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.

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 1999, Rubens Barrichello led his home race at Interlagos, but Ford V10 engine did not survive and race was won by Mika Hakkinen who previously had problems with the gearbox.

On this day in 1993, Ayrton Senna produced one of the most memoriable laps in motorsport history when he overtook four drivers in opening lap of 1993 European GP to take the lead

Fernando Alonso won his only race in Australia on this day in 2006 after he started behind Jenson Button in Honda and overtook him immediately after the safety car withdrawal.

Sebastian Vettel clocked the fastest lap in history of Albert Park, 1:23.529, in third qualifying session in 2011.

Felipe Massa led his team mate Kimi Raikkonen at qualifying for the Malaysian GP 2008. - watch his great onboard lap in Ferrari F2008

Max today got his first taste of what his home Grand Prix will feel like when the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing star became the first man to drive a Formula 1 car at the newly renovated Zandvoort Circuit.

Watch the comparison of the fastest lap at this year's Barcelona Tests and last year's pole position, which is still a track record - both laps were driven by Bottas and last year's lap is 0.326 s faster.

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.