What Happened On This Day May 29 In F1 History?

What happened on this day, May 29 in Formula 1 history? Find out interesting facts and stories about Formula 1 on this day.

1960

Stirling Moss claimed victory at the opening round of the European season at the 1960 Monaco Grand Prix, driving a Lotus 18 for Rob Walker’s privateer team. The race, held in wet conditions, saw all 16 starters break the previous lap record. British cars dominated the event, leading The Guardian to note that the Ferraris, “once the unchallenged masters, were able to provide only impressive exhaust noise out of proportion to their performance.” As the race neared its conclusion, only four cars remained in contention, prompting several damaged or partially repaired cars to reappear to qualify as finishers. This win marked the first F1 championship race victory for a Lotus car.

Bruce McLaren finished second in a Cooper-Climax, and American Phil Hill third for Ferrari.

1960 Monaco Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	28	Stirling Moss	Lotus Climax	100	2:53:45.500	8
2	10	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Climax	100	+52.100s	6
3	36	Phil Hill	Ferrari	100	+61.900s	4
4	18	Tony Brooks	Cooper Climax	99	+1 lap	3
5	2	Jo Bonnier	BRM	83	+17 laps	2
6	34	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	70	+30 laps	1
7	6	Graham Hill	BRM	66	DNF	0
8	38	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	61	DNF	0
9	22	Innes Ireland	Lotus Climax	56	+44 laps	0
NC	4	Dan Gurney	BRM	44	DNC	0
DQ	8	Jack Brabham	Cooper Climax	40	DSQ	0
NC	14	Roy Salvadori	Cooper Climax	29	DNF	0
NC	24	Alan  Stacey	Lotus Climax	23	DNF	0
NC	26	John Surtees	Lotus Climax	17	DNF	0
NC	16	Chris  Bristow	Cooper Climax	17	DNF	0
NC	44	Maurice  Trintignant	Cooper Maserati	4	DNF	0

1963

F1 driver Ukyo Katayama was born on this day in Tokyo on May 28, 1963. Despite showing early promise in his F1 career, he failed to meet expectations due to underpowered cars. After a massive crash in 1996 and another disappointing season with Minardi, he retired at the end of 1997 to pursue his true passion: mountain climbing.

1988

Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna dominated the 1988 Mexican Grand Prix, leading many journalists to declare the season effectively over after just four races. Their predictions were accurate, as the McLaren duo won all but one race throughout the year. Gerhard Berger finished third in a Ferrari.

1988 Mexican Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	11	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	67	1:30:15.737	9
2	12	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	67	+7.104s	6
3	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	67	+57.314s	4
4	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	66	+1 lap	3
5	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows Megatron	66	+1 lap	2
6	18	Eddie  Cheever	Arrows Megatron	66	+1 lap	1
7	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton Ford	65	+2 laps	0
8	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton Ford	64	+3 laps	0
9	29	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	64	+3 laps	0
10	26	Stefan Johansson	Ligier Judd	63	+4 laps	0
11	24	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi Ford	63	+4 laps	0
12	14	Philippe Streiff	AGS Ford	63	+4 laps	0
13	32	Oscar Larrauri	Euro Brun Ford	63	+4 laps	0
14	31	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni Ford	62	+5 laps	0
15	9	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	61	+6 laps	0
16	16	Ivan Capelli	March Judd	61	+6 laps	0
NC	1	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	58	DNF	0
NC	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	52	DNF	0
NC	2	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	27	DNF	0
NC	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams Judd	20	DNF	0
NC	10	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	16	DNF	0
NC	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams Judd	16	DNF	0
NC	25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier Judd	13	DNF	0
NC	36	Alex Caffi	Dallara Ford	13	DNF	0
NC	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	March Judd	10	DNF	0

1994

Damon Hill secured a morale-boosting win for Williams at the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, just a month after the tragic death of Ayrton Senna. Michael Schumacher performed remarkably well to guide his Benetton to second place despite being stuck in fifth gear for three-quarters of the race. Mark Blundell finished third in a Tyrrell-Yamaha, which would turn out to be the final podium finish for him and the Tyrrell team.

The race also witnessed a season-ending crash for Italian rookie Andrea Montermini, who was driving for Simtek. Promoted from test driver following Roland Ratzenberger’s fatal accident at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, Montermini suffered a heavy crash into the outside wall while exiting the final corner on the front straight. The race also saw the debut of future Grand Prix winner David Coulthard, who stepped in for Williams to replace the late Ayrton Senna.

