF	0

1980

Patrick Depailler tragically lost his life during private testing ten days ahead of the 1980 German Grand Prix. Depailler’s Alfa Romeo 179 experienced suspension failure, causing him to crash into the Hockenheim circuit’s barrier at Ostkurve, and suffer fatal head injuries. The car skidded along the top of the guard rail for several hundred feet prior to flipping onto its top. Depailler’s career included 95 races, winning two and 19 podium finishes.

1995

Just days after winning the German Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher married Corinna Betsch during the mid-season break. That year, he would win his second consecutive Drivers’ title.

1999

Mika Hakkinen earned McLaren their 100th Formula One pole position at the 1999 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. However, Eddie Irvine‘s Ferrari claimed victory, his third win of the season and giving him an eight-point lead in the 1999 F1 Drivers Championship over Hakkinen. Hakkinen ultimately won the world championship title. Mika Salo secured his first podium finish, finishing second behind his Ferrari teammate Irvine. Heinz-Harald Frentzen took third place for Jordan.

1999 German Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	45	1:21:58.594	10
2	3	Mika Salo	Ferrari	45	+1.007s	6
3	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Mugen Honda	45	+5.195s	4
4	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams Supertec	45	+12.809s	3
5	2	David Coulthard	McLaren Mercedes	45	+16.823s	2
6	18	Olivier Panis	Prost Peugeot	45	+29.879s	1
7	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	45	+33.333s	0
8	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber Petronas	45	+71.291s	0
9	21	Marc Gene	Minardi Ford	45	+108.318s	0
10	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi Ford	44	+1 lap	0
11	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Ford	40	DNF	0
NC	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	37	DNF	0
NC	1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren Mercedes	25	DNF	0
NC	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams Supertec	21	DNF	0
NC	23	Ricardo Zonta	BAR Supertec	20	DNF	0
NC	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	DNF	0
NC	7	Damon Hill	Jordan Mugen Honda	13	DNF	0
NC	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost Peugeot	10	DNF	0
NC	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	7	DNF	0
NC	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Ford	6	DNF	0
NC	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Supertec	0	DNF	0
NC	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber Petronas	0	DNF	0

2010

The 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix was won by Red Bull driver Mark Webber who started from second on the grid, who capitalised on a strategic decision to stay out during an early safety car period, allowing him to build a sufficient lead to pit later and retain first place. His teammate, Sebastian Vettel, who had secured pole, was penalised with a drive-through penalty for falling more than ten car lengths behind the safety car, which dropped him to third behind Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. Webber’s victory was his fourth of the season and propelled him to the top of the 2010 Drivers’ Championship standings. With Webber’s win and Vettel’s third-place finish allowing Red Bull to overtake McLaren in the 2010 Constructors’ Championship standings.

During the race, a pit lane collision between Renault‘s Robert Kubica and Force India‘s Adrian Sutil led to Kubica receiving a stop-go penalty, while Sutil retired from the race. Mercedes‘ Nico Rosberg suffered a wheel loss during a pit stop, resulting in a fine for the team. Michael Schumacher received a ten-place grid penalty for the subsequent race after forcing Rubens Barrichello dangerously close to the pit wall during an overtake.

2010 Hungarian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	6	Mark Webber	RBR Renault	70	1:41:05.571	25
2	8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	70	+17.821s	18
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	RBR Renault	70	+19.252s	15
4	7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	70	+27.474s	12
5	12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	70	+73.192s	10
6	10	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams Cosworth	70	+76.723s	8
7	22	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber Ferrari	69	+1 lap	6
8	1	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	69	+1 lap	4
9	23	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber Ferrari	69	+1 lap	2
10	9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams Cosworth	69	+1 lap	1
11	3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	69	+1 lap	0
12	16	Sebastien Buemi	STR Ferrari	69	+1 lap	0
13	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India Mercedes	69	+1 lap	0
14	19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	67	+3 laps	0
15	18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	67	+3 laps	0
16	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	67	+3 laps	0
17	21	Bruno Senna	HRT Cosworth	67	+3 laps	0
18	25	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	66	+4 laps	0
19	20	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT Cosworth	66	+4 laps	0
NC	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	23	DNF	0
NC	11	Robert Kubica	Renault	23	DNF	0
NC	4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	15	DNF	0
NC	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India Mercedes	15	DNF	0
NC	17	Jaime Alguersuari	STR Ferrari	1	DNF	0

2021

Esteban Ocon secured his maiden Formula One victory at the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, delivering a historic win for Alpine. It marked the first victory for the Enstone-based team since the 2013 Australian Grand Prix and the first win for a Renault-badged engine since the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz completed the podium, following the disqualification of Sebastian Vettel, who originally finished second with Aston Martin but was penalised due to a fuel sample irregularity. Williams also secured their first double points finish since the 2018 Italian Grand Prix and scored their first championship points since the 2019 German Grand Prix.

2021 Hungarian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Renault	70	2:04:43.199	25
DQ	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Mercedes	70	+1.859s	0
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	70	+2.736s	18
3	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	70	+15.018s	15
4	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine Renault	70	+15.651s	12
5	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri Honda	70	+63.614s	11
6	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri Honda	70	+75.803s	8
7	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Mercedes	70	+77.910s	6
8	63	George Russell	Williams Mercedes	70	+79.094s	4
9	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	70	+80.244s	2
10	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	69	+1 lap	1
11	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren Mercedes	69	+1 lap	0
12	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas Ferrari	69	+1 lap	0
13	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	69	+1 lap	0
NC	9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas Ferrari	3	DNF	0
NC	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Mercedes	2	DNF	0
NC	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	0	DNF	0
NC	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing Honda	0	DNF	0
NC	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	0	DNF	0
NC	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Mercedes	0	DNF	0
* Note – Vettel was disqualified after the required fuel sample could not be extracted from his car following the race. Gasly scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race.

F1 Driver Birthdays 1 August

Births	F1 Driver
1 August 1961	Allen Berg

F1 Driver Deaths 1 August

Deaths	F1 Driver
1 August 1959	Ivor Bueb (b. 1923)
1 August 1959	Jean Behra (b. 1923)
1 August 1969	Gerhard Mitter (b. 1935)
1 August 1980	Patrick Depailler (b. 1944)
1 August 1998	Len Duncan (b. 1911)
1 August 2001	Jay Chamberlain (b. 1925)

F1 Champion 1 September

Date	Driver/Team
1 August 1965	Jim Clark
1 August 1965	Team Lotus