What Happened On This Day June 19 In F1 History?

What happened on this day, June 19 in Formula 1 history? Find out interesting facts and stories about Formula 1 on this day.

1955

The 1955 Dutch Grand Prix witnessed a one-two finish for Mercedes with Juan-Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss leading the way, despite challenging conditions and technical issues. Luigi Musso, in a Maserati, claimed third place after a late spin, while Moss struggled to the finish line with his car smoking. This victory was a sombre moment for Mercedes, coming just a week after the devastating 1955 Le Man’s tragedy.

1955 Dutch Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	8	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes-Benz	100	2:54:23.800	8
2	10	Stirling Moss	Mercedes-Benz	100	+0.300s	6
3	18	Luigi Musso	Maserati	100	+57.100s	4
4	16	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	99	+1 lap	4
5	6	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	97	+3 laps	2
6	14	Jean Behra	Maserati	97	+3 laps	0
7	2	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	97	+3 laps	0
8	22	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	92	+8 laps	0
9	28	Louis  Rosier	Maserati	92	+8 laps	0
10	24	Jacques  Pollet	Gordini	90	+10 laps	0
11	30	Johnny Claes	Ferrari	88	+12 laps	0
NC	4	Maurice  Trintignant	Ferrari	65	DNF	0
NC	20	Robert  Manzon	Gordini	44	DNF	0
NC	32	Horace  Gould	Maserati	23	DNF	0
NC	12	Karl Kling	Mercedes-Benz	21	DNF	0
NC	26	Peter  Walker	Maserati	2	DNF	0

1960

One of the darkest days in F1 history transpired at Spa during the 1960 Belgian Grand Prix. The race claimed the lives of two British drivers in rapid succession under poor conditions. Stirling Moss had already crashed the day before.

Chris Bristow, at just 22 years old, tragically lost his life after being thrown from his Cooper and suffering fatal injuries from a wire fence. Shortly afterwards, 26-year-old Alan Stacey’s Lotus crashed and caught fire, resulting in his death, which some speculated was caused by a bird strike that rendered him unconscious moments before. With the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, it is one of two occasions in which two driver fatalities have occurred at a Formula One race meeting, and the only one where both occurred during the race itself.

Ultimately, Jack Brabham emerged as the race winner and teammate Bruce McLaren in second. Third place was rather more strange. The results highlighted an unusual quirk in the rules regarding classification of non-finishers. Under modern rules, Graham Hill would have been classified third, since he completed lap 35 before the lapped Olivier Gendebien. Hill then retired, in the pits, but was not classified since he did not push his car over the line after the winner took the finish (as required by the rules of the time).

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1960 Belgian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	2	Jack Brabham	Cooper Climax	36	2:21:37.300	8
2	4	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Climax	36	+63.300s	6
NC	10	Graham Hill	BRM	35	DNF	0
3	34	Olivier  Gendebien	Cooper Climax	35	+1 lap	4
4	24	Phil Hill	Ferrari	35	+1 lap	3
5	18	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	34	+2 laps	2
6	32	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper Climax	28	+8 laps	1
NC	16	Alan  Stacey	Lotus Climax	24	DNF	0
NC	22	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	23	DNF	0
NC	26	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	22	DNF	0
NC	36	Chris  Bristow	Cooper Climax	19	DNF	0
NC	30	Chuck  Daigh	Scarab	16	DNF	0
NC	6	Jo Bonnier	BRM	14	DNF	0
NC	14	Innes Ireland	Lotus Climax	13	DNF	0
NC	8	Dan Gurney	BRM	4	DNF	0
NC	38	Tony Brooks	Cooper Climax	2	DNF	0
NC	28	Lance  Reventlow	Scarab	1	DNF	0

1977

Jacques Laffite achieved his first F1 victory at the 1977 Swedish Grand Prix, benefiting from an unfortunate turn for Mario Andretti, whose Lotus required a late fuel stop, dropping him from first to sixth place. Andretti had foreseen the issue and communicated with his team, opting to continue in hopes of maintaining his lead, but ultimately fell short.

German driver Jochen Mass finished second with McLaren, and Argentinian Carlos Reutemann third in a Ferrari.

Driving a Ligier, Laffite’s win is generally considered to have been the first all-French victory (driver, team and engine) in the Formula One World Championship as well as the first Formula One victory for a French-licensed team and a French engine.

