What Happened On This Day August 28 In F1 History?

What happened on this day, August 28 in Formula 1 history? Find out interesting facts and stories about Formula 1 on this day.

1977

Remembering Mike Parkes, who died on this day, 28 August 1977. A British racing driver, engineer and automotive designer, Parkes competed in Formula One between 1966 and 1967. Although his Grand Prix career was cut short by injury, Parkes proved himself as one of Ferrari’s leading sports car drivers, winning the 1964 12 Hours of Sebring and becoming one of the most respected engineer-drivers of his generation.

Mike Parkes

F1 Debut 1959 British Grand Prix

Current/Last Team Ferrari

1977

Austrian and Ferrari driver Niki Lauda won the 1977 Dutch Grand Prix ahead of Ligier driver Jacques Laffite and Jody Scheckter in the Wolf. Along with the win Lauda secured the fastest lap with a time of 1:19.99 on lap 72. Mario Andretti took his fifth pole of the season for Lotus with Jacques Laffite alongside on the front row, and the McLaren of James Hunt third.

1977 Dutch Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	11	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	75	1:41:45.930	9
2	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier Matra	75	+1.890s	6
3	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf Ford	74	+1 lap	4
4	28	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Ford	74	+1 lap	3
5	23	Patrick Tambay	Ensign Ford	73	DNF	2
6	12	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	73	+2 laps	1
7	8	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham Alfa Romeo	73	+2 laps	0
8	35	Hans Binder	Penske Ford	73	+2 laps	0
9	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren Ford	73	+2 laps	0
10	10	Ian Scheckter	March Ford	73	+2 laps	0
11	9	Alex Ribeiro	March Ford	72	+3 laps	0
12	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees Ford	67	DNF	0
13	16	Riccardo Patrese	Shadow Ford	67	+8 laps	0
DQ	38	Brian Henton	Boro Ford	52	DSQ	0
NC	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	39	DNF	0
NC	6	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	34	DNF	0
NC	17	Alan  Jones	Shadow Ford	32	DNF	0
NC	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell Ford	31	DNF	0
NC	3	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell Ford	18	DNF	0
NC	22	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign Ford	17	DNF	0
NC	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	14	DNF	0
NC	24	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh Ford	8	DNF	0
NC	1	James Hunt	McLaren Ford	5	DNF	0
NC	34	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske Ford	4	DNF	0
NC	7	John Watson	Brabham Alfa Romeo	2	DNF	0
NC	2	Jochen Mass	McLaren Ford	0	DNF	0

1983

Rene Arnoux won the 1983 Dutch Grand Prix, driving for Ferrari. His teammate Patrick Tambay finished second, and John Watson took third place in a McLaren. Midway through the race, while they were battling for the lead, a collision between Alain Prost and Nelson Piquet allowed Arnoux to climb to second place in the Drivers’ Championship, just eight points behind Prost. However, this would prove to be Arnoux’s final win in Formula One.

Derek Warwick finished fourth, earning his and the Toleman team’s first championship points. Rounding out the top six were Mauro Baldi in the Alfa Romeo and Michele Alboreto in the Tyrrell. The race also saw McLaren debut the new Porsche-built TAG turbo engine.

1983 Dutch Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	28	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	72	1:38:41.950	9
2	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	72	+20.839s	6
3	7	John Watson	McLaren Ford	72	+43.741s	4
4	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman Hart	72	+76.839s	3
5	23	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	72	+84.292s	2
6	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Ford	71	+1 lap	1
7	40	Stefan Johansson	Spirit Honda	70	+2 laps	0
8	29	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	70	+2 laps	0
9	6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham BMW	70	+2 laps	0
10	26	Raul Boesel	Ligier Ford	70	+2 laps	0
11	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella Alfa Romeo	68	DNF	0
12	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	68	+4 laps	0
13	36	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman Hart	68	+4 laps	0
14	30	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	65	DNF	0
NC	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams Ford	53	DNF	0
NC	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BMW	41	DNF	0
NC	15	Alain Prost	Renault	41	DNF	0
NC	16	Eddie  Cheever	Renault	39	DNF	0
NC	2	Jacques Laffite	Williams Ford	37	DNF	0
NC	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	26	DNF	0
NC	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG	25	DNF	0
NC	4	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell Ford	20	DNF	0
NC	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	12	DNF	0
NC	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	5	DNF	0
NC	25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier Ford	3	DNF	0

1988

McLaren driver Ayrton Senna won the 1988 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position, with his French teammate Alain Prost finishing second. Italy’s Ivan Capelli secured third place in a March-Judd after the Benettons of local driver Thierry Boutsen and Italian Alessandro Nannini were disqualified due to fuel irregularities.