1994 Spanish Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	0	Damon Hill	Williams Renault	65	1:36:14.374	10
2	5	Michael Schumacher	Benetton Ford	65	+24.166s	6
3	4	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell Yamaha	65	+86.969s	4
4	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	64	+1 lap	3
5	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ford	64	+1 lap	2
6	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan Hart	64	+1 lap	1
7	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier Renault	63	+2 laps	0
8	25	Eric Bernard	Ligier Renault	62	+3 laps	0
9	11	Alessandro Zanardi	Lotus Mugen Honda	62	+3 laps	0
10	31	David Brabham	Simtek Ford	61	+4 laps	0
11	8	Martin Brundle	McLaren Peugeot	59	DNF	0
NC	6	Jyrki Jarvilehto	Benetton Ford	53	DNF	0
NC	7	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren Peugeot	48	DNF	0
NC	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Mugen Honda	41	DNF	0
NC	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan Hart	39	DNF	0
NC	9	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork Ford	35	DNF	0
NC	2	David Coulthard	Williams Renault	32	DNF	0
NC	34	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific Ilmor	32	DNF	0
NC	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	27	DNF	0
NC	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork Ford	24	DNF	0
NC	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber Mercedes	21	DNF	0
NC	20	Erik Comas	Larrousse Ford	19	DNF	0
NC	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	16	DNF	0
NC	24	Michele Alboreto	Minardi Ford	4	DNF	0
NC	33	Paul Belmondo	Pacific Ilmor	2	DNF	0
NC	19	Olivier Beretta	Larrousse Ford	0	DNF	0

1994

Nigel Mansell crashed out of the Indianapolis 500 after being hit from behind under a yellow flag. Initially overcoming the shunt, his car began to fill with smoke, prompting a marshal to rush to his aid, fearing he was on fire due to the invisible flames of ethanol fuel. Mansell refused to go to the hospital, stating, “I’ve upset a few medical staff. They want me to go to hospital, but I don’t. They can take away my license if they want.”

2005

David Coulthard‘s chances for a podium finish at the 2005 European Grand Prix were thwarted by speeding penalties. After incurring a penalty during qualifying for a pit-lane error, he repeated the offence during the race, resulting in a costly drive-through penalty. “These things happen,” Coulthard remarked. “The margin was so tight, but once I had to drive through the pits for the penalty, I knew the podium had gone.” The race was won by Fernando Alonso for the Renault team. Nick Heidfeld, who had taken the first and only pole position of his career for the Williams team, finished second in front of the Ferrari of Rubens Barrichello, who completed the podium in third position.

2005 European Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	59	1:31:46.648	10
2	8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams BMW	59	+16.567s	8
3	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	59	+18.549s	6
4	14	David Coulthard	RBR Cosworth	59	+31.588s	5
5	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	59	+50.445s	4
6	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	59	+51.932s	3
7	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren Mercedes	59	+58.173s	2
8	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	59	+71.091s	1
9	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	RBR Cosworth	59	+71.529s	0
10	3	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	59	+95.786s	0
11	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren Mercedes	58	+1 lap	0
12	4	Takuma Sato	BAR Honda	58	+1 lap	0
13	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber Petronas	58	+1 lap	0
14	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber Petronas	58	+1 lap	0
15	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan Toyota	58	+1 lap	0
16	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan Toyota	58	+1 lap	0
17	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi Cosworth	57	+2 laps	0
18	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi Cosworth	56	+3 laps	0
NC	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	33	DNF	0
NC	7	Mark Webber	Williams BMW	0	DNF	0

2011

Red Bull‘s Sebastian Vettel started on pole for the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix and secured the win come the chequered flag. The race was close among the top drivers, with Vettel, Fernando Alonso in a Ferrari, and Jenson Button for McLaren exchanging the lead through various pit stop strategies. A pivotal moment came on lap 72 when a multi-car collision involving Vitaly Petrov, Lewis Hamilton, and Jaime Alguersuari brought out the red flag. This pause allowed teams to change tyres, effectively neutralising the strategic advantages held by some drivers.

Vettel maintained his lead when the race resumed, closely followed by Alonso and Button. The German driver clinched the win, with Alonso finishing second and Button third.

2011 Monaco Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing Renault	78	2:09:38.373	25
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	78	+1.138s	18
3	4	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	78	+2.378s	15
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing Renault	78	+23.101s	12
5	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber Ferrari	78	+26.916s	10
6	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	78	+47.210s	8
7	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India Mercedes	77	+1 lap	6
8	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	77	+1 lap	4
9	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams Cosworth	77	+1 lap	2
10	18	Sebastien Buemi	STR Ferrari	77	+1 lap	1
11	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	76	+2 laps	0
12	15	Paul di Resta	Force India Mercedes	76	+2 laps	0
13	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Renault	76	+2 laps	0
14	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Renault	76	+2 laps	0
15	25	Jerome d’Ambrosio	Virgin Cosworth	75	+3 laps	0
16	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT Cosworth	75	+3 laps	0
17	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Cosworth	74	+4 laps	0
18	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams Cosworth	73	DNF	0
NC	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	67	DNF	0
NC	19	Jaime Alguersuari	STR Ferrari	66	DNF	0
NC	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	32	DNF	0
NC	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	32	DNF	0
NC	24	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	30	DNF	0

