This month in...

1993
Juha Kankkunen scores a record-breaking 20th WRC victory in his Toyota Celica on the RAC Rally. Carlos Sainz signs to join Colin McRae at Subaru for ’94 following Lancia’s withdrawal. German Jorg Muller wins the Macau Formula Three Grand Prix

1983
Ayrton Senna dominates the Macau F3 GP in his WSR/Theodore Ralt, beating returning Formula One driver Roberto Guerrero; two weeks later the Brazilian signs with Toleman for F1 in ’84. Stig Blomqvist scores Audi’s third straight RAC victory

1973
Finnish ace Timo Makinen tops off his superb year by scoring his first RAC victory, heading home fellow Escort RS driver Roger Clark. Jean-Pierre Nicolas wins the season-ending Tour de Corse for Alpine-Renault. Patrick Depailler joins Tyrrell

1953
Doug Whiteford’s 4.5-litre Talbot Lago (above) wins the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park, despite suffering a puncture.Juan Manuel Fangio leads home Lancia’s 1-2-3 result on the Carrera Panamericana, marred by Felice Bonetto’s death

1928
An intrepid duo drive a sports Singer Junior for 100 consecutive ascents of Porlock Hill, and achieve their goal in 13 hours. As the Indianapolis 500 is opened to an international field, so a bike-engined miniature racer from the States (above) is revealed