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.

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.

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.

Mika Hakkinen won his first World Championship title in 1998 after celebrating in the last race of the championship in Japan, defeating Michael Schumacher who stalled his Ferrari from pole position.

Mika Hakkinen won the Japanese GP in Suzuka on this day in 1999 and won his second consecutive world championship at the same track where he won his first title one year earlier.

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.

The 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix was first of all significant for the first victory of a F1 hybrid car - McLaren MP4-24 with a Mercedes 2.4-liter V8 engine equipped with a KERS Kinetic Energy Recovery System, but will also be remembered for Massa's accident.

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.

Michael Schumacher made a perfect start in the 2000 F1 season with three wins in the first three races, while his main rivals from McLaren were held by early retirements.

On this day in 1993 Ayrton Senna produced one of his finest laps in his racing career by overtaking four drivers in the wet conditions in Donington Park to take a dominant victory at 1993 European GP.