#OnThisDay in 1986 Alain Prost took victory at the 1986 Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide to win his 2nd Formula One World Drivers Championship. The race decided a three-way battle for the Drivers Championship between Nigel Mansell - Williams FW11 and his Brazilian teammate Nelson Piquet - Williams FW11 and Alain Prost - McLaren MP4/2C. This was also the last Grand Prix for Patrick Tambay and Keke Rosberg and Alan Jones. #F1 #RetroF1

#OnThisDay John Norman Surtees won the 1964 Formula One Drivers Championshi,after he finished second in the 1964 Mexican Grand Prix. Dan Gurney - Brabham BT7 won the race and Lorenzo Bandini - Ferrari 1512 finished third. John Surtees is the only man in history that has won the World Championship title in both motorbike racing and Formula One. #F1 #RetroF1

#OnThisDay James Hunt - McLaren M23 Hunt secured a third-place finish at the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji,and therefore enough points to overcome the three-point-deficit before the start of the final round, winning the championship by just one point over Lauda. It was the closest title winning margin for eight years. The 73-lap race was won by Mario Andretti - Lotus 77,Patrick Depailler - Tyrrell P34 finished second,James Hunt - McLaren M23 finished third. Ferrari won the Constructors Championship. #F1 #RetroF1

Good morning y'all Joseph "Jo" Siffert who passed away #OnThisDay in 1971,who competed in Formula One from 1962 to 1971. Siffert won two Formula One Grands Prix across 10 seasons. Affectionately known as "Seppi" to his family and friends, Siffert was born in Fribourg, the son of a dairy owner. He initially made his name in racing on two wheels, winning the Swiss 350 cc motorcycle championship in 1959, before switching to four wheels with a Formula Junior Stanguellini. Early successes included victories in the 1964 and 1965 Mediterranean Grands Prix non-Championship Formula One races, both times beating Jim Clark by a very narrow margin. He won two World Championship races, one for the Rob Walker Racing Team and one for BRM. Siffert drove for Lotus(privateer) Filipinetti(privateer)Brabham,Cooper,March and BRM. 100 Entries(96 starts) 68 Career points 2 Wins 6 Podiums 2 Pole Position 4 Fastest laps Siffert died at the 1971 World Championship Victory Race, a non-Championship Formula One race, having his car roll over after a crash caused by a mechanical failure and being caught under the burning vehicle. #F1 #RetroF1 #Switzerland

#OnThisDay John Surtees - Cooper T81 Maserati 9/F1 V12 3.0 won the 1966 Mexican Grand Prix. Jack Brabham - Brabham BT20 Repco 620 V8 3.0 finished second Denny Hulme - Brabham BT20 Repco 620 V8 3.0 finished third. Surtees victory secured him the second place in the World Drivers Championship,Jack Brabham won the 1966 World Drivers Championship after the previous race at Watkins Glen. #F1 #RetroF1

Good morning y'all Alessandro Leone Zanardi was #BornOnThisDay in 1966 who competed in Formula One between 1991 and 1999 In CART between 1996 and 2001,in the World Touring Car Championship from 2005 to 2009, and at two editions of the Summer Paralympics in 2012 and 2016. In American open-wheel racing, Zanardi won two CART national championship titles in 1997 and 1998 with Chip Ganassi Racing. In para-cycling, he won four Paralympic gold medals and 12 UCI Road World Championships. Zanardi died aged 59 at his home in Padua on 1 May 2026. #F1 #RetroF1

René Arnoux - Ligier JS33 Ford Cosworth DFR V8 3.5. 1989 Japanese Grand Prix,Suzuka. #F1 #RetroF1

#OnThisDay If you no longer go for a gap...............The infamous 1989 Japanese Grand Prix collision Following the race Senna was disqualified for getting an advantage by missing the chicane, handing the win to Alessandro Nannini - Benetton B189 and the WDC to Alain Prost. Ricardo Patrese - Williams FW13 finished second and Williams team mate Thierry Boutsen - Williams FW13 finished third. #F1 #RetroF1 #F1jp

Good Morning y'all #OnThisDay in 1967 for the first time in 8 years, two teammates went into the last race with a chance of winning the title. Denny Hulme on 47 points required a fourth-place finish to claim the drivers' title. Jack Brabham with 42 points needed to win the race and for Hulme to finish fifth or lower. The 1967 Mexican Grand Prix was won by over a minute by Jim Clark-Lotus 49 despite not being able to use his clutch during almost the entire race.Denny Hulme-Brabham BT24 clinched his only World Championship by coming home third, earning the necessary points to edge out teammate and three-time World Champion Jack Brabham-Brabham BT24 finished third. #F1 #RetroF1

Is James Hunt the most overated driver that won WDC......? #F1 #RetroF1

Patrick Tambay - Lola THL2 Ford Cosworth GBA V6t 1.5. 1986 Australian Grand Prix,Adelaide. Team Haas LTD sometimes called Beatrice Haas after its major sponsor, was an American Formula One team founded by Carl Haas in 1984 after an agreement with Beatrice Foods, a US consumer products conglomerate, which competed in the World Championship from 1985 to 1986. Future prestigious designers Ross Brawn and Adrian Newey passed through the team. The Lola THL2 was designed by Neil Oatley and used for the 1986 season,Two of the FORCE aerodynamicists who worked on the car during its countless hours of Wind tunnel testing were a young Ross Brawn and Adrian Newey. The car debuted at the 1986 San Marino Grand Prix and was driven by 1980 World Drivers' Champion Alan Jones from Australia, and his new teammate Patrick Tambay of France. This team has no relation to Gene Haas team whatsoever. #F1 #RetroF1

