18 October

Everything that happened in Formula 1 on 18 October, in any year.

17 October 19 October

Grands Prix

2

Drivers born

4

Drivers died

2

Debuts

2

Titles decided

2

2 Grands Prix4 drivers born2 drivers died2 debuts2 titles decided

Championships decided

The race after which no rival could catch the champion.

Jenson Button
2009 drivers' title at Brazil
Brawn
2009 constructors' title at Brazil

2009 drivers' title

2009 constructors' title

Races

Grands Prix held on 18 October, latest first.

Year	Grand Prix	Circuit	Winner	Pole position
2009	Brazil José Carlos Pace	José Carlos Pace	M. Webber Mark Webber Red Bull	Rubens Barrichello
1987	Mexico Hermanos Rodríguez	Hermanos Rodríguez	N. Mansell Nigel Mansell Williams	Nigel Mansell

Born on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1898	Clemente Biondetti 1950 Died 24 Feb 1955, aged 56	1950	1
1933	Ludovico Scarfiotti 1963–1968 Died 8 Jun 1968, aged 34	1963–1968	10	1
1937	Günther Seiffert 1962 Died 11 Nov 2020, aged 83	1962	0
1994	Pascal Wehrlein 2016–2017	2016–2017	39

Died on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1995	Ted Whiteaway 1955 Aged 66	1955	0
1999	John Cannon 1971 Aged 66	1971	1

Debuts

First Grand Prix start.

Year	Driver	Race	Age
1987	Yannick Dalmas Mexico	Mexico	26
2009	Kamui Kobayashi Brazil	Brazil	23