What Happened On This Day July 25 In F1 History?

What happened on this day, July 25 in Formula 1 history? Find out interesting facts and stories about Formula 1 on this day.

1982

Rene Arnoux triumphed at the 1982 French Grand Prix, driving for Renault, marking the manufacturer’s tenth win in Formula One. Arnoux finished ahead of teammate Alain Prost, achieving Renault’s first-ever 1-2 finish. However, Prost was furious with Arnoux, believing he should have allowed Prost to win to boost his chances of winning the Drivers’ Championship. There was a pre-race agreement that if he and Prost were running first and second, respectively, he would let Prost past.

It wasn’t just a 1-2 for Renault; it was also a French 1–2–3–4, with Frenchmen Didier Pironi and Patrick Tambay taking third and fourth for Ferrari

On the eleventh lap of the race, a big accident occurred when Jochen Mass in the March collided with Mauro Baldi’s Arrows at Signes. Mass’s car tore through the catch fencing, crashed into the tyre walls, and then catapulted into a spectator area, catching fire. Mass managed to escape with burns on his hands, while several spectators sustained injuries. Following this incident, the West German driver immediately retired from F1.

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1982 French Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	16	Rene Arnoux	Renault	54	1:33:33.217	9
2	15	Alain Prost	Renault	54	+17.310s	6
3	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	54	+42.130s	4
4	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	54	+76.240s	3
5	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams Ford	54	+90.990s	2
6	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Ford	54	+92.340s	1
7	5	Derek Daly	Williams Ford	53	+1 lap	0
8	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren Ford	53	+1 lap	0
9	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	53	+1 lap	0
10	4	Brian Henton	Tyrrell Ford	53	+1 lap	0
11	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS Ford	52	+2 laps	0
12	12	Geoff Lees	Lotus Ford	52	+2 laps	0
13	29	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	52	+2 laps	0
14	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier Matra	51	+3 laps	0
15	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman Hart	50	+4 laps	0
16	25	Eddie  Cheever	Ligier Matra	49	+5 laps	0
NC	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	25	DNF	0
NC	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BMW	23	DNF	0
NC	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	17	DNF	0
NC	7	John Watson	McLaren Ford	13	DNF	0
NC	17	Jochen Mass	March Ford	10	DNF	0
NC	30	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Ford	10	DNF	0
NC	2	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham BMW	8	DNF	0
NC	10	Eliseo Salazar	ATS Ford	2	DNF	0
NC	36	Teo Fabi	Toleman Hart	0	DNF	0
NC	31	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella Ford	0	DNF	0

1993

Alain Prost won the 1993 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim with Williams, strengthening his hold on a fourth drivers’ title. It would turn out to be his seventh win of the season, and his 51st and final Grand Prix victory overall.

Despite a poor start from pole, allowing teammate Damon Hill and Benetton driver Michael Schumacher to pass, Prost overtook both rivals, but a 10-second stop-go penalty for cutting a chicane dropped him to fifth. Hill seemed set for victory, but with Prost on a charge and Hill suffering a left-rear tyre failure on the penultimate lap, this handed the win to Prost. Local hero Schumacher finished second with Brit, Mark Blundell, third in a Ligier.

1993 German Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	2	Alain Prost	Williams Renault	45	1:18:40.885	10
2	5	Michael Schumacher	Benetton Ford	45	+16.664s	6
3	26	Mark Blundell	Ligier Renault	45	+59.349s	4
4	8	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Ford	45	+68.229s	3
5	6	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton Ford	45	+91.516s	2
6	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	45	+94.754s	1
7	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	45	+95.841s	0
8	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier Renault	44	+1 lap	0
9	29	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	44	+1 lap	0
10	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	44	+1 lap	0
11	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi Ford	44	+1 lap	0
12	19	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse Lamborghini	44	+1 lap	0
13	15	Thierry Boutsen	Jordan Hart	44	+1 lap	0
14	24	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ford	44	+1 lap	0
15	0	Damon Hill	Williams Renault	43	DNF	0
16	21	Michele Alboreto	Lola Ferrari	43	+2 laps	0
17	9	Derek Warwick	Footwork Mugen Honda	42	+3 laps	0
NC	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan Hart	34	DNF	0
NC	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	28	DNF	0
NC	30	Jyrki Jarvilehto	Sauber	22	DNF	0
NC	11	Alessandro Zanardi	Lotus Ford	19	DNF	0
NC	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	9	DNF	0
NC	7	Michael Andretti	McLaren Ford	4	DNF	0
NC	22	Luca Badoer	Lola Ferrari	4	DNF	0
NC	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell Yamaha	1	DNF	0

1999

Following Michael Schumacher’s leg-breaking crash at the 1999 British Grand Prix, Eddie Irvine won the 1999 Austrian Grand Prix for Ferrari, embracing his role as the team’s lead driver. Mika Salo took the seat of Schumacher.

Mika Hakkinen started from pole but was spun by his McLaren teammate, David Coulthard, at the first corner. Coulthard led until his only pit stop, allowing Irvine to take the lead and maintain it until the finish. He would end up finishing second while Häkkinen fought through the field to finish 3rd.

Pedro Diniz scored his last world championship points at this race.

