What Happened On This Day May 28 In F1 History?

What happened on this day, May 28 in Formula 1 history? Find out interesting facts and stories about Formula 1 on this day.

1910

Guy Moll was born in Algeria on May 28, 1910. In 1934, at the age of 23, he was signed by Enzo Ferrari and almost immediately won the Monaco Grand Prix. A month later, he finished second to Achille Varzi in Tripoli. However, in August, while lying in second place at Pescara, he lost control and hit a bridge. He died shortly afterward, ranked by Ferrari as one of the best drivers he had ever seen.

1989

The 1989 Mexican Grand Prix saw Ayrton Senna secure pole with a time of 1:17.876, equaling Jim Clark’s record of 33 career poles. His McLaren teammate, Alain Prost, qualified second, followed by Nigel Mansell in the Ferrari. The race experienced an initial red flag due to a first-lap incident involving Stefano Modena and Olivier Grouillard. At the restart, Senna maintained his lead, with Prost and Gerhard Berger trailing. Prost’s choice of softer C-compound tyres led to early pit stops and a subsequent tyre mix-up, causing him to fall behind. Both Ferraris faced gearbox failures, with Berger retiring on lap 16 and Mansell on lap 43.

Senna dominated the race, finishing first and extending his championship lead to 27 points. Riccardo Patrese in a Williams secured second place, while Michele Alboreto took a commendable third for Tyrrell. Gabriele Tarquini earned his only career point by finishing sixth for AGS. Post-race, Prost publicly questioned the parity of the Honda V10 engines between himself and Senna, citing difficulties in matching his teammate’s pace.

1989 Mexican Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	69	1:35:21.431	9
2	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams Renault	69	+15.560s	6
3	4	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Ford	69	+31.254s	4
4	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton Ford	69	+45.495s	3
5	2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	69	+56.113s	2
6	40	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS Ford	68	+1 lap	1
7	10	Eddie  Cheever	Arrows Ford	68	+1 lap	0
8	26	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier Ford	68	+1 lap	0
9	7	Martin Brundle	Brabham Judd	68	+1 lap	0
10	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham Judd	68	+1 lap	0
11	11	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Judd	68	+1 lap	0
12	38	Christian Danner	Rial Ford	67	+2 laps	0
13	21	Alex Caffi	Dallara Ford	67	+2 laps	0
14	25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier Ford	66	+3 laps	0
15	20	Johnny Herbert	Benetton Ford	66	+3 laps	0
NC	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ford	53	DNF	0
NC	27	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	43	DNF	0
NC	9	Derek Warwick	Arrows Ford	35	DNF	0
NC	12	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Judd	35	DNF	0
NC	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola Lamborghini	28	DNF	0
NC	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara Ford	20	DNF	0
NC	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	16	DNF	0
NC	36	Stefan Johansson	Onyx Ford	16	DNF	0
NC	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams Renault	15	DNF	0
NC	3	Jonathan  Palmer	Tyrrell Ford	9	DNF	0
NC	16	Ivan Capelli	March Judd	1	DNF	0

1995

Michael Schumacher secured victory at the 1995 Monaco Grand Prix with a strategic decision to make only one fuel stop. His closest rival, Damon Hill, initially led from pole but opted for two stops, which made the difference. “We got our strategy horribly wrong, I’m afraid,” Hill said. “I’m pretty cheesed off. It has happened before, and it is making it too easy for Michael. Last night, we decided on one stop, but after the warm-up this morning, we changed our minds and went for two. It is a long and hard race here anyway, and when you cannot make any impression on a guy who has more fuel on board than you, then it seems even longer. I was pretty disillusioned when I realized Michael was only doing one stop because I knew I had a hard job on then.”

Hill finished second for Williams ahead of Gerhard Berger for Ferrari.

1995 Monaco Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton Renault	78	1:53:11.258	10
2	5	Damon Hill	Williams Renault	78	+34.817s	6
3	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	78	+71.447s	4
4	2	Johnny Herbert	Benetton Renault	77	+1 lap	3
5	7	Mark Blundell	McLaren Mercedes	77	+1 lap	2
6	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber Ford	76	+2 laps	1
7	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ford	76	+2 laps	0
8	29	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Sauber Ford	74	DNF	0
9	9	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork Hart	74	+4 laps	0
10	21	Pedro Diniz	Forti Ford	72	+6 laps	0
NC	24	Luca Badoer	Minardi Ford	68	DNF	0
NC	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier Mugen Honda	65	DNF	0
NC	4	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Yamaha	63	DNF	0
NC	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan Peugeot	60	DNF	0
NC	16	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific Ilmor	42	DNF	0
NC	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	41	DNF	0
NC	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier Mugen Honda	40	DNF	0
NC	10	Taki Inoue	Footwork Hart	27	DNF	0
NC	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	26	DNF	0
DQ	17	Andrea Montermini	Pacific Ilmor	23	DSQ	0
NC	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan Peugeot	22	DNF	0
NC	6	David Coulthard	Williams Renault	16	DNF	0
NC	22	Roberto Moreno	Forti Ford	9	DNF	0
NC	8	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren Mercedes	8	DNF	0
NC	11	Domenico Schiattarella	Simtek Ford	0	DNF	0
NC	12	Jos Verstappen	Simtek Ford	0	DNF	0

2006

David Coulthard made history for Red Bull at the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix, ending his long absence from the podium by finishing third in Monte Carlo. Donning a Superman cape as part of Red Bull’s promotion for the Hollywood blockbuster “Superman Returns,” this was Coulthard’s first podium since Suzuka at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix. The cape was the result of a bet between Coulthard and team boss Christian Horner; in return, Horner leapt naked into a swimming pool. “I got nervous as David moved through the field, but it was worth getting wet for this result,” Horner grinned.