1977 Swedish Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier Matra	72	1:46:55.520	9
2	2	Jochen Mass	McLaren Ford	72	+8.449s	6
3	12	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	72	+14.367s	4
4	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell Ford	72	+16.308s	3
5	7	John Watson	Brabham Alfa Romeo	72	+18.735s	2
6	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	72	+25.277s	1
7	22	Clay Regazzoni	Ensign Ford	72	+31.266s	0
8	34	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Penske Ford	72	+64.567s	0
9	16	Jackie Oliver	Shadow Ford	72	+82.479s	0
10	8	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Brabham Alfa Romeo	71	+1 lap	0
11	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren Ford	71	+1 lap	0
12	1	James Hunt	McLaren Ford	71	+1 lap	0
13	24	Rupert Keegan	Hesketh Ford	71	+1 lap	0
14	31	David Purley	LEC Ford	70	+2 laps	0
15	27	Patrick Neve		69	+3 laps	0
16	25	Harald Ertl	Hesketh Ford	68	+4 laps	0
17	17	Alan  Jones	Shadow Ford	67	+5 laps	0
18	28	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Ford	66	+6 laps	0
19	6	Gunnar Nilsson	Lotus Ford	64	DNF	0
NC	10	Ian Scheckter	March Ford	61	DNF	0
NC	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees Ford	52	DNF	0
NC	11	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	47	DNF	0
NC	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf Ford	29	DNF	0
NC	3	Ronnie Peterson	Tyrrell Ford	7	DNF	0

1988

McLaren driver Ayrton Senna claimed his third victory of the season at the 1988 Detroit Grand Prix despite challenging conditions, with the track disintegrating and becoming slippery. His teammate, Alain Prost, managed not to be lapped and criticised the poor quality of the circuit, highlighting Detroit’s status in the automotive industry and calling for a better track. Michele Alboreto echoed Prost’s sentiments while Thierry Boutsen took third for Benetton.

Andrea de Cesaris scored the first points ever for the Rial team by finishing fourth. Minardi also scored their first point with Pierluigi Martini‘s sixth place.

1988 Detroit Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	12	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	63	1:54:56.035	9
2	11	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	63	+38.713s	6
3	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton Ford	62	+1 lap	4
4	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	62	+1 lap	3
5	3	Jonathan  Palmer	Tyrrell Ford	62	+1 lap	2
6	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ford	62	+1 lap	1
7	29	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	61	+2 laps	0
8	36	Alex Caffi	Dallara Ford	61	+2 laps	0
9	4	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell Ford	59	DNF	0
NC	24	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi Ford	54	DNF	0
NC	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	46	DNF	0
NC	33	Stefano Modena	Euro Brun Ford	46	DNF	0
NC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	45	DNF	0
NC	25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier Judd	45	DNF	0
NC	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	March Judd	34	DNF	0
NC	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams Judd	26	DNF	0
NC	1	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	26	DNF	0
NC	32	Oscar Larrauri	Euro Brun Ford	26	DNF	0
NC	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows Megatron	24	DNF	0
NC	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams Judd	18	DNF	0
NC	14	Philippe Streiff	AGS Ford	15	DNF	0
NC	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton Ford	14	DNF	0
NC	18	Eddie  Cheever	Arrows Megatron	14	DNF	0
NC	21	Nicola Larini	Osella	7	DNF	0
NC	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	6	DNF	0
NC	26	Stefan Johansson	Ligier Judd	2	DNF	0

2005

The 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis turned into a debacle, tarnishing Formula One’s reputation, particularly in the U.S., following several Michelin tyre failures before the race, including a major accident for Ralf Schumacher‘s Toyota during Friday practice.

Due to safety concerns with their tyres, 14 of the 20 cars, all equipped with Michelin tyres, withdrew after the parade lap. This left only six cars to compete, leading to Michael Schumacher‘s unfulfilling victory amidst rule changes that prohibited tyre changes during the race. Spectators, having paid hefty ticket prices, were left bewildered and angry. Minardi boss Paul Stoddart criticised the event, sympathising with the Michelin teams and expressing disappointment over the race’s legitimacy.

Schumacher’s teammate Rubens Barrichello finished second, and Jordan driver Tiago Monteiro finished third, which would be his only podium in Formula One as well as the last podium for Jordan.

2005 United States Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	73	1:29:43.181	10
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	73	+1.522s	8
3	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan Toyota	72	+1 lap	6
4	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan Toyota	72	+1 lap	5
5	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi Cosworth	71	+2 laps	4
6	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi Cosworth	71	+2 laps	3
NC	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	0	DNF	0
NC	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren Mercedes	0	DNF	0
NC	3	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	0	DNF	0
NC	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	0	DNF	0
NC	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	0	DNF	0
NC	4	Takuma Sato	BAR Honda	0	DNF	0
NC	7	Mark Webber	Williams BMW	0	DNF	0
NC	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber Petronas	0	DNF	0
NC	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren Mercedes	0	DNF	0
NC	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber Petronas	0	DNF	0
NC	17	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	0	DNF	0
NC	15	Christian Klien	RBR Cosworth	0	DNF	0
NC	8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams BMW	0	DNF	0
NC	14	David Coulthard	RBR Cosworth	0	DNF	0
Note – all seven Michelin teams withdrew after the formation lap on tyre-related safety grounds.

