4 October

Everything that happened in Formula 1 on 4 October, in any year.

3 October 5 October

Grands Prix

4

Drivers born

3

Drivers died

2

Debuts

2

Titles decided

2

4 Grands Prix3 drivers born2 drivers died2 debuts2 titles decided

Championships decided

The race after which no rival could catch the champion.

Jochen Rindt
1970 drivers' title at United States
Lotus
1970 constructors' title at United States

1970 drivers' title

at United States

1970 constructors' title

at United States

Races

Grands Prix held on 4 October, latest first.

Year	Grand Prix	Circuit	Winner	Pole position
2026	Bahrain Sepang	Sepang	M. Verstappen Max Verstappen Red Bull	Max Verstappen
2009	Japan Suzuka	Suzuka	S. Vettel Sebastian Vettel Red Bull	Sebastian Vettel
1970	United States Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen	E. Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus	Jacky Ickx
1964	United States Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen	G. Hill Graham Hill BRM	Jim Clark

Born on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1906	Eitel Cantoni 1952 Died 6 Jun 1997, aged 90	1952	3
1927	Roberto Bussinello 1961–1965 Died 24 Aug 1999, aged 71	1961–1965	2
1928	Bob Scott 1952–1954 Died 5 Jul 1954, aged 25	1952–1954	3

Died on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1992	Denny Hulme 1965–1974 Aged 56	1965–1974	112	8
1998	Tony Shelly 1962 Aged 61	1962	1

Debuts

First Grand Prix start.

Year	Driver	Race	Age
1970	Reine Wisell United States	United States	29
1970	Gus Hutchison United States	United States	33

First wins

Maiden Grand Prix victories.

Year	Driver	Race	Age
1970	Emerson Fittipaldi United States	United States	23