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Upcoming F1 events

McLaren MP4-27 launchF1 Car launch
Ferrari F2012 launchF1 Car launch
Force India VJM05 launch, Silverstone CircuitgbF1 Car launch

Force India launches its car at Silverstone, 9:00 am before leaving to Jerez for the start of winter testing.

Lotus E20 launch, Circuit Permanente de JerezesF1 Car launch
Sauber C31 launch, Circuit Permanente de JerezesF1 Car launch
Red Bull RB8 launch, Circuit Permanente de JerezesF1 Car launch
Toro Rosso STR7 launch, Circuit Permanente de JerezesF1 Car launch

STR7 unveiled at 17:30 local time.

Birthday of Christian KlienBirthday
Williams FW34 launch, Circuit Permanente de JerezesF1 Car launch

Rollout and track debut of the Williams FW34 at Jerez, 8:30 local time

Jerez, Circuit Permanente de JerezesF1 Test
Jerez, Circuit Permanente de JerezesF1 Test
Jerez, Circuit Permanente de JerezesF1 Test
Jerez, Circuit Permanente de JerezesF1 Test
Birthday of Ronnie PetersonBirthday

Bengt Ronnie Peterson was a Swedish racing driver nicknamed 'Super Swede' for his aggressive driving style. He raced in F1 between 1970 and 1978 and is regarded one of the greatest drivers never to have won a World Championship. Peterson died on September 11, 1978 after suffering a crash at the start of the Italian GP.

Birthday of Graham HillBirthday

Graham Hill was born in Hampstead, London. He is a double F1 World Champion (1962, 1968) and is the only man to have won the Triple Crown of Motorsport. Therefore he won the Indianapolis 500 (1966), the 24 hours of Le Mans (1927) and the Monaco GP in Formula One 5 times (1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969).

Graham is also the father of Damon Hill, the F1 World Champion of 1996.

In November 1975, Graham was killed when his Piper Aztec aeroplane (which he was piloting at the time) crashed in foggy conditions over Arkley Golf Course in North London. Five members of the Embassy Hill team, including up-and-coming driver Tony Brise, also died in the accident.