Race winner Fernando Alonso claimed his first-ever win at the iconic street circuit with Juan Pablo Montoya finished second, earning what would be his final career podium. David Coulthard’s third came with Jarno Trulli suffered a late hydraulic failure. Coulthard’s result marked Red Bull Racing’s first-ever podium finish, as well as Ferrari’s first podium as an engine supplier for a customer team since the 2003 United States Grand Prix when Sauber—badged as Petronas—achieved the feat.

2006 Monaco Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	78	1:43:43.116	10
2	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren Mercedes	78	+14.567s	8
3	14	David Coulthard	RBR Ferrari	78	+52.298s	6
4	11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	78	+53.337s	5
5	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	78	+53.830s	4
6	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	78	+62.072s	3
7	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber BMW	77	+1 lap	2
8	7	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	77	+1 lap	1
9	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	77	+1 lap	0
10	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	STR Cosworth	77	+1 lap	0
11	12	Jenson Button	Honda	77	+1 lap	0
12	19	Christijan Albers	MF1 Toyota	77	+1 lap	0
13	21	Scott Speed	STR Cosworth	77	+1 lap	0
14	17	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber BMW	77	+1 lap	0
15	18	Tiago Monteiro	MF1 Toyota	76	+2 laps	0
16	23	Franck Montagny	Super Aguri Honda	75	+3 laps	0
17	8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	72	DNF	0
NC	15	Christian Klien	RBR Ferrari	56	DNF	0
NC	10	Nico Rosberg	Williams Cosworth	51	DNF	0
NC	3	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren Mercedes	50	DNF	0
NC	9	Mark Webber	Williams Cosworth	48	DNF	0
NC	22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri Honda	46	DNF	0

2017

The 2017 Monaco Grand Prix saw Kimi Raikkonen on pole for Ferrari, his first since 2008, with a lap time of 1:12.178. Teammate Sebastian Vettel qualified second, setting up a front-row lockout for the team. Mercedes‘ Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull Racing‘s Max Verstappen occupied the second row, while Lewis Hamilton faced challenges in qualifying, starting from thirteenth on the grid.

In the race, Vettel executed an overcut strategy, staying out longer before his pit stop, allowing him to overtake Räikkönen and claim victory. This win marked Ferrari’s first at Monaco since 2001 and their first one-two finish since 2010. Daniel Ricciardo in the sister Red Bull completed the podium in third place, having benefited from strategic pit stops to leapfrog Bottas and Verstappen. Hamilton managed to recover to seventh place, limiting the damage to his championship aspirations.

2017 Monaco Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	78	1:44:44.340	25
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	78	+3.145s	18
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	78	+3.745s	15
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	78	+5.517s	12
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	78	+6.199s	10
6	55	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	78	+12.038s	8
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	78	+15.801s	6
8	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas Ferrari	78	+18.150s	4
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams Mercedes	78	+19.445s	2
10	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	78	+21.443s	1
11	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	78	+22.737s	0
12	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India Mercedes	78	+23.725s	0
13	11	Sergio Perez	Force India Mercedes	78	+49.089s	0
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	71	DNF	0
15	18	Lance Stroll	Williams Mercedes	71	DNF	0
NC	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	66	DNF	0
NC	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber Ferrari	63	DNF	0
NC	22	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	57	DNF	0
NC	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber Ferrari	57	DNF	0
NC	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	15	DNF	0
Note – Wehrlein received a 5-second time penalty for an unsafe release. Perez received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision.

2023

The 2023 Monaco Grand Prix started with Max Verstappen on pole with Red Bull under cloudy skies. However, the weather quickly changed to rain and challenging conditions for the drivers. Despite the weather, Verstappen maintained his lead throughout, showcasing exceptional skill to claim his second Monaco Grand Prix victory.

Fernando Alonso in the Aston Martin finished second, marking his best result of the season, while Esteban Ocon secured third place for Alpine, earning his first podium since the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the race on lap 33 with a time of 1:15.650, ultimately finishing fourth.

2023 Monaco Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	78	1:48:51.980	25
2	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	78	+27.921s	18
3	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Renault	78	+36.990s	15
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	78	+39.062s	13
5	63	George Russell	Mercedes	78	+56.284s	10
6	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	78	+61.890s	8
7	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine Renault	78	+62.362s	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	78	+63.391s	4
9	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Mercedes	77	+1 lap	2
10	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren Mercedes	77	+1 lap	1
11	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	77	+1 lap	0
12	21	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	77	+1 lap	0
13	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	77	+1 lap	0
14	23	Alexander Albon	Williams Mercedes	77	+1 lap	0
15	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	76	+2 laps	0
16	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	76	+2 laps	0
17	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas Ferrari	76	+2 laps	0
18	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams Mercedes	76	+2 laps	0
19	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	70	DNF	0
NC	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	53	DNF	0
Note – Hamilton scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race. Sargeant received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Russell received a five-second time penalty for rejoining the track unsafely. Hulkenberg received a 10-second time penalty for failing to serve a penalty during a pit stop.

F1 Driver Birthdays 28 May

Birthday	F1 Driver
28 May 1927	Eddie Sachs (d. 1964)
28 May 1929	Bob Cleberg (d. 2018)
28 May 1938	Eppie Wietzes (d. 2020)

F1 Driver Deaths 28 May

Death	F1 Driver
28 May	None