JULY 19 IN F1 HISTORY

Across every year.

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NOTABLE MOMENTS

1952Dennis Poore makes their very first Grand Prix start (Great Britain GP).DEBUT

1952Eric Thompson makes their very first Grand Prix start (Great Britain GP).DEBUT

1952Roy Salvadori makes their very first Grand Prix start (Great Britain GP).DEBUT

1952Ken Downing makes their very first Grand Prix start (Great Britain GP).DEBUT

1952Last Grand Prix start for David Murray (Great Britain GP).FINAL RACE

1952Last Grand Prix start for Eric Thompson (Great Britain GP).FINAL RACE

1952Last Grand Prix start for Graham Whitehead (Great Britain GP).FINAL RACE

1958Last Grand Prix start for Peter Collins (Great Britain GP).FINAL RACE

2020Lewis Hamilton scores a Grand Slam at the Hungary 2020 GP (pole, win, fastest lap).GRAND SLAM

N/AKimi Antonelli becomes one of the youngest drivers ever to win a race (Belgium 2026), at 19 years and 328 days old.RECORD

N/ANino Farina becomes one of the oldest drivers ever to take a pole (Great Britain 1952), at 45 years and 263 days old.RECORD

RACES HELD ON THIS DAY

1952Great Britain GP: won by Alberto Ascari with Ferrari.

1958Great Britain GP: won by Peter Collins with Ferrari.

1969Great Britain GP: won by Jackie Stewart with Matra.

1975Great Britain GP: won by Emerson Fittipaldi with Mclaren.

2020Hungary GP: won by Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes.

2026Belgium GP: won by Kimi Antonelli with Mercedes.

OFF TRACK

2017FIA confirms the halo will be mandatory from 2018
Meeting as the Strategy Group, all ten teams confirm the introduction of the halo as mandatory frontal protection from the 2018 season.