Ayrton Senna won the 1993 Australian Grand Prix which was his 41st and last career victory in his last race for McLaren, where he won all of his three drivers' championship while it was also the last F1 race for four time world champion Alain Prost.

Kimi Raikkonen won for the first time since his F1 comeback on this day in 2012 after celebrating his victory at the Abu Dhabi GP. The Finn withstood late pressure from the double world champion Fernando Alonso who desperately wanted to close the gap to the championship leader Sebastian Vettel

The first Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was held in 2009., the race after the Brazilian Grand Prix decided Drivers' and the Constructors' Championship. Jenson Button, who has won six of the first seven races, became the tenth British champion in the history of Formula 1 and Brawn GP became the constructors' champions

Fernando Alonso took the championship lead in the first F1 race in Korea on this day in 2010 after Sebastian Vettel retired with an engine failure and Mark Webber crashed in very difficult conditions.

Alain Prost won his 51st and final F1 race on this day in 1993, after his team mate Hill had a puncture in a penultimate lap.

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 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.

On this day in 1998, Michael Schumacher celebrated in the seventh race of the season in Canada while McLaren drivers Hakkinen and Coulthard retired due to gearbox failures.

Jenson Button won for the fourth time in first five races in 2009 after leading his team mate Rubens Barrichello in another dominant display for new Brawn GP team.

1994 Australian Grand Prix was the last race of the championship in which Michael Schumacher won his first world title by only one point after a controversial collision with Damon Hill