31 August

Everything that happened in Formula 1 on 31 August, in any year.

30 August 1 September

Grands Prix

2

Drivers born

5

Drivers died

4

Debuts

0

Titles decided

0

2 Grands Prix5 drivers born4 drivers died

Races

Grands Prix held on 31 August, latest first.

Year	Grand Prix	Circuit	Winner	Pole position
2025	Netherlands Zandvoort	Zandvoort	O. Piastri Oscar Piastri McLaren	Oscar Piastri
1980	Netherlands Zandvoort	Zandvoort	N. Piquet Nelson Piquet Brabham	René Arnoux

Born on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1906	Raymond Sommer 1950 Died 10 Sep 1950, aged 44	1950	5
1918	Bill Homeier 1954–1960 Died 5 May 2001, aged 82	1954–1960	3
1942	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi 1976 Died 21 Feb 2026, aged 83	1976	3
1948	Harald Ertl 1975–1980 Died 7 Apr 1982, aged 33	1975–1980	19
1953	Miguel Ángel Guerra 1981	1981	1

Died on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1952	Jim Rigsby 1952 Aged 29	1952	1
2006	Mike Magill 1957–1959 Aged 86	1957–1959	3
2014	Jonathan Williams 1967 Aged 71	1967	1
2020	Fritz d'Orey 1959 Aged 82	1959	3