1 January

Everything that happened in Formula 1 on 1 January, in any year.

31 December 2 January

Grands Prix

2

Drivers born

7

Drivers died

1

Debuts

6

Titles decided

0

2 Grands Prix7 drivers born1 driver died6 debuts

Races

Grands Prix held on 1 January, latest first.

Year	Grand Prix	Circuit	Winner	Pole position
1968	South Africa Kyalami	Kyalami	J. Clark Jim Clark Lotus	Jim Clark
1965	South Africa Prince George	Prince George	J. Clark Jim Clark Lotus	Jim Clark

Born on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1909	Marcel Balsa 1952 Died 11 Aug 1984, aged 75	1952	1
1928	Hap Sharp 1961–1964 Died 7 May 1993, aged 65	1961–1964	6
1938	Carlo Franchi 1978	1978	0
1945	Jacky Ickx 1966–1979	1966–1979	116	8
1951	Hans-Joachim Stuck 1974–1979	1974–1979	74
1963	Jean-Marc Gounon 1993–1994	1993–1994	9
1981	Zsolt Baumgartner 2003–2004	2003–2004	20

Died on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1981	Mauri Rose 1950–1951 Aged 74	1950–1951	2

Debuts

First Grand Prix start.

Year	Driver	Race	Age
1965	Jackie Stewart South Africa	South Africa	25
1965	Paul Hawkins South Africa	South Africa	27
1968	Jackie Pretorius South Africa	South Africa	33
1968	Basil van Rooyen South Africa	South Africa	28
1968	Andrea de Adamich South Africa	South Africa	26
1968	Brian Redman South Africa	South Africa	30