Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello achieved the first 1-2 victory for the new F2002 in Imola in a stunning demonstration of power of the new masterpiece from Rory Byrne who was, fittingly, present on the podium ceremony.

On this day in 2004 Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello led a dominant Ferrari 1-2 in the first ever Bahrain GP after securing a front row lockout for the Maranello team.

At the presentation of the new car for 2023, Ferrari revealed several interesting details, and everyone's attention was drawn, among other things, to a series of carefully designed vortex generators connecting the upper two flaps of their front wing, which Mercedes did not dare to use last year, even though they brought such solution to the Mexican Grand Prix.

With the new SF-23, Ferrari drew attention with the vertical intakes below the sidepod intakes, the function of which was at first a matter of speculation, but well-informed sources in Italy have confirmed that it is an interpretation of the S-duct system previously used on the nose, which will Ferrari's rivals find very difficult to copy this year.

The most successful team in the history of Formula 1 Ferrari has unveiled their new car for 2023, called the SF23, with which it hopes to win the first championship since 2008 and which should correct the shortcomings of its predecessor, which was the second best car last year.

On this day in 2008, Lewis Hamilton finished fifth in the last race of the 2008 F1 championship in Brazil after he overtook Timo Glock in Toyota in the last lap and became the youngest F1 champion of all time.

Three Formula 1 drivers became champions od 21st October - Niki Lauda (1984), Ayrton Senna (1990) and Kimi Raikkonen (2007).

On this day in 2003 Michael Schumacher won his sixth and penultimate title after beating Kimi Raikkonen in McLaren by only two points.

Michael Schumacher won the Italian GP in front of Ferrari fans at Monza and arrived at the Nurburgring with the same number of points as his only championship rival Mika Hakkinen

Rubens Barrichello won in Monza for the first time and for the third time in the season after beating Williams drivers and Michael Schumacher on this day in 2002, bringing his Ferrari team the seventh 1-2 win of the season.