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11 Aug 1984
Lucas Di Grassi
Lucas Tucci Di Grassi, born in São Paulo, Brazil is a racing driver. He finished runner up in the 2007 GP2 season and has been a Renault Driver Development member until 2008.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Di_Grassi

17 Aug 1952
Nelson Piquet
Nelson Piquet Souto Maior, more commonly known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian racing driver who was Formula One world champion in 1981, 1983, and 1987. He is known for his rivalry with Nigel Mansell and his outspoken opinion.
Nelson has a son, Nelson Piquet Jr. who is also a Formula One racing driver.

23 Aug 1987
Death of Didier Pironi
Death of Didier Pironi who had won 3 GPs. The racer won one Grand Prix in 1980 with a Ligier-Ford JS11/15 and 2 in 1982 in a Ferrari 126C2. Five years after the end of his F1 career he was killed when his powerboat flipped over during a race in the Solent, off the Isle of Wight.
www.didierpironi.net/

27 Aug 1976
Mark Webber
Mark Webber, the Australian Williams F1 driver, was born on August 27, 1976 in Queanbeyan.
www.markwebber.com/

27 Aug 1959
Gerhard Berger
Born in Wörgl, Austria.

30 Aug 1937
Bruce McLaren
Bruce Leslie McLaren, born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor. He is the founder of the McLaren Formula One team. With Bruce behind the wheel, the cars were dominant in the CanAm series while also winning three times the Indianapolis 500. Bruce also won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1966 where he partnered Chris Amon.
Bruce died June 2, 1970 when he tested his CanAm M8D. When the bodywork came loose, the car spun off and hit a bunker that was used as a signalling post. Bruce McLaren was 33 years old.

2 Sep 1966
Olivier Panis
French F1-driver who has driven for Ligier, Prost, BAR and Toyota was born in Lyon, France

2 Sep 2012
GP Belgium, Circuit De Spa-Francorchampsbe

5 Sep 1970
Jochen Rindt
Karl Jochen Rindt was an Austrian racing driver, born in Mainz, Germany. He is the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. Rindt also won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1965.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jochen_Rindt

9 Sep 2012
GP Italy, Autodromo Nazionale di Monzait

11 Sep 2012
Young driver test, Circuit Nevers Magny-Coursfr

12 Sep 2012
Young driver test, Circuit Nevers Magny-Coursfr

13 Sep 2012
Young driver test, Circuit Nevers Magny-Coursfr

17 Sep 1929
Sir Stirling Moss
Born in West Kensington, England, Stirling Moss is said to be the very best F1 driver ever who has never won a championship. He once told an interviewer that he had participated in 525 races overall, as many as 62 in a single year, in 84 different cars. Like many drivers of the era, he competed in several formulae - sometimes at the same time.

Stirling Moss was a pioneer in the British Formula One racing scene and placed second in the Drivers' Championship four times in a row from 1955 to 1958.

17 Sep 1960
Damon Hill
F1's world champion of 1996 with Williams Renault was born in Hampstead, England
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