Let's settle this debate for once and for all😜😜 Who was the better driver,Senna or Prost #F1 #RetroF1

#OnThisDay in 1984, five years after Niki Lauda's first retirement,Lauda won his third Formula One World Drivers Championship. Lauda needed second place to secure the title, and gained it when Nigel Mansell spun out with 18 laps to go. As a result, he took the title by just half a point from team-mate Alain Prost, remaining the closest title-winning margin in Formula One history. Alain Prost won the 70-lap race and McLaren team-mate Niki Lauda finished second,Ayrton Senna(Toleman) finished third. #F1 #RetroF1

Good morning y'all Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost walking back to the pits after colliding at the first corner #OnThisDay at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix,Suzuka. The "predictable" collision immediately put both cars out of the race and secured Senna his second World Championship, a reversal of fortunes from the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix, where the collision had secured the third championship for Prost. The 53-lap race was won by Nelson Piquet(Benetton) team-mate Roberto Moreno finished second and local hero Aguri Suzuki(Lola) finished third. This was also the first and only podium for the Lamborghini's V12 engine. #F1 #RetroF1 #F1jp

Andrea de Cesaris - Rial ARC1 Ford Cosworth DFZ V8 3.5. 1989 Belgian Grand Prix,Spa. The Rial ARC1 was manufactured and raced by Rial Racing and designed by Gustav Brunner. It best finish was at the 1988 United States Grand Prix,Detroit when Andrea de Cesaris drove it to fourth place. Rial Racing was established by German industrialist Günter Schmid, who had previous experience of Formula One with ATS Racing, to participate in the 1988 season. He contracted former Ferrari engineer Gustav Brunner to design a car based around the Cosworth DFZ V8 engine. 📸 Ercole Colombo #F1 #RetroF1

Ignazio Giunti - Ferrari 312B 001 F12 3.0. 1970 Belgian Grand Prix,Spa. Giunti was one of the first drivers with a very cool helmet design. #F1 #RetroF1

Good morning y'all Gunnar Axel Arvid Nilsson who passed away #OnThisDay in 1978,at the age 29,who competed in Formula One from 1976 to 1977. Nilsson won the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix with Lotus. According to his obituary in The Times, "His rare talent had taken him swiftly to the top as No. 2 to Mario Andretti" ,"and he was perhaps the most naturally gifted of the new generation of grands prix drivers". Having signed to Arrows for 1978, Nilsson was diagnosed with testicular cancer in December 1977, experiencing a rapid decline in health prior to his death 10 months later. Outside of Formula One, Nilsson was a race-winner in both the World Sportscar and European Touring Car Championships with BMW. The Gunnar Nilsson Memorial Trophy was held in 1979, won by Alan Jones. Heaven takes care of the faithfully departed 🕊️ 3rd 📸 is from @MarioAndretti personal collection (Motorsport retro .com) #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP

Phillippe Streiff - AGS JH23 Ford Cosworth DFZ V8 3.5l. 1988 Belgian Grand Prix,Spa. AGS stands for Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives(AGS)a small French racecar constructor that competed in Formula One from 1986 to 1991,the company was founded by Henri Julien. AGS entered 80 races with zero wins/poles/fastest laps. Streiff passed away in December 2022 A pre-season testing crash at the Jacarepaguá circuit in Rio de Janeiro in 1989 with AGS, left Streiff a quadriplegic and thus using a wheelchair, with the quality of the care he received in the aftermath having been called into question,even the accident itself was so serious the roll-bar broke on impact. Rest in Peace Philippe Streiff ✨ #F1 #RetroF1

Tazio Nuvolari - Alfa Romeo 12C-37 4.5L V-12. 1937 Coppa Acerbo/Pescara. Alfa Romeo introduced their new car for this race,which replaced the 1936 12 cylinder. The Alfa Romeo works team tested the new 12C-37 before the Coppa Acerbo at the Milano Autostrada by the hands of chief mechanic Gianbatistta Guidotti and Tazio Nuvolari with satisfying results,days later at the demanding Pescara circuit the new 12C-37 were undrivable with twisting frame,and also Giuseppe Farina tested the new car,supervised by Vittorio Jano. Bernd Rosemeyer/Auto Union TypeC won the 16-lap race,Manfred von Brauchitsch/Mercedes-Benz W125 finished second and Herman Müller/Auto Union TypeC finished third. Both works team Alfa Romeo's 12C-37 #DNF the race. #F1 #RetroF1 #RetroGP

René Arnoux - Ferrari 126C4 031 V6 t 1.5. 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix,Jacarepagua. Arnoux started from 10th,but #DNF the race. Race scheduled for 62 laps, reduced to 61 following the cancellation of the starting procedure. Alain Prost - McLaren MP4/2 won the race,Keke Rosberg - Williams FW09 finished second and Elio de Angelis - Lotus 95T finished third This was also the first Grand Prix for Ayrton Senna. #F1 #RetroF1