Born on this day in…

1932

91 years ago

Born on this day, Tony Brooks, former Formula One driver from England who participated in 38 Grands Prix, debuting on July 14, 1956 Read more…

1944

79 years ago

Born on this day, Francois Cevert, French F3 Champion (1968), who in 1971 became only the second Frenchman to win a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix (Maurice Trintignant won at Monaco in 1955 and 1958) after clinching the US Grand Prix title for Tyrell, and received 50,000 U Read more…

1946

77 years ago

Born on this day, Jean Todt, French motor sport executive who was Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari from 2004 to 2008 and in October 2009 was appointed President of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Read more…

1952

71 years ago

Born on this day, William Joseph “Joey” Dunlop, OBE MBE, a world champion motorcyclist from Ballymoney in Northern Ireland, best known for road racing Read more…

1961

62 years ago

Davey Allison Read more…