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1944
Dave Morgan was born on this day 7 August 1944. A British racing driver from England, he competed in a single F1 World Championship race, the 1975 British Grand Prix, with team Surtees. During a storm in the closing laps, Morgan, along with several others, crashed and was classified 18th, earning no championship points.
He died on 6 November 2018, following a stroke in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, aged 74.
1966
Due to a limited number of cars on the Formula One grid, organisers allowed F2 cars to compete simultaneously in the 1966 German Grand Prix. During the race, Jim Clark, driving a Lotus, made a rare mistake, resulting in a crash that paved the way for Jack Brabham to claim his fourth consecutive win while driving his Brabham BT19. Brabham secured the win with a 43-second lead over the Cooper T81, driven by the 1964 World Champion, John Surtees. Surtees’ Austrian teammate, Jochen Rindt, finished in third place. The highest-placed Formula 2 driver was Frenchman Jean-Pierre Beltoise, who finished eighth in a Matra Sports-entered Matra MS5.
On the opening lap, F2 drivers Jacky Ickx and John Taylor collided near the bridge between Quiddelbacher and Flugplatz, causing Taylor’s car to spin and catch fire. Taylor sustained severe burns and tragically died a month later from his injuries.
This was the final Formula One race on the original Nürburgring Nordschleife before the addition of the Hohenrain chicane, which was introduced to slow the cars entering the pits.
1966 German Grand Prix Race Results
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Jack Brabham | Brabham Repco | 15 | 2:27:03.000 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | John Surtees | Cooper Maserati | 15 | +44.400s | 6 |
| 3 | 8 | Jochen Rindt | Cooper Maserati | 15 | +152.600s | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | Graham Hill | BRM | 15 | +401.400s | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Jackie Stewart | BRM | 15 | +508.900s | 2 |
| 6 | 9 | Lorenzo Bandini | Ferrari | 15 | +656.400s | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | Dan Gurney | Eagle Climax | 14 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 8 | 34 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra Cosworth | 14 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 9 | 26 | Hubert Hahne | Matra BRM | 14 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 10 | 33 | Jo Schlesser | Matra Cosworth | 14 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 11 | 28 | Hans Herrmann | 14 | +1 lap | 0 | |
| 12 | 2 | Peter Arundell | 14 | +1 lap | 0 | |
| NC | 15 | Mike Spence | Lotus BRM | 12 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 1 | Jim Clark | Lotus Climax | 11 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 20 | Chris Lawrence | Cooper Ferrari | 10 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 11 | Ludovico Scarfiotti | Ferrari | 9 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 10 | Mike Parkes | Ferrari | 9 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 4 | Denny Hulme | Brabham Repco | 8 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 31 | Pedro Rodriguez | Lotus BRM | 7 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 29 | Alan Rees | 4 | DNF | 0 | |
| NC | 17 | Jo Bonnier | Cooper Maserati | 4 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 32 | Piers Courage | Lotus BRM | 3 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 14 | Bob Bondurant | BRM | 3 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 25 | Kurt Ahrens | Brabham Climax | 3 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 19 | Bob Anderson | Brabham Climax | 2 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 27 | Jacky Ickx | Matra Cosworth | 1 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 16 | John Taylor | Brabham BRM | 0 | DNF | 0 |
1983
Rene Arnoux won his second race of the season at the 1983 German Grand Prix in Hockenheim. He concluded the 1983 season in third place, marking the best championship result of his career with three race wins and seven podium finishes for Ferrari.
Italian Andrea de Cesaris secured second place in an Alfa Romeo, while fellow Italian Riccardo Patrese took third in a Brabham-BMW.
The Drivers’ Championship leader, Frenchman Alain Prost, finished fourth in his Renault. Despite this, he extended his lead in the championship to nine points over Brazilian Nelson Piquet.
1983 German Grand Prix Race Results
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | Rene Arnoux | Ferrari | 45 | 1:27:10.319 | 9 |
| 2 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 45 | +70.652s | 6 |
| 3 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham BMW | 45 | +104.093s | 4 |
| 4 | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 45 | +120.750s | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren Ford | 44 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | Jacques Laffite | Williams Ford | 44 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | 29 | Marc Surer | Arrows Ford | 44 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 8 | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier Ford | 44 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 9 | 30 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows Ford | 44 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 10 | 1 | Keke Rosberg | Williams Ford | 44 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 11 | 34 | Johnny Cecotto | Theodore Ford | 44 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 12 | 4 | Danny Sullivan | Tyrrell Ford | 43 | +2 laps | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham BMW | 42 | +3 laps | 0 |
| NC | 16 | Eddie Cheever | Renault | 38 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 32 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella Alfa Romeo | 34 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 26 | Raul Boesel | Ligier Ford | 27 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 23 | Mauro Baldi | Alfa Romeo | 24 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 36 | Bruno Giacomelli | Toleman Hart | 19 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 35 | Derek Warwick | Toleman Hart | 17 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 40 | Stefan Johansson | Spirit Honda | 11 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 27 | Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 11 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus Renault | 10 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 3 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell Ford | 4 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 12 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus Renault | 1 | DNF | 0 |
1988
Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost secured McLaren–Honda‘s tenth 1-2 finish of a dominant season at the 1988 Hungarian Grand Prix. McLaren clinched the constructors’ title with an impressive 199 points, while Ferrari lagged behind in second place with only 65 points.
Belgian Thierry Boutsen finished third in a Benetton-Ford. Senna’s sixth win of the season brought him level on points with Prost at the top of the 1988 Drivers’ Championship.
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1988 Hungarian Grand Prix Race Results
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren Honda | 76 | 1:57:47.081 | 9 |
| 2 | 11 | Alain Prost | McLaren Honda | 76 | +0.529s | 6 |
| 3 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton Ford | 76 | +31.410s | 4 |
| 4 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 76 | +88.670s | 3 |
| 5 | 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March Judd | 75 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams Judd | 75 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus Honda | 73 | +3 laps | 0 |
| 8 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Lotus Honda | 73 | +3 laps | 0 |
| 9 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola Ford | 73 | +3 laps | 0 |
| 10 | 24 | Luis Perez-Sala | Minardi Ford | 72 | +4 laps | 0 |
| 11 | 33 | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun Ford | 72 | +4 laps | 0 |
| 12 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola Ford | 72 | +4 laps | 0 |
| 13 | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni Ford | 71 | +5 laps | 0 |
| NC | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows Megatron | 65 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams Judd | 60 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows Megatron | 55 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 40 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 25 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier Judd | 32 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial Ford | 28 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton Ford | 24 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 36 | Alex Caffi | Dallara Ford | 22 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 26 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier Judd | 19 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi Ford | 8 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 14 | Philippe Streiff | AGS Ford | 8 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March Judd | 5 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell Ford | 3 | DNF | 0 |
F1 Driver Birthdays 7 August
| Births | F1 Driver |
|---|---|
| 7 August 1944 | Dave Morgan |
F1 Driver Deaths 7 August
| Deaths | F1 Driver |
|---|---|
| 7 August 1968 | Giovanni Bracco (b. 1908) |
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