1999 Austrian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	71	1:28:12.438	10
2	2	David Coulthard	McLaren Mercedes	71	+0.313s	6
3	1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren Mercedes	71	+22.282s	4
4	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Mugen Honda	71	+52.803s	3
5	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	71	+66.358s	2
6	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber Petronas	71	+70.933s	1
7	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost Peugeot	70	+1 lap	0
8	7	Damon Hill	Jordan Mugen Honda	70	+1 lap	0
9	3	Mika Salo	Ferrari	70	+1 lap	0
10	18	Olivier Panis	Prost Peugeot	70	+1 lap	0
11	21	Marc Gene	Minardi Ford	70	+1 lap	0
12	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	68	DNF	0
13	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi Ford	68	+3 laps	0
14	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Ford	67	+4 laps	0
15	23	Ricardo Zonta	BAR Supertec	63	DNF	0
NC	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Ford	55	DNF	0
NC	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber Petronas	49	DNF	0
NC	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	38	DNF	0
NC	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams Supertec	35	DNF	0
NC	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Supertec	34	DNF	0
NC	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	25	DNF	0
NC	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams Supertec	8	DNF	0

2004

Michael Schumacher claimed victory with Ferrari at the 2004 German Grand Prix, securing his 11th win in 12 races during a dominant season. Jenson Button finished just eight seconds behind Schumacher in the BAR-Honda, despite being hindered by an engine failure during practice that pushed him from his qualifying third position to 13th on the grid. Fernando Alonso took third place in his Renault.

Kimi Räikkönen, driving for McLaren, recorded the fastest lap of the race but was forced to retire on lap 14 after a dramatic failure of his rear wing at Turn 1, which launched his car into the barriers at high speed. The race began with an aborted start due to Olivier Panis signalling an issue with his Toyota, prompting a second formation lap and shortening the race by one lap as a result.

This Grand Prix was the final F1 appearance for Brazilian driver Cristiano da Matta and the last outing for Williams‘ distinctive “Walrus” front wing design. Marc Gené was replaced at Williams by Antônio Pizzonia, making his return to F1 after being dropped by Jaguar following the 2003 British Grand Prix. Pizzonia impressed by scoring his first career points with a seventh-place finish.

2004 German Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	66	1:23:54.848	10
2	9	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	66	+8.388s	8
3	8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	66	+16.351s	6
4	5	David Coulthard	McLaren Mercedes	66	+19.231s	5
5	3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams BMW	66	+23.055s	4
6	14	Mark Webber	Jaguar Cosworth	66	+41.108s	3
7	4	Antonio Pizzonia	Williams BMW	66	+41.956s	2
8	10	Takuma Sato	BAR Honda	66	+46.842s	1
9	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sauber Petronas	66	+67.102s	0
10	15	Christian Klien	Jaguar Cosworth	66	+68.578s	0
11	7	Jarno Trulli	Renault	66	+70.258s	0
12	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	66	+73.252s	0
13	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber Petronas	65	+1 lap	0
14	17	Olivier Panis	Toyota	65	+1 lap	0
15	19	Giorgio Pantano	Jordan Ford	63	+3 laps	0
16	21	Zsolt Baumgartner	Minardi Cosworth	62	+4 laps	0
17	20	Gianmaria Bruni	Minardi Cosworth	62	+4 laps	0
NC	18	Nick Heidfeld	Jordan Ford	42	DNF	0
NC	16	Cristiano da Matta	Toyota	38	DNF	0
NC	6	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren Mercedes	13	DNF	0

2010

The 2010 German Grand Prix, at Hockenheim, ended in controversy as Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso secured victory following team orders that instructed teammate Felipe Massa to yield the lead. Massa had overtaken both Alonso and pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel at the start, maintaining the lead until lap 49 when he received a coded message: “Fernando is faster than you.” Subsequently, Massa allowed Alonso to pass, leading to Alonso’s second win of the season and Ferrari’s first 1-2 finish since the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix. Vettel completed the podium in third place. The incident sparked widespread criticism, resulting in a $100,000 fine for Ferrari for breaching regulations against team orders.

The race had significant implications for the championship standings. Lewis Hamilton finished fourth, extending his lead in the 2010 Drivers’ Championship to 14 points over teammate Jenson Button, who finished fifth. Vettel’s third-place finish brought him level on points with Red Bull teammate Mark Webber, both trailing the McLaren duo. In the 2010 Constructors’ Championship, McLaren maintained their lead, with Red Bull narrowing the gap slightly. Ferrari’s strong performance moved them closer to Red Bull, intensifying the competition as the season progressed. ​

2010 German Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	67	1:27:38.864	25
2	7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	67	+4.196s	18
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	RBR Renault	67	+5.121s	15
4	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	67	+26.896s	12
5	1	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	67	+29.482s	10
6	6	Mark Webber	RBR Renault	67	+43.606s	8
7	11	Robert Kubica	Renault	66	+1 lap	6
8	4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	66	+1 lap	4
9	3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	66	+1 lap	2
10	12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	66	+1 lap	1
11	23	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber Ferrari	66	+1 lap	0
12	9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams Cosworth	66	+1 lap	0
13	10	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams Cosworth	66	+1 lap	0
14	22	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber Ferrari	66	+1 lap	0
15	17	Jaime Alguersuari	STR Ferrari	66	+1 lap	0
16	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India Mercedes	65	+2 laps	0
17	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India Mercedes	65	+2 laps	0
18	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	64	+3 laps	0
19	21	Bruno Senna	HRT Cosworth	63	+4 laps	0
NC	19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	56	DNF	0
NC	25	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	50	DNF	0
NC	20	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT Cosworth	19	DNF	0
NC	18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	3	DNF	0
NC	16	Sebastien Buemi	STR Ferrari	1	DNF	0

F1 Driver Birthdays 25 July

Births	F1 Driver
25 July 1905	Georges Grignard (d. 1972)
25 July 1910	Jimmy Jackson (d. 1984)
25 July 1911	Len Duncan (d. 1998)
25 July 1936	Gerry Ashmore
25 July 1985	Nelson Piquet Jr.

F1 Driver Deaths 25 July

Deaths	F1 Driver
25 July 1953	Bobby Baird (b. 1912)
25 July 1990	Alfredo Pian (b. 1912)
25 July 2003	Bud Sennett (b. 1912)