17 October

Everything that happened in Formula 1 on 17 October, in any year.

Grands Prix

Drivers born

Drivers died

Debuts

Titles decided

2 Grands Prix2 drivers born1 debut1 title decided

Championships decided

The race after which no rival could catch the champion.

1981 drivers' title

Grands Prix held on 17 October, latest first.

Year	Grand Prix	Circuit	Winner	Pole position
1999	Malaysia Sepang	Sepang	E. Irvine Eddie Irvine Ferrari	Michael Schumacher
1981	Caesars Palace Caesars Palace	Caesars Palace	A. Jones Alan Jones Williams	Carlos Reutemann

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1926	Roberto Lippi 1961–1963 Died 31 Oct 2011, aged 85	1961–1963	1
1979	Kimi Räikkönen 2001–2021	2001–2021	350	21

First Grand Prix start.

Year	Driver	Race	Age
1981	Derek Warwick Caesars Palace	Caesars Palace	27