12 December

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

11 December 13 December

Grands Prix

2

Drivers born

4

Drivers died

0

Debuts

3

Titles decided

3

2 Grands Prix4 drivers born3 debuts3 titles decided

Championships decided

The race after which no rival could catch the champion.

Jack Brabham
1959 drivers' title at United States
Max Verstappen
2021 drivers' title at Abu Dhabi
Mercedes
2021 constructors' title at Abu Dhabi

1959 drivers' title

at United States

2021 drivers' title

2021 constructors' title

Races

Grands Prix held on 12 December, latest first.

Year	Grand Prix	Circuit	Winner	Pole position
2021	Abu Dhabi Yas Marina	Yas Marina	M. Verstappen Max Verstappen Red Bull	Max Verstappen
1959	United States Sebring	Sebring	B. McLaren Bruce McLaren Cooper	Stirling Moss

Born on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1923	Ken Kavanagh 1958 Died 26 Nov 2019, aged 95	1958	0
1946	Emerson Fittipaldi 1970–1980	1970–1980	144	14
1946	Renzo Zorzi 1975–1977 Died 15 May 2015, aged 68	1975–1977	7
1948	Roelof Wunderink 1975	1975	3

Debuts

First Grand Prix start.

Year	Driver	Race	Age
1959	Harry Blanchard United States	United States	30
1959	George Constantine United States	United States	41
1959	Bob Said United States	United States	27

First wins

Maiden Grand Prix victories.

Year	Driver	Race	Age
1959	Bruce McLaren United States	United States	22