Michael Schumacher broke his leg on Silverstone during the first lap in 1999 British GP after brake failure on his Ferrari F399 at the end of the Hangar straight, for which he missed six races and a chance to fight for the title.

On this day in 2008, Lewis Hamilton won his home race for the first time at rainy Silverstone after the first pole position of his team mate Heikki Kovalainen.

Ralf Schumacher won for the second time in seven days exactly 14 years ago - after he celebrated at Nurburgring he also celebrated at Magny Cours, and on both races Juan Pablo Montoya was second, completing a great week for BMW Williams.

On this day in 2000, David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen secured a McLaren 1-2 at Magny Cours after an exciting battle with Michael Schumacher who started from the pole position, but the race will be remembered by Coulthard's middle finger to Schumacher when duo battled for the lead.

Kimi Raikkonen won his first pole position in 2003 European GP at Nurburgring while Ralf Schumacher won his first race of the season on this day in 2003.

Rubens Barrichello celebrated his first victory of the season 15 years ago after a controversial situation in the Austrian GP where he had to let Michael Schumacher pass for the victory.

On this day in 2005 Michael Schumacher celebrated his first and only victory in the season after all 14 Michelin runners withdrew from the race after taking part only in formation lap due to safety concerns.

Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso locked out the front row for the second race in a row for McLaren on this day in 2007 with Briton again faster in Indianapolis where he won after resisting pressure from Alonso in the second stint.

On this day in 2002, Michael Schumacher won his sixth race of the season in the opening eight rounds and continued to march toward his fifth world championship title.

Robert Kubica secured his first and only victory in Formula 1 on this day in 2008 - it was also first and only win for the BMW Sauber.