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

Kimi Raikkonen won first F1 race in Turkey on this day in 2005 where he celebrated in front of Fernando Alonso in Renault and team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya who lost the second place in the final laps.

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, Mika Hakkinen won his fifth race in the first ten races in 1998 after the battle with Michael Schumacher while David Coulthard managed to finish second after he was 19th in the second lap.

On today's day in 1999, Eddie Irvine won his second race of the season after David Coulthard spun his teammate Mika Hakkinen in the second corner of the first lap.

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.

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.

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.

Kimi Raikkonen retired in the last lap of the 2005 European GP on this day after his front right suspension broke after severe vibration due to flat spot on his tyre as Fernando Alonso secured fourth win in the first seven races.