#F1 #OnThisDay, October 7th 1973. A day after the tragic death of Francois Cevert, the #USGP at Watkins Glen International did start (without Tyrrell/WD) and was won by Ronnie Peterson (Lotus). James Hunt (March) was 2nd, Carlos Reutemann (Brabham) 3rd. youtube.com/watch?v=gTrkFG… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 7th 1979. The #USGP at Watkins Glen International saw only 7 cars making the finish. Gilles Villeneuve (Scuderia Ferrari HP ) was victorious ahead of René Arnoux (Renault) and Didier Pironi (Tyrrell). youtube.com/watch?v=28Z3oI… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 7th 1984. at the Nürburgring , Alain Prost (McLaren ) won the #EuropeanGP ahead of Michele Alboreto (Scuderia Ferrari HP ) and Nelson Piquet (Brabham ). There were a lot of retirements. youtube.com/watch?v=MbUXoP… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 7th 2007. At the #ChineseGP, polesitter Lewis Hamilton made a boo boo when entering the pits. Kimi Raikkonen (Scuderia Ferrari HP ) went on to win the race ahead of Fernando Alonso (McLaren ) & Felipe Massa . formula1.com/en/video/momen… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 7th 2012. Polesitter Sebastian Vettel (Oracle Red Bull Racing ) won the #JapaneseGP at 鈴鹿サーキット Suzuka Circuit but from 10th on the grid, Felipe Massa (Scuderia Ferrari HP ) finished 2nd. Homeboy KAMUI KOBAYASHI was 3rd. overtakefans.com/f1-race-archiv… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 7th 2018. At the #JapaneseGP, the top 3 finished as it started with Lewis Hamilton & Valtteri Bottas taking a 1-2 for Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team and Max Verstappen (Oracle Red Bull Racing ) taking 3rd. Daniel Ricciardo 15th -> 4th. youtube.com/watch?v=cRTmuP… #MsportXtra

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 7th 2023. On the Saturday the #QatarGP Sprintrace was held and won by Oscar Piastri but finishing 2nd, Max Verstappen secured his 3rd World Drivers Championship. youtube.com/watch?v=Z_xBjJ… #MsportXtra UnracedF1 Oracle Red Bull Racing

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 8th 1961. Innes Ireland in the Lotus won the #USGP at Watkins Glen International . Dan Gurney in the Porsche Motorsport was 2nd while Tony Brooks in the BRM finished 3rd. (Couldn't find any footage) #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 8th 1972. Jackie Stewart and Francois Cevert took a Tyrrell 1-2 finish at the #USGP at Watkins Glen International . Denny Hulme in the McLaren finished 3rd. (Couldn't find any footage) #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 8th 1978. Canadian Gilles Villeneuve (Scuderia Ferrari HP ) took his first F1 win at his home GP, the #CanadianGP . Jody Scheckter (Wolf) finished 2nd while Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari) completed podium in 3rd. youtube.com/watch?v=8P5Zpn… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 8th 2000. The top 5 finished as they started with Michael Schumacher (Scuderia Ferrari HP ) winning the #JapaneseGP (and WDC) ahead of both McLaren cars of Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard . youtube.com/watch?v=tzS41N… #MsportXtra UnracedF1 Heinz Harald Frentzen

2000 – Schumacher returns the Drivers' title to Ferrari #OnThisDay 8 October, Michael Schumacher won Ferrari’s first Drivers’ Championship in over 20 years when he beat the McLaren of Mika Häkkinen in a straight fight at the 2000 Japanese Grand Prix. Schumacher started from

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 8th 2006. From 5th, Fernando Alonso (Renault) had a great race (and a bit of luck) to win the #JapaneseGP at 鈴鹿サーキット Suzuka Circuit . Felipe Massa (Scuderia Ferrari HP ) took 2nd, Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) 3rd. youtube.com/watch?v=kro_Od… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 8th 2017. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team ) took off at the start of the #JapaneseGP and won the race but Max Verstappen (Oracle Red Bull Racing ) from 4th, came close and took 2nd. Daniel Ricciardo (RBR) took 3rd. youtube.com/watch?v=F4T97c… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 8th 2023. The day before, Max Verstappen finished 2nd in the Sprint and became WDC but at the #QatarGP on Sunday, he won from pole. The McLaren's of Oscar Piastri & Lando Norris were 2nd & 3rd. youtube.com/watch?v=meckBw… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 9th 1977. What started as a great race for Mario Andretti , turned out as a victory of Jody Scheckter at the #CanadianGP with Patrick Depailler finishing 2nd and Jochen Mass taking 3rd at CTMP . youtube.com/watch?v=-E5PsP… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 9th 2005. From 17th on the grid, yes 17th, Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren ) won the #JapaneseGP at 鈴鹿サーキット Suzuka Circuit , ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault). Fernando Alonso (Renault), who came from 16th, ended up 3rd. youtube.com/watch?v=FGINdQ… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 9th 2011. At 鈴鹿サーキット Suzuka Circuit , Jenson Button (McLaren ) won the #JapaneseGP ahead of Fernando Alonso (Scuderia Ferrari HP ). Sebastian Vettel (Oracle Red Bull Racing ) finished 3rd and clinched his 2nd WDC title. videa.hu/videok/sport/f… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 9th 2016. Polesitter Nico Rosberg (Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team ) won the #JapaneseGP with Max Verstappen (Oracle Red Bull Racing ) taking 2nd. After a bad start from Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team ), he came back to finish 3rd. formula1.com/en/video/race-… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#F1 #OnThisDay, October 9th 2022. A Oracle Red Bull Racing 1-2 at 鈴鹿サーキット Suzuka Circuit after polesitter Max Verstappen won the #JapaneseGP (and his 2nd WDC), some 27 seconds ahead of Sergio Pérez . Charles Leclerc (Scuderia Ferrari HP ) took 3rd. youtube.com/watch?v=0J7cmh… #MsportXtra UnracedF1