This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring one of the greatest Grand Prix drivers ever, Hungarian and Austrian Grands Prix and much more.
1904: Tazio Nuvolari’s rival, Achille Varzi is born. In profile
1953: Nigel Mansell is born. In profile
1944: Patrick Depailler is born. In profile
1963: Double BTCC champion Alain Menu is born. In profile
1987: As Mansell retires late on, Nelson Piquet wins in Hungary days after telling Williams he’s leaving the team. Report
1910: Lorry driver-turned Formula 1 racer Guy Mairesse is born. In profile
1914: Tennis champion, world class polo player, Grand Prix podium finisher; Carlos Menditeguy is born. In profile
1986: Piquet and Ayrton Senna do battle, with Piquet claiming the inaugural Hungarian Grand Prix. Report
1953: “The greatest driver of the past, present or the future” according to Ferdinand Porsche dies, Nuvolari. In profile
1991: A strong move from Senna at the first turn wins him the Hungarian Grand Prix. Report
1933: Parnelli Jones is born. In profile
1979: Alan Jones scores the third win in a row for Williams with victory in Austria. Report
1985: Manfred Winkelhock dies following a crash at Mosport in the World Sportscar Championship. In profile
1972: Barely a second covers the victorious Emerson Fittipaldi and runner-up Denny Hulme in Austria at the flag. Report
1978: Ronnie Peterson wins the Austrian Grand Prix, Gilles Villeneuve is on the Formula 1 podium for the first time. Report
1989: Nigel Mansell storms through the field in Hungary to victory. Report
1942: Jackie Oliver is born. In profile
1946: Tom Walkinshaw is born. In profile
1960: Jack Brabham wins his fifth Grand Prix in a row, taking victory in Portugal. Report
1977: Shadow claims its one and only Grand Prix victory as Alan Jones wins in Austria. Report
The 2022 BTCC season ended on a high, as Tom Ingram was crowned champion at Brands Hatch after a clean fight between the best drivers in the championship — vindication of the new hybrid era, writes Damien Smith
Triple Eight's Vauxhall Astra Coupe dominated the BTCC in the early 2000s – Jason Plato remembers a triumphant tin-top challenger
Nigel Mansell's 1998 British Touring Car Championship return justified all the hype as he raced from last to first in a Donington downpour. His victorious rival on the day, John Cleland recalls one of the series' greatest ever races
An extremely rare pre-cursor to the Sierra Cosworth RS500, the Ford Merkur XR4Ti Group A touring car, has been restored and is ready to race