The win marked Senna’s seventh win of the season and his fourth consecutive triumph, giving him a three-point lead over Prost in the 1988 Drivers’ Championship. He would win that year, marking his first of three career Championships. McLaren’s 1-2 finish secured the 1988 Constructors’ Championship for the British team with five races still to go.

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1988 Belgian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	12	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	43	1:28:00.549	9
2	11	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	43	+30.470s	6
DQ	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton Ford	43	+59.681s	0
DQ	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton Ford	43	+68.594s	0
3	16	Ivan Capelli	March Judd	43	+75.768s	4
4	1	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	43	+83.628s	3
5	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows Megatron	43	+85.355s	2
6	18	Eddie  Cheever	Arrows Megatron	42	+1 lap	1
7	5	Martin Brundle	Williams Judd	42	+1 lap	0
8	36	Alex Caffi	Dallara Ford	42	+1 lap	0
9	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	42	+1 lap	0
10	14	Philippe Streiff	AGS Ford	42	+1 lap	0
11	26	Stefan Johansson	Ligier Judd	39	DNF	0
12	3	Jonathan  Palmer	Tyrrell Ford	39	DNF	0
13	10	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	38	DNF	0
NC	31	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni Ford	36	+7 laps	0
NC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	35	DNF	0
NC	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams Judd	30	DNF	0
NC	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	March Judd	29	DNF	0
NC	9	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	25	DNF	0
NC	2	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	22	DNF	0
NC	21	Nicola Larini	Osella	14	DNF	0
NC	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	11	DNF	0
NC	29	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	9	DNF	0
NC	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	2	DNF	0
NC	25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier Judd	2	DNF	0

1989

Valtteri Bottas was born on this day in 1989. A Finnish racing driver who finished runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship twice, in 2019 and 2020, with Mercedes, and remains in the top ten of F1 podium finishers with 67 appearances. After an 11-year streak, he left F1 in 2024 only to rejoin with the newly formed Cadillac F1 Team in 2026, alongside Sergio Perez.

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Valtteri Bottas

F1 Debut 2013 Australian Grand Prix

Current/Last Team Cadillac

1994

The 1994 Belgian Grand Prix, held on 28 August 1994, was initially won by Benetton driver Michael Schumacher, who crossed the finish line first. However, Schumacher was disqualified due to excessive wear on the wooden skid block beneath his car. As a result, British driver Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault, was awarded the victory—his third of the season. Finn Mika Hakkinen finished second in a McLaren-Peugeot, while Schumacher’s Dutch teammate, Jos Verstappen, took third. Rubens Barrichello, driving for Jordan, had earlier secured the team’s first pole position.

1994 Belgian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	0	Damon Hill	Williams Renault	44	1:28:47.170	10
2	7	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren Peugeot	44	+51.381s	6
3	6	Jos Verstappen	Benetton Ford	44	+70.453s	4
4	2	David Coulthard	Williams Renault	44	+105.787s	3
5	4	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell Yamaha	43	+1 lap	2
6	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork Ford	43	+1 lap	1
7	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier Renault	43	+1 lap	0
8	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ford	43	+1 lap	0
9	24	Michele Alboreto	Minardi Ford	43	+1 lap	0
10	25	Eric Bernard	Ligier Renault	42	+2 laps	0
11	32	Jean-Marc Gounon	Simtek Ford	42	+2 laps	0
12	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Mugen Honda	41	+3 laps	0
13	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan Hart	40	DNF	0
NC	9	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork Ford	33	DNF	0
NC	31	David Brabham	Simtek Ford	29	DNF	0
NC	29	Andrea de Cesaris	Sauber Mercedes	27	DNF	0
NC	8	Martin Brundle	McLaren Peugeot	24	DNF	0
NC	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan Hart	19	DNF	0
NC	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	18	DNF	0
NC	11	Philippe Adams	Lotus Mugen Honda	15	DNF	0
NC	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	11	DNF	0
NC	19	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse Ford	11	DNF	0
NC	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber Mercedes	10	DNF	0
NC	20	Erik Comas	Larrousse Ford	3	DNF	0
NC	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	2	DNF	0

2008

The 1961 F1 World Champion, Phil Hill, died on this day, 28 August 2008. The first American World Champion, Hill had a complex relationship with racing. Profoundly intelligent and deeply sensitive, he candidly spoke about the personal demons that brought inner turmoil, making his racing career a bittersweet journey. Constantly battling fear, he struggled to balance the perils and pleasures of the sport. Yet, driving became his form of self-expression, taking him to unexpected places.

Phil Hill

F1 Debut 1971 Austrian Grand Prix

Current/Last Team Eagle

In 1961, driving the new Ferrari 156, Hill competed for the championship against his teammate Count Wolfgang von Trips. Their battle culminated at Monza, where von Trips collided with Jim Clark‘s Lotus, causing a crash that killed von Trips and 14 spectators. Hill won the race and the championship but felt no joy, serving as a pallbearer at von Trips’ funeral. “I never in my life experienced anything so profoundly mournful,” he reflected.