2016

The 2016 European Grand Prix, held on June 19 at the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan, celebrated the first Formula One race in the country and the only occasion the European Grand Prix was hosted there. Mercedes‘ Nico Rosberg dominated the weekend, securing pole with a time of 1:42.758 and leading all 51 laps to achieve a grand slam—winning the race, leading every lap, and recording the fastest lap at 1:46.485 on lap 48. This victory extended Rosberg’s lead in the 2016 Drivers’ Championship to 24 points over teammate Lewis Hamilton, who finished fifth after starting tenth due to a qualifying crash and subsequent engine mode issues during the race.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finished second, while the Force India of Sergio Pérez claimed third despite a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change, overtaking Kimi Räikkönen on the final lap. Räikkönen, in the other Ferrari, finished fourth after receiving a five-second penalty for crossing the pit entry line. Notably, Williams‘ Valtteri Bottas recorded the highest-ever speed in an official Formula One session, reaching 378 km/h (235 mph) during qualifying. The race weekend attracted 30,000 spectators and saw no safety cars, a rarity for a new street circuit.

2016 European Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	51	1:32:52.366	25
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	51	+16.696s	18
3	11	Sergio Perez	Force India Mercedes	51	+25.241s	15
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	51	+33.102s	12
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	51	+56.335s	10
6	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Mercedes	51	+60.886s	8
7	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	51	+69.229s	6
8	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	51	+70.696s	4
9	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India Mercedes	51	+77.708s	2
10	19	Felipe Massa	Williams Mercedes	51	+85.375s	1
11	22	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	51	+104.817s	0
12	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber Ferrari	50	+1 lap	0
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas Ferrari	50	+1 lap	0
14	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	50	+1 lap	0
15	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	50	+1 lap	0
16	21	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas Ferrari	50	+1 lap	0
17	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber Ferrari	50	+1 lap	0
18	88	Rio Haryanto	MRT Mercedes	49	+2 laps	0
NC	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	42	DNF	0
NC	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT Mercedes	39	DNF	0
NC	55	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso Ferrari	31	DNF	0
NC	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso Ferrari	6	DNF	0
Note – Perez, Sainz and Magnussen had five-place grid penalties for unscheduled gearbox changes. Magnussen started from pit lane after suspension set-up changes in parc ferme after qualifying. Raikkonen had 5s added to his race time for crossing the pit entry line without entering the pits.

2022

The 2022 Canadian Grand Prix, held on June 19 at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, was the ninth round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship. In a rain-affected qualifying session, Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing secured pole position, with Fernando Alonso of Alpine and the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz completing the top three. Verstappen maintained his lead during the race, fending off challenges from Sainz, especially during a 16-lap sprint to the finish following a late safety car period. Ultimately, Verstappen took the victory, finishing just under a second ahead of Sainz, while Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes secured third place, his second podium finish of the season.

The race saw Charles Leclerc, who started 19th for Ferrari, due to a grid penalty for exceeding his power unit allocation recover to finish fifth. Mercedes’ George Russell continued his consistent form, finishing fourth. Local favourite Lance Stroll secured a point for Aston Martin by finishing tenth in his home race. The event attracted a record attendance of 338,000 spectators over the weekend.

2022 Canadian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing RBPT	70	1:36:21.757	25
2	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	70	+0.993s	19
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	70	+7.006s	15
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	70	+12.313s	12
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	70	+15.168s	10
6	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Renault	70	+23.890s	8
7	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	70	+25.247s	6
8	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	70	+26.952s	4
9	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine Renault	70	+29.945s	2
10	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	70	+38.222s	1
11	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren Mercedes	70	+43.047s	0
12	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	70	+44.245s	0
13	23	Alexander Albon	Williams Mercedes	70	+44.893s	0
14	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri RBPT	70	+45.183s	0
15	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Mercedes	70	+52.145s	0
16	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Mercedes	70	+59.978s	0
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	70	+68.180s	0
NC	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri RBPT	47	DNF	0
NC	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas Ferrari	18	DNF	0
NC	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing RBPT	7	DNF	0
Note – Sainz scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race. Alonso received a five-second time penalty for making more than one change of direction to defend a position. Norris received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.

F1 Driver Birthdays 19 June

Birthday	F1 Driver
19 June	None

Birthday	F1 Mentions
19 June 1970	David Croft Broadcaster for Sky Sports F1 and lead commentator since 2012.

F1 Driver Deaths 19 June

Death	F1 Driver
19 June 1960	Alan Stacey (b. 1933)
19 June 1960	Chris Bristow (b. 1937)
19 June 1960	Jimmy Bryan (b. 1926)