Michael Schumacher celebrated in Monaco for the third time on this day in 1997 and took the championship lead from Jacques Villeneuve while his future teammate Rubens Barrichello in Stewart and his current team-mate Eddie Irvine completed the podium.

Michael Schumacher won for the fifth consecutive time at the start of the 2004 F1 season, day after winning the fourth pole position in 2004 and thus equating the 12-year-old record of Nigel Mansell who also won first five races of the season.

On this day in 2003, Michael Schumacher won the first race in the new Ferrari F2003-GA after they spent first four races in the old F2002 while Fernando Alonso was very competitive in Renault in his home race.

On this day in 1999, Michael Schumacher won his first race of the season in Imola after Mika Hakkinen crashed from the leading position in lap 18 when he had 13 seconds advantage over his team mate David Coulthard.

On this day in 2004 Michael Schumacher won for the fourth time in a row in 2004. in Imola after beating Jenson Button who started from pole position in his BAR Honda.

On this day in 2005 Fernando Alonso won his third consecutive race of the 2005 F1 season in Imola where he held off Michael Schumacher who pushed him hard until the very last corner of the race.

On this day in 2006 Michael Schumacher beat Fernando Alonso to secure his first victory of the season for Ferrari, day after he surpassed Senna's all time pole record.

Michael Schumacher secured his first victory of the 2003 F1 season, day after his mother died, and was also the last race for the super-successful Ferrari F2002, which won 15 of the 19 races.

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.

Fernando Alonso won the second F1 race held in Bahrain on this day in 2005 and increased his lead in the driver's championship, building a key advantage in front of Kimi Raikkonen in McLaren who will remain his only competitor in the rest of the season on his way to his first championship title.