What Happened On This Day April 24 In F1 History?

What happened on this day, April 24 in Formula 1 history? Find out interesting facts and stories about Formula 1 on this day.

1934

Mike Taylor, an English racing driver, was born on this day in 1934. His Formula One career was cut short by a horrific accident at the 1960 Belgian Grand Prix when the steering column weld on his Lotus 18 failed at 160 mph. The car went out of control, and Taylor was thrown from the wreckage, cutting down a tree with his body and suffering multiple broken bones and paralysis. The race also saw two fatal accidents. Sadly, Alan Stacey (hit in the face by a bird, crashing, and dying in the fiery wreck) and Chris Bristow (driving a Cooper for BRM) were killed, while Stirling Moss was also injured at the event, crashing his Lotus 18 in practice.

Remarkably, Taylor later regained the ability to walk, but his racing career was effectively over. Taylor went on to sue Lotus, becoming one of the few drivers to successfully take legal action against a manufacturer.

1941

Silvio Moser, a Swiss racing driver, was born on this day. He built his reputation in Formula 2 and sports car racing before making his Formula One debut on July 15, 1967, driving a privately entered Brabham.

Moser made 12 Formula One World Championship starts securing three points, but his career was tragically cut short. He suffered severe injuries in a crash while driving a Lola-BMW at the 1,000 km sports car race in Monza and later succumbed to his injuries.

2005

Renault driver Fernando Alonso described his victory at the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix as his “best win in F1 so far.” Starting second behind Kimi Raikkonen, Alonso took the lead after the McLaren driver retired on lap nine due to mechanical failure.

With a comfortable 30-second lead, Alonso appeared to be in control, but the Ferrari of Michael Schumacher launched a relentless charge, setting fastest lap after fastest lap to steadily close the gap. In a thrilling final stint, Schumacher swarmed all over Alonso’s gearbox, but the Spaniard held his nerve, crossing the line just 0.2 seconds ahead to secure victory. BAR driver Jenson Button crossed the line in third place, but his team were subsequently disqualified for underweight cars; third place was then awarded to McLaren driver Alexander Wurz.

The win extended Alonso’s championship lead to 16 points over Jarno Trulli, further solidifying his title bid.

2005 San Marino Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	62	1:27:41.921	10
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	62	+0.215s	8
3	10	Alexander Wurz	McLaren Mercedes	62	+27.554s	6
4	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber Petronas	62	+64.442s	5
5	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	62	+70.258s	4
6	8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams BMW	62	+71.282s	3
7	7	Mark Webber	Williams BMW	62	+83.297s	2
8	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	RBR Cosworth	62	+83.764s	1
9	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	62	+95.841s	0
10	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber Petronas	61	+1 lap	0
11	14	David Coulthard	RBR Cosworth	61	+1 lap	0
12	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan Toyota	61	+1 lap	0
13	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan Toyota	60	+2 laps	0
NC	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi Cosworth	20	DNF	0
NC	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	18	DNF	0
NC	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren Mercedes	9	DNF	0
NC	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi Cosworth	8	DNF	0
NC	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	5	DNF	0
Note – Button and Sato disqualified from third and fifth respectively following a BAR weight infringement. A 25-second penalty was added to Ralf Schumacher’s race time for an unsafe pit-lane manoeuvre.

2022

At the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Max Verstappen claimed victory for Red Bull, leading home a 1-2 finish with teammate Sergio Perez, marking Red Bull’s first 1-2 result since the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix. Lando Norris finished third, securing his and McLaren’s only podium of the season—the only time in 2022 that a driver from outside the top three constructors finished on the podium.

Verstappen dominated the weekend, securing his second career Grand Slam by winning the Sprint race from pole on Saturday, starting from pole position in the Grand Prix, leading every lap, and setting the fastest lap en route to victory.

Meanwhile, championship leader Charles Leclerc finished sixth, while his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz retired on the first lap after a turn 1 collision with Daniel Ricciardo.

2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing RBPT	63	1:32:07.986	26
2	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing RBPT	63	+16.527s	18
3	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Mercedes	63	+34.834s	15
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	63	+42.506s	12
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	63	+43.181s	10
6	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	63	+56.072s	8
7	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri RBPT	63	+61.110s	6
8	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	63	+70.892s	4
9	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	63	+75.260s	2
10	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	62	+1 lap	1
11	23	Alexander Albon	Williams Mercedes	62	+1 lap	0
12	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri RBPT	62	+1 lap	0
13	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	62	+1 lap	0
14	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Renault	62	+1 lap	0
15	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	62	+1 lap	0
16	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Mercedes	62	+1 lap	0
17	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas Ferrari	62	+1 lap	0
18	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren Mercedes	62	+1 lap	0
NC	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine Renault	6	DNF	0
NC	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	0	DNF	0
Note – Verstappen scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race. Ocon received a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release.

F1 Driver Birthdays 24 April

Birthday	F1 Driver
24 April 1933	Billy Garrett (d. 1999)
24 April 1934	Mike Taylor (d. 2017)
24 April 1941	Silvio Moser (d. 1974)

F1 Driver Deaths 24 April

Death	F1 Driver
24 April 1954	Guy Mairesse (b. 1910)
24 April 1983	Rolf Stommelen (b. 1943)
24 April 2001	Josef Peters (b. 1914)
24 April 2019	Hubert Hahne (b. 1935)