26 October

Everything that happened in Formula 1 on 26 October, in any year.

25 October 27 October

Grands Prix

3

Drivers born

4

Drivers died

1

Debuts

0

Titles decided

2

3 Grands Prix4 drivers born1 driver died2 titles decided

Championships decided

The race after which no rival could catch the champion.

Alain Prost
1986 drivers' title at Australia
Jacques Villeneuve
1997 drivers' title at Europe

1986 drivers' title

1997 drivers' title

Jacques Villeneuve

Races

Grands Prix held on 26 October, latest first.

Year	Grand Prix	Circuit	Winner	Pole position
2025	Mexico Hermanos Rodríguez	Hermanos Rodríguez	L. Norris Lando Norris McLaren	Lando Norris
1997	Europe Jerez	Jerez	M. Häkkinen Mika Häkkinen McLaren	Jacques Villeneuve
1986	Australia Adelaide	Adelaide	A. Prost Alain Prost McLaren	Nigel Mansell

Born on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1915	Joe Fry 1950 Died 29 Jul 1950, aged 34	1950	1
1915	Ray Crawford 1955–1959 Died 1 Feb 1996, aged 80	1955–1959	3
1942	Jonathan Williams 1967 Died 31 Aug 2014, aged 71	1967	1
1947	Ian Ashley 1974–1977	1974–1977	4

Died on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
2003	Johnny Boyd 1955–1960 Aged 77	1955–1960	6

First wins

Maiden Grand Prix victories.

Year	Driver	Race	Age
1997	Mika Häkkinen Europe	Europe	29