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Birthday of Philip CadeBirthday

Philip Cade was an amateur race car driver from the United States. He entered one Formula One Grand Prix (USA 1959) with a privately-entered Maserati 250F, but failed to start due to engine problems.
Phil Cade died August 28, 2001 in Winchester, Massachusetts.


Birthday of Dennis TaylorBirthday

Dennis Taylor was born in Sidcup, Kent, England. As a racing driver, he entered one single championship event, the 1959 British Grand Prix driving his Formula 2 Lotus 12 but he failed to qualify.

He was killed in a minor race at Monte Carlo on June 2, 1962.


Birthday of Robert Innes IrelandBirthday

Robert McGregor Innes Ireland was a Scottish military officer, engineer, and motor racing driver. Ireland's first serious year of auto racing was 1957, by which time he was running a small engineering firm in Surrey. Ireland made his debut for Team Lotus in 1959. In 1960 he won three non-championship Formula One races and finished fourth in the World Drivers Championship. One year later he was sacked after giving up his car to rival Stirling Moss and never had the car to achieve anything any more in F1.
Ireland died of Cancer at the age of 63.


Birthday of Hans BinderBirthday

Hans Binder was born in Zell am Ziller, Innsbruck, Austria. He is a former Formula One driver for Ensign, Wolf, Surtees and ATS teams. He was unable to score any points from his 15 GP starts.


Riccardo Paletti's fatal crashFatalities

Driving an Osella in the Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal, the Italian crashed into the back of a stationary Didier Pironi on the grid at the start of the race. Rescue workers were quickly on the scene but his injuries proved too severe. Paletti died quickly after arriving at the hospital.


Le Mans 24 hoursRace event

Yearly edition of the Le Mans 24 hours race, the most popular prototype race in the world.


www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans/

Le Mans 24h, Circuit de la SarthefrRace event

Le Mans 24 hours, Circuit de la SarthefrRace event

Birthday of Denny HulmeBirthday

New Zealander Denis Clive "Denny" Hulme was the 1967 Formula One World Champion for the Brabham team. He also was a double Can-Am champion.
Denny died on 4 October 1992 of a heart attack whilst driving a BMW M3 during the Bathurst 1000.


GP Austria, Red Bull RingatF1 Grand Prix

Birthday of Nico RosbergBirthday

Nico Rosberg is the son of 1982 F1 champion Keke Rosberg and was born in Wiesbaden, Germany.


Birthday of Ralf SchumacherBirthday

The younger brother of Michael Schumacher was born in Hürth-Hermülheim.
He is an F1 driver since 1997 when he joined B&H Jordan.


Birthday of Daniel RicciardoBirthday

Daniel Ricciardo is an Australian racecar driver, the 2009 champion of the British Formula Three Championship.
He entered F1 as the test and reserve driver of Toro Rosso, before driving 3 years for them. He then went on to Red Bull Racing to race alongside Sebastian Vettel.


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo

Birthday of Sebastian VettelBirthday

Sebastian Vettel was born on July 3, 1987 in Heppenheim, Germany. He made his debut as third driver for the BMW Sauber F1 Team during the 2006 Turkish GP. Vettel is the youngest F1 driver ever to drive at a GP meeting at 19 years and 53 days.


GP Great Britain, Silverstone CircuitgbF1 Grand Prix