Track back -- 50/30/20/10 years ago
1995:
Johnny Herbert claims the British GP — his first F1 win — on July 9 after Damon Hill had taken out earlier leader Michael Schumacher during a bungled overtaking move.
1985:
Nelson Piquet scores what was Brabham’s last F1 win in the French GP at Paul Ricard from fifth on the grid. Keke Rosberg is second, followed by Alain Prost.
1975:
Ferrari’s Niki Lauda leads from start to finish at Paul Ricard on July 6 to win the French GP from James Hunt. McLaren’s Jochen Mass drives a fine race to third.
1955:
Stirling Moss wins the British GP at Aintree for Mercedes-Benz but insists that team-mate Juan Manuel Fangio wears the winner’s wreath, claiming that the Argentinian could have passed had he chosen to.