What Happened On This Day October 1 In F1 History?

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

1927

The second British Grand Prix (officially known as the Royal Automobile Club GP) at Brooklands was won by Robert Benoist. It was the fifth and final race in the 1927 AIACR World Manufacturers’ Championship season, and as Benoist had won four, his Delage team took the championship title.

1928

Born on this day in Momignies, Belgium, Willy Mairesse was a Formula One and sports car driver famous for his extraordinary speed and fierce, uncompromising approach behind the wheel.

Willy Mairesse

F1 Debut 1960 Belgian Grand Prix

Current/Last Team Privateer

Mairesse entered 13 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix making his debut on 19 June for the 1960 Belgian Grand Prix. He achieved one podium finish and scored seven championship points, but enjoyed his greatest success in endurance racing, where he drove for Ferrari, Porsche and Ford in some of the world’s most demanding events.

His career was brought to an abrupt end by a serious accident at the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans. Unable to return to racing and struggling with the lasting effects of his injuries, Mairesse died by suicide in Ostend the following year at the age of 40.

1942

Born on this day in Paris, Jean-Pierre Jabouille secured his place in the history books when he scored the first win by a turbocharged car at the 1979 French Grand Prix. That it was in a Renault only capped a great day for France. It was the first of two F1 wins in 49 starts – those were to be his only podium finishes – but a broken leg in a crash at the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix all but ended his F1 racing career.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille 

F1 Debut 1974 French Grand Prix

Current/Last Team Ligier

Jabouille didn’t leave the sport behind. He stayed with Ligier as team manager in 1982, later guiding the team’s joint effort with Curb Racing in the 1984 CART series. He also kept racing, turning his attention to the French Supertouring Championship before joining Peugeot’s endurance programme. His work helped push Peugeot to third place at Le Mans in both 1992 and 1993.

Sadly, Jabouille died on 2 February 2023 at the age of 80.

1967

Lotus drivers Jim Clark and Graham Hill completed a British 1-2 finish at the 1967 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, keeping the season alive until the final race. In the race, Brabham driver Denny Hulme finished third, which was enough to help him take the title at the following race in Mexico despite Clark winning there, too. Hill had led until he suffered gear problems, allowing Clark to overtake and then Chris Amon’s Ferrari to take second. Amon ran out of oil, restoring Hill to second, but by then, he was seemingly too far behind to challenge his teammate. Three laps from the finish, a support broke on the top of Clark’s right rear suspension, causing the wheel to sag inward and forcing him to slow in corners. Hill was in no position to capitalise fully, and both Lotuses limped over the line, with Hulme back in third after running out of fuel at the end.

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1967 United States Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	5	Jim Clark	Lotus Ford	108	2:03:13.200	9
2	6	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	108	+6.300s	6
3	2	Denny Hulme	Brabham Repco	107	+1 lap	4
4	15	Jo Siffert	Cooper Maserati	106	+2 laps	3
5	1	Jack Brabham	Brabham Repco	104	+4 laps	2
6	16	Jo Bonnier	Cooper Maserati	101	+7 laps	1
7	22	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Ford	101	+7 laps	0
NC	3	John Surtees	Honda	96	DNF	0
NC	9	Chris Amon	Ferrari	95	DNF	0
NC	7	Jackie Stewart	BRM	72	DNF	0
NC	21	Jacky Ickx	Cooper Maserati	45	DNF	0
NC	19	Guy Ligier	Brabham Repco	43	DNF	0
NC	17	Chris  Irwin	BRM	41	DNF	0
NC	8	Mike Spence	BRM	35	DNF	0
NC	4	Jochen Rindt	Cooper Maserati	33	DNF	0
NC	11	Dan Gurney	Eagle Weslake	24	DNF	0
NC	14	Bruce McLaren	McLaren BRM	16	DNF	0
NC	18	Moises Solana	Lotus Ford	7	DNF	0

1978

Carlos Reutemann won the 1978 USA East Grand Prix, the fourth and final win in his last season before leaving Ferrari. Championship winner Mario Andretti, who had secured the title in the previous race, driving for the Lotus team’s second car after an accident in practice, retired when his engine blew.

Williams driver Alan Jones finished second, with Jody Scheckter for Wolf in third.