2016

At the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo, driving for Red Bull at the time, secured his first career pole, ending Mercedes‘ eleven-race streak of pole positions. The race began under wet conditions, leading to a start behind the safety car. Upon the safety car’s withdrawal after seven laps, Ricciardo maintained his lead, gradually building a significant gap over Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes. However, Rosberg struggled with pace and was instructed to allow teammate Lewis Hamilton to pass on lap 16. Hamilton adopted a strategic approach by staying on full wet tyres longer than others, aiming to switch straight to slicks as the track dried.

The pivotal moment came on lap 32 when Ricciardo pitted for slick tyres, but a delayed tyre change due to a miscommunication allowed Hamilton to take the lead. Despite Ricciardo’s efforts to reclaim the top position, including a close encounter at the chicane where Hamilton defended, he remained second. Hamilton secured his second Monaco Grand Prix victory, his first since 2008, with Ricciardo finishing second and Sergio Perez in the Force India earning a respectable third place.

2016 Monaco Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	78	1:59:29.133	25
2	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	78	+7.252s	18
3	11	Sergio Perez	Force India Mercedes	78	+13.825s	15
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	78	+15.846s	12
5	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	78	+85.076s	10
6	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India Mercedes	78	+92.999s	8
7	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	78	+93.290s	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso Ferrari	77	+1 lap	4
9	22	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	77	+1 lap	2
10	19	Felipe Massa	Williams Mercedes	77	+1 lap	1
11	21	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas Ferrari	77	+1 lap	0
12	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Mercedes	77	+1 lap	0
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas Ferrari	76	+2 laps	0
14	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT Mercedes	76	+2 laps	0
15	88	Rio Haryanto	MRT Mercedes	74	+4 laps	0
NC	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber Ferrari	51	DNF	0
NC	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber Ferrari	48	DNF	0
NC	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	34	DNF	0
NC	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	32	DNF	0
NC	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso Ferrari	18	DNF	0
NC	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	10	DNF	0
NC	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	7	DNF	0
Note – Wehrlein received a 10-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags and an identical penalty for driving too quickly under virtual safety car conditions. Bottas received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Gutierrez.

2022

Ferrari driver and local hero Charles Leclerc led a front-row lockout for the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix alongside teammate Carlos Sainz. The race start was delayed due to heavy rain, leading to a rolling start behind the safety car with Leclerc preserving his lead initially, but strategic decisions during the change from wet to dry conditions played a pivotal role in the race outcome.

Sergio Perez driving for Red Bull capitalised on Ferrari’s strategic errors to take the lead, switching to intermediate tyres earlier than the Ferrari team. A red flag on lap 26, caused by Mick Schumacher‘s crash, allowed teams to change tyres, with Red Bull opting for mediums and Ferrari staying on hards. On the restart, Pérez led and, despite late pressure from Sainz, secured the win. Sainz finished second, followed by Max Verstappen in third, pushing Leclerc to fourth. This was Pérez’s first Monaco win and made him the first Mexican in F1 History to triumph in Monte Carlo.

2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing RBPT	64	1:56:30.265	25
2	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	64	+1.154s	18
3	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing RBPT	64	+1.491s	15
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	64	+2.922s	12
5	63	George Russell	Mercedes	64	+11.968s	10
6	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Mercedes	64	+12.231s	9
7	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine Renault	64	+46.358s	6
8	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	64	+50.388s	4
9	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	64	+52.525s	2
10	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	64	+53.536s	1
11	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri RBPT	64	+54.289s	0
12	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Renault	64	+55.644s	0
13	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren Mercedes	64	+57.635s	0
14	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	64	+60.802s	0
15	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Mercedes	63	+1 lap	0
16	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	63	+1 lap	0
17	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri RBPT	63	+1 lap	0
NC	23	Alexander Albon	Williams Mercedes	48	DNF	0
NC	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas Ferrari	24	DNF	0
NC	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	19	DNF	0
Note – Norris scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race. Albon received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. Ocon received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.

F1 Driver Birthdays 29 May

Birthday	F1 Driver
29 May 1963	Ukyo Katayama

Birthday	F1 Mentions
29 May 1963	Bernd Mayländer German racing driver who has been responsible for driving the Safety Car in Formula One races.

F1 Driver Deaths 29 May

Death	F1 Driver
29 May 2006	Johnny Servoz-Gavin (b. 1942)
29 May 2015	Tom Jones (b. 1943)