12 April

Everything that happened in Formula 1 on 12 April, in any year.

11 April 13 April

Grands Prix

4

Drivers born

4

Drivers died

2

Debuts

3

Titles decided

0

4 Grands Prix4 drivers born2 drivers died3 debuts

Races

Grands Prix held on 12 April, latest first.

Year	Grand Prix	Circuit	Winner	Pole position
2015	China Shanghai	Shanghai	L. Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton
1998	Argentina Juan y Oscar Gálvez	Juan y Oscar Gálvez	M. Schumacher Michael Schumacher Ferrari	David Coulthard
1987	Brazil Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	A. Prost Alain Prost McLaren	Nigel Mansell
1981	Argentina Juan y Oscar Gálvez	Juan y Oscar Gálvez	N. Piquet Nelson Piquet Brabham	Nelson Piquet

Born on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1907	Eugène Chaboud 1950–1951 Died 28 Dec 1983, aged 76	1950–1951	3
1917	Robert Manzon 1950–1956 Died 19 Jan 2015, aged 97	1950–1956	28
1942	Carlos Reutemann 1972–1982 Died 7 Jul 2021, aged 79	1972–1982	146	12
1961	Corrado Fabi 1983–1984	1983–1984	12

Died on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1962	Ron Flockhart 1954–1960 Aged 38	1954–1960	13
2020	Stirling Moss 1951–1961 Aged 90	1951–1961	66	16

Debuts

First Grand Prix start.

Year	Driver	Race	Age
1987	Satoru Nakajima Brazil	Brazil	34
1987	Pascal Fabre Brazil	Brazil	27
1987	Adrián Campos Brazil	Brazil	26