1978 USA East Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	59	1:40:48.800	9
2	27	Alan  Jones	Williams Ford	59	+19.739s	6
3	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf Ford	59	+45.701s	4
4	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	59	+85.007s	3
5	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Ford	59	+88.089s	2
6	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren Ford	59	+110.210s	1
7	7	James Hunt	McLaren Ford	58	+1 lap	0
8	22	Derek Daly	Ensign Ford	58	+1 lap	0
9	18	Rene Arnoux	Surtees Ford	58	+1 lap	0
10	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell Ford	58	+1 lap	0
11	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier Matra	58	+1 lap	0
12	21	Bobby Rahal	Wolf Ford	58	+1 lap	0
13	23	Brett Lunger	Ensign Ford	58	+1 lap	0
14	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow Ford	56	+3 laps	0
15	55	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Lotus Ford	55	DNF	0
16	36	Rolf Stommelen	Arrows Ford	54	+5 laps	0
NC	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario Ford	46	DNF	0
NC	9	Michael Bleekemolen	ATS Ford	43	DNF	0
NC	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham Alfa Romeo	28	DNF	0
NC	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	27	DNF	0
NC	2	John Watson	Brabham Alfa Romeo	25	DNF	0
NC	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell Ford	23	DNF	0
NC	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	22	DNF	0
NC	32	Keke Rosberg	ATS Ford	21	DNF	0
NC	16	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow Ford	1	DNF	0
NC	25	Hector Rebaque	Lotus Ford	0	DNF	0

1989

A flag-to-flag victory for Ayrton Senna in a McLaren at the 1989 Spanish Grand Prix only came after he held off a determined challenge from Gerhard Berger‘s Ferrari, who finished second. Senna’s teammate, Alain Prost, who finished third, still held a commanding lead in the 1989 Drivers’ Championship, but Senna’s victory kept him in the hunt. “It was Mission Impossible,” Prost said. “I just sat back and drove my taxi home for third place.”

1989 Spanish Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	72	1:47:48.264	9
2	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	72	+27.051s	6
3	2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	72	+53.788s	4
4	4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell Ford	71	+1 lap	3
5	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams Renault	71	+1 lap	2
6	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola Lamborghini	71	+1 lap	1
7	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara Ford	71	+1 lap	0
8	11	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Judd	70	+2 laps	0
9	9	Derek Warwick	Arrows Ford	70	+2 laps	0
10	3	Jonathan  Palmer	Tyrrell Ford	70	+2 laps	0
NC	10	Eddie  Cheever	Arrows Ford	60	DNF	0
NC	20	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton Ford	58	DNF	0
NC	21	Alex Caffi	Dallara Ford	54	DNF	0
NC	7	Martin Brundle	Brabham Judd	50	DNF	0
NC	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	March Judd	46	DNF	0
NC	24	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi Ford	46	DNF	0
NC	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams Renault	39	DNF	0
NC	26	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier Ford	33	DNF	0
NC	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ford	26	DNF	0
NC	16	Ivan Capelli	March Judd	22	DNF	0
NC	37	Jyrki Jarvilehto	Onyx Ford	19	DNF	0
NC	18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella Ford	16	DNF	0
NC	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton Ford	13	DNF	0
NC	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham Judd	10	DNF	0
NC	17	Nicola Larini	Osella Ford	5	DNF	0

1995

Williams driver Damon Hill conceded the title to Benetton driver Michael Schumacher after crashing out of the 1995 European Grand Prix on the ninth lap. He had a tight battle for third with Schumacher before clipping a curb, spinning, and crashing into a barrier. Schumacher went on to take the chequered flag with a brilliant drive, leaving him 27 points clear of Hill, with only 30 left up for grabs. Hill’s teammate David Coulthard took third place, with Jean Alesi‘s Ferrari claiming second.

1995 European Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton Renault	67	1:39:59.044	10
2	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	67	+2.684s	6
3	6	David Coulthard	Williams Renault	67	+35.382s	4
4	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan Peugeot	66	+1 lap	3
5	2	Johnny Herbert	Benetton Renault	66	+1 lap	2
6	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan Peugeot	66	+1 lap	1
7	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier Mugen Honda	66	+1 lap	0
8	8	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren Mercedes	65	+2 laps	0
9	23	Pedro Lamy	Minardi Ford	64	+3 laps	0
10	4	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Yamaha	64	+3 laps	0
11	24	Luca Badoer	Minardi Ford	64	+3 laps	0
12	9	Massimiliano Papis	Footwork Hart	64	+3 laps	0
13	21	Pedro Diniz	Forti Ford	62	+5 laps	0
14	3	Gabriele Tarquini	Tyrrell Yamaha	61	+6 laps	0
15	16	Jean-Denis Deletraz	Pacific Ilmor	60	+7 laps	0
NC	5	Damon Hill	Williams Renault	58	DNF	0
NC	17	Andrea Montermini	Pacific Ilmor	45	DNF	0
NC	29	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Sauber Ford	44	DNF	0
NC	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	40	DNF	0
NC	22	Roberto Moreno	Forti Ford	22	DNF	0
NC	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber Ford	17	DNF	0
NC	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier Mugen Honda	14	DNF	0
NC	7	Mark Blundell	McLaren Mercedes	14	DNF	0
NC	10	Taki Inoue	Footwork Hart	0	DNF	0

