On This Day in F1: 1 January

Timeline of 1 January

1. Birthday1909 Marcel Balsa is born.would have turned 117 today
2. Birthday1928 Hap Sharp is born.would have turned 98 today
3. Birthday1938 Carlo Gimax Franchi is born.would have turned 88 today
4. Birthday1945 Jacky Ickx is born.turns 81 today
5. Team principal1950 Federico Giberti takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
6. Birthday1951 Hans Joachim Stuck is born.turns 75 today
7. Team principal1952 Nello Ugolini takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
8. Team principal1956 Eraldo Sculati takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
9. Team principal1957 Mino Amorotti takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
10. Team principal1958 Romolo Tavoni takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
11. Team principal1959 Reg Parnell takes over as team principal of Aston Martin.Team landmark
12. Team principal1962 Eugenio Dragoni takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
13. Birthday1963 Jean-Marc Gounon is born.turns 63 today
14. Debut1965 Alex Blignaut makes his Grand Prix debut.first of 1 startDebut
15. Debut1965 Dave Charlton makes his Grand Prix debut.first of 13 startsDebut
16. Debut1965 Clive Puzey makes his Grand Prix debut.first of 1 startDebut
17. Debut1965 Jackie Pretorius makes his Grand Prix debut.first of 4 startsDebut
18. Debut1965 Paul Hawkins makes his Grand Prix debut.first of 3 startsDebut
19. Debut1965 David Clapham makes his Grand Prix debut.first of 1 startDebut
20. Debut1965 Ray Reed makes his Grand Prix debut.first of 1 startDebut
21. Debut1965 Jackie Stewart makes his Grand Prix debut.first of 100 startsDebut
22. Pole position1965 Jim Clark on pole for Team Lotus at Prince George Circuit.South African Formula 1 Grand Prix19th career pole
23. Race win1965 Jim Clark wins the South African Formula 1 Grand Prix for Team Lotus at Prince George Circuit.14th career win
24. Team principal1967 Franco Lini takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
25. Debut1968 Andrea de Adamich makes his Grand Prix debut.first of 35 startsDebut
26. Debut1968 Basil van Rooyen makes his Grand Prix debut.first of 2 startsDebut
27. Debut1968 Brian Redman makes his Grand Prix debut.first of 13 startsDebut
28. Pole position1968 Jim Clark on pole for Team Lotus at Kyalami.South African Formula 1 Grand Prix33rd career pole
29. Race win1968 Jim Clark wins the South African Formula 1 Grand Prix for Team Lotus at Kyalami.25th and final win
30. Team principal1968 Franco Gozzi takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
31. Team principal1971 Peter Schetty takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
32. Team principal1973 Alessandro Colombo takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
33. Team principal1974 Luca di Montezemolo takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
34. Team principal1976 Daniele Audetto takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
35. Team principal1977 Roberto Nosetto takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
36. Team principal1977 Frank Williams takes over as team principal of Williams.Team landmark
37. Team principal1978 Marco Piccinini takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
38. Birthday1981 Zsolt Baumgartner is born.turns 45 today
39. Team principal1981 Ron Dennis takes over as team principal of McLaren.Team landmark
40. In memoriam1981 Mauri Rose passed away, aged 74.
41. Team principal1989 Cesare Fiorio takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
42. Team principal1992 Sante Ghedini takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
43. Team principal1993 Peter Sauber takes over as team principal of Sauber.Team landmark
44. Team principal1993 Jean Todt takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
45. Team principal2005 Christian Horner takes over as team principal of Red Bull.Team landmark
46. Team principal2006 Mario Theissen takes over as team principal of BMW Sauber.Team landmark
47. Team principal2008 Stefano Domenicali takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
48. Team principal2010 Ross Brawn takes over as team principal of Mercedes.Team landmark
49. Team principal2014 Éric Boullier takes over as team principal of McLaren.Team landmark
50. Team principal2014 Toto Wolff takes over as team principal of Mercedes.Team landmark
51. Team principal2014 Guenther Steiner takes over as team principal of Haas.Team landmark
52. Team principal2015 Maurizio Arrivabene takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
53. Team principal2019 Mattia Binotto takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
54. Team principal2020 Franz Tost takes over as team principal of AlphaTauri.Team landmark
55. Team principal2021 Davide Brivio takes over as team principal of Alpine.Team landmark
56. Team principal2021 Otmar Szafnauer takes over as team principal of Aston Martin.Team landmark
57. Team principal2022 Otmar Szafnauer takes over as team principal of Alpine.Team landmark
58. Team principal2022 Mike Krack takes over as team principal of Aston Martin.Team landmark
59. Team principal2023 Fred Vasseur takes over as team principal of Ferrari.Team landmark
60. Team principal2023 James Vowles takes over as team principal of Williams.Team landmark
61. Team principal2023 Andrea Stella takes over as team principal of McLaren.Team landmark
62. Team principal2024 Ayao Komatsu takes over as team principal of Haas.Team landmark
63. Team principal2024 Laurent Mekies takes over as team principal of Racing Bulls.Team landmark
64. Team principal2025 Andy Cowell takes over as team principal of Aston Martin.Team landmark
65. Team principal2026 Adrian Newey takes over as team principal of Aston Martin.Team landmark
66. Team principal2026 Graeme Lowdon takes over as team principal of Cadillac.Team landmark

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