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.

Rubens Barrichello celebrated his first victory of the season 15 years ago after a controversial situation in the Austrian GP where he had to let Michael Schumacher pass for the victory.

On this day in 2011 we saw an exciting fight between Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber while Sebastian Vettel had an unusually bad day in his dominant season as he qualified outside of the front row for the first time in 2011.

Michael Schumacher secured his 76th victory and sixth in the first seven races of the 2004 F1 season in his 200th appearance in Formula 1 while second places Rubens Barrichello rounded the fourth 1-2 for Ferrari in 2004.

Felipe Massa secured his first F1 career podium finish in 2006 European GP after qualifying and finishing third behind winner Michael Schumacher and championship leader Fernando Alonso.

The German Grand Prix returned to Nürburgring in 2009 where Mark Webber secured his first pole position and first win in Red Bull RB9, although he was awarded a drive through penalty for hitting Barrichello at the start of the race.

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