2006

The 91st and last Formula One win for Michael Schumacher came at the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix, which drew him level in the drivers’ standings with Fernando Alonso, who came second in his Renault. Alonso had been leading by 19 seconds from his teammate Giancarlo Fisichella when he pitted on the 22nd lap, but a mistake with his tyres cost him dearly. “The decision to switch Fernando to new intermediate tyres at his first stop was taken jointly and obviously cost him time as he waited for them to scrub in,” said Michelin F1 director Nick Shorrock. “With the benefit of hindsight, that was a mistake, but in the heat of a race, split-second decisions have to be taken.” Schumacher passed Fisichella when the pair pitted and was never caught.

2006 Chinese Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	56	1:37:32.747	10
2	1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	56	+3.121s	8
3	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	56	+44.197s	6
4	12	Jenson Button	Honda	56	+72.056s	5
5	4	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren Mercedes	56	+77.137s	4
6	11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	56	+79.131s	3
7	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber BMW	56	+91.979s	2
8	9	Mark Webber	Williams Cosworth	56	+103.588s	1
9	14	David Coulthard	RBR Ferrari	56	+103.796s	0
10	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	STR Cosworth	55	+1 lap	0
11	10	Nico Rosberg	Williams Cosworth	55	+1 lap	0
12	15	Robert Doornbos	RBR Ferrari	55	+1 lap	0
13	17	Robert Kubica	Sauber BMW	55	+1 lap	0
14	21	Scott Speed	STR Cosworth	55	+1 lap	0
15	19	Christijan Albers	MF1 Toyota	53	+3 laps	0
16	23	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri Honda	52	+4 laps	0
NC	7	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	49	DNF	0
NC	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	44	DNF	0
NC	8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	38	DNF	0
NC	18	Tiago Monteiro	MF1 Toyota	37	DNF	0
NC	3	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren Mercedes	18	DNF	0

2017

Max Verstappen won the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix for Red Bull Racing, securing his second career victory after overtaking Mercedes‘ Lewis Hamilton on lap 4 and dominating the race from there. Hamilton finished second, extending his championship lead, while Daniel Ricciardo, Verstappen’s teammate, completed the podium in third. Notable highlights included Sebastian Vettel’s impressive recovery from last on the grid to finish fourth for Ferrari, claiming the fastest lap along the way, and a bizarre post-race collision between Vettel and Lance Stroll‘s Williams, which caused significant damage to Vettel’s car. Pascal Wehrlein gave him a ride back to the paddock on the sidepods of his Sauber.

2017 Malaysian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	56	1:30:01.290	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	+12.770s	18
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	56	+22.519s	15
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	+37.362s	12
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	56	+56.021s	10
6	11	Sergio Perez	Force India Mercedes	56	+78.630s	8
7	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	55	+1 lap	6
8	18	Lance Stroll	Williams Mercedes	55	+1 lap	4
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams Mercedes	55	+1 lap	2
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India Mercedes	55	+1 lap	1
11	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	55	+1 lap	0
12	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	55	+1 lap	0
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas Ferrari	55	+1 lap	0
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	55	+1 lap	0
15	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	55	+1 lap	0
16	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	55	+1 lap	0
17	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber Ferrari	55	+1 lap	0
18	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber Ferrari	54	+2 laps	0
NC	55	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	29	DNF	0
NC	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	0	DNS	0

F1 Driver Birthdays 1 October

Birthday	F1 Driver
1 October 1928	Willy Mairesse (d. 1969)
1 October 1931	Frank Gardner (d. 2009)
1 October 1942	Jean-Pierre Jabouille (d. 2023)
1 October 1963	Jean-Denis Deletraz

F1 Driver Deaths 1 October

Death	F1 Driver
1 October 1960	Jim Packard (b. 1931) American driver. Attempted to qualify for the 1959 and 1960 Indianapolis 500, which would have earned him results towards the Formula One championship. However, he was not able to qualify.
1 October 1985	Ninian Sanderson (b. 1925) He was entered into the 1953 British Grand Prix as a substitute driver for the team, but did not participate in the event.
1 October 1986	Joe Giba (b. 1909) American driver. He entered the 1958 Indianapolis 500, but failed to qualify.
1 October 2006	Luki Botha (b. 1930)