What Happened On This Day November 22 In F1 History?

What happened on this day, November 22 in Formula 1 history? Find out interesting facts and stories about Formula 1 on this day.

1934

Born on this day, Jacobus “Jackie” Pretorius was a South African racing driver who competed in four Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, making his debut on January 1, at the 1965 South African Grand Prix. In all four races, he never finished.

Pretorius also raced in national Formula One events in South Africa, where he found success during the late 1960s and early 1970s. After driving a Lotus and a Lola, he achieved two race wins in 1971 behind the wheel of a Brabham.

1970

Casimiro de Oliveira was a Portuguese racing driver who passed away on this day in Porto, Portugal. He competed in the 1938 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix and was entered for the 1958 Portuguese Grand Prix, though he did not participate in the event. Casimiro was the brother of filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira, who later became the longest-lived racing driver and was the last surviving pre-war driver and race winner until his passing on 2 April 2015 aged 106.

2009

Former Italian F1 driver Gino Munaron died on 22 November 2009. He competed in four races in 1960, making his debut in a privately entered Maserati at the 1960 Argentine Grand Prix, finishing 13th. He went on to drive a Cooper for Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti later in the season, retiring twice and finishing 15th in the 1960 Britain Grand Prix. A brief Formula One career, Munaron failed to score any championship points.

2014

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg edged out Lewis Hamilton to take pole position for the title-deciding 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Rosberg clocked in 0.386 seconds ahead of his Mercedes teammate, while Hamilton secured second on the grid despite a session filled with minor mistakes. Hamilton, who held a 17-point lead over Rosberg, only needed a second-place finish behind his rival to clinch the championship, which he eventually did.

Meanwhile, Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo initially qualified in fifth, with teammate Sebastian Vettel in sixth for his final appearance with the team before moving to Ferrari for the 2015 season. However, after the FIA determined that their cars’ front wings were too flexible under aerodynamic load, both drivers were subsequently excluded from the qualifying results.

2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Qualifying Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41.308	1:41.459	1:40.480	13
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:41.207	1:40.920	1:40.866	12
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Mercedes	1:42.346	1:41.376	1:41.025	18
4	19	Felipe Massa	Williams Mercedes	1:41.475	1:41.144	1:41.119	20
NC	3	Daniel Ricciardo¹	Red Bull Racing Renault	1:42.204	1:41.692	1:41.267	12
NC	1	Sebastian Vettel¹	Red Bull Racing Renault	1:42.495	1:42.147	1:41.893	17
5	26	Daniil Kvyat	STR Renault	1:42.302	1:42.082	1:41.908	18
6	22	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	1:42.137	1:41.875	1:41.964	18
7	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:42.439	1:42.168	1:42.236	15
8	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:42.467	1:41.940	1:42.866	19
9	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren Mercedes	1:42.104	1:42.198		13
10	25	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR Renault	1:42.413	1:42.207		12
11	11	Sergio Perez	Force India Mercedes	1:42.654	1:42.239		15
12	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India Mercedes	1:42.444	1:42.384		12
13	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber Ferrari	1:42.746	1:43.074		14
14	8	Romain Grosjean²	Lotus Renault	1:42.768			8
15	21	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber Ferrari	1:42.819			8
16	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Renault	1:42.860			8
17	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham Renault	1:44.540			7
18	46	Will Stevens	Caterham Renault	1:45.095			8

¹Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel were excluded for illegal front wings.
²Romain Grosjean qualified P16, but had a 20-place grid penalty for power unit changes and incured an in-race drive-through penalty instead of undropped grid places.

F1 Driver Birthdays 22 November

Birthday	F1 Driver
22 November 1934	Jackie Pretorius (d. 2009)

F1 Driver Deaths 22 November

Death	F1 Driver
22 November 1970	Casimiro de Oliveira
22 November 2009	Gino Munaron

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Mark is a staff writer specialising in the history of Formula 1 races. Mark researches most of our historic content from teams to drivers and races. He has followed Formula 1 since 1988, and admits to having a soft spot for British drivers from James Hunt and Nigel Mansell to Lando Norris. He loves a great F1 podcast and has read pretty much every drivers biography.