Lewis Hamilton won the first F1 race in Austin on this day in 2012 after he defeated Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull who started from pole position, overtaking him on the longest straight with DRS assistance.

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.

Japanese GP was the decisive championship race between Senna and Prost, who were driving for McLaren Honda that year. Their car MP4-4 was a class of the field and the duo Senna Prost won 15 of 16 races in 1988.

European Grand Prix 1997. was the last of 17 races of the championship held at Jerez and was deciding race of the F1 world championship

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

Mika Hakkinen, the double world champion with McLaren in 1998. and 1999., drove his last race in Formula 1 at Suzuka on October 14th 2001.

Kimi Raikkonen secured one of his best wins in Formula 1 on this day in 2005, after starting from the 17th on the grid in the Japanese GP and overtaking Giancarlo Fisichella in the last lap.

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

Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya were on their way to the first 1-2 victory of the season for McLaren, but the incident between Montoya and Pizzonia allowed Fernando Alonas to finish the second and limit the damage in the title fight.

The historic race in Monza was held on September 11th 1988. and was the first Italian GP after the death of Enzo Ferrari (August 14th 1988.). Ferrari drivers Michele Alboreto and Gerhard Berger were the first drivers who took part in the free practice session on Friday to honour legendary Enzo