Hill passed away in 2008 at 81 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease.

2011

Championship leader Sebastian Vettel won the 2011 Belgian Grand Prix with Red Bull after starting from pole position. His teammate Mark Webber secured second place, while Jenson Button finished third for McLaren, completing the podium.

Prior to the race, the FIA banned the use of DRS through Eau Rouge after drivers raised safety concerns similar to those held in Monaco. Bruno Senna also got the nod for a race seat following a practice session at the Hungaroring with Renault, taking over from Nick Heidfeld. Michael Schumacher also celebrated the twentieth anniversary of his Formula One debut at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix by wearing a special gold helmet.

2011 Belgian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Retired	Pts.
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	44	1:26:44.893	25
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	44	+3.741	18
3	4	Jenson Button	McLaren	44	+9.669	15
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	44	+13.022	12
5	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	44	+47.464	10
6	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	44	+48.674	8
7	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	44	+59.713	6
8	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	44	+1:06.706	4
9	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	44	+1:11.917	2
10	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	44	+1:17.615	1
11	15	Paul di Resta	Force India	44	+1:23.994	0
12	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	44	+1:31.976	0
13	9	Bruno Senna	Renault	44	+1:32.985	0
14	21	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus	43	+1 Lap	0
15	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus	43	+1 Lap	0
16	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	43	+1 Lap	0
17	25	Jérôme d’Ambrosio	Virgin Racing	43	+1 Lap	0
18	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	43	+1 Lap	0
19	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	43	+1 Lap	0
Ret	17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	27	Suspension	0
Ret	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT	13	Vibration	0
Ret	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	12	Collision	0
Ret	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	6	Collision damage	0
Ret	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	0	Collision	0

2016

Mercedes driver and defending race winner Lewis Hamilton entered the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix leading the World Drivers’ Championship by 19 points over his teammate Nico Rosberg. However, it would be Rosberg who emerged victorious in this race, with Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo finishing second and Lewis Hamilton in third. Before the race, Hamilton received a multi-grid penalty. Despite this, Hamilton retained his lead in the championship, though Rosberg narrowed the gap to nine points. At the start of the race an incident involving Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and both Ferrari drivers caused chaos. Verstappen hit Kimi Raikkonen, who in turn then hit his teammate Sebastian Vettel, spinning him around; all three had to come back to the pits for repairs.

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2016 Belgian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Retired	Pts.
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	44	1:44:51.058	25
2	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	44	+14.113	18
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	+27.634	15
4	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	44	+35.907	12
5	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	44	+40.660	10
6	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	44	+45.394	8
7	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	44	+59.445	6
8	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	44	+1:00.151	4
9	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	44	+1:01.109	2
10	19	Felipe Massa	Williams	44	+1:05.873	1
11	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	44	+1:11.138	0
12	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	44	+1:13.877	0
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	44	+1:16.474	0
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	44	+1:27.097	0
15	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	44	+1:33.165	0
16	31	Esteban Ocon	Manor Racing	43	+1 Lap	0
17	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	43	+1 Lap	0
Ret	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	5	Accident	0
Ret	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	3	Gearbox	0
Ret	55	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1	Puncture damage	0
Ret	22	Jenson Button	McLaren	1	Collision damage	0
Ret	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Racing	0	Collision	0

2022

Red Bull driver and defending World Champion Max Verstappen triumphed at the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix ahead of teammate Sergio Perez, for a team 1-2 finish, and Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz in third. Verstappen drove through the field having qualified on pole but starting the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his number of power unit elements. Sainz was promoted to pole. This was also the 350th Grand Prix entry for Alpine driver Fernando Alonso.

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2022 Belgian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Status	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-RBPT	44	1hr 25m 52.894s	26 FL
2	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-RBPT	44	+17.841s	18
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	44	+26.886s	15
4	George Russell	Mercedes	44	+29.140s	12
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	44	+72.075s	10
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	44	+74.795s	8
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	44	+75.540s	6
8	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	44	+78.107s	4
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	44	+92.181s	2
10	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	44	+95.754s	1
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	44	+101.598s
12	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	44	+102.017s
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	44	+1 lap
14	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	44	+1 lap
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	43	+1 lap
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	43	+1 lap
17	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	43	+1 lap
R	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1	DNF
R	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	0	DNF
R	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	0	DNF

F1 Driver Birthdays 28 August

Birthday	F1 Driver
28 August 1924	Jimmy Daywalt (d. 1966)
28 August 1989	Valtteri Bottas

F1 Driver Deaths 28 August

Death	F1 Driver
28 August 1977	Mike Parkes (b. 1931)
28 August 2001	Phil Cade (b. 1916)
28 August 2008	Phil Hill (b. 1927)

F1 Champion 28 August

Date	Team/Driver
28 August 1988	McLaren