5 August

Everything that happened in Formula 1 on 5 August, in any year.

4 August 6 August

Grands Prix

5

Drivers born

4

Drivers died

1

Debuts

4

Titles decided

0

5 Grands Prix4 drivers born1 driver died4 debuts

Races

Grands Prix held on 5 August, latest first.

Year	Grand Prix	Circuit	Winner	Pole position
2007	Hungary Hungaroring	Hungaroring	L. Hamilton Lewis Hamilton McLaren	Lewis Hamilton
1984	Germany Hockenheimring	Hockenheimring	A. Prost Alain Prost McLaren	Alain Prost
1973	Germany Nürburgring	Nürburgring	J. Stewart Jackie Stewart Tyrrell	Jackie Stewart
1962	Germany Nürburgring	Nürburgring	G. Hill Graham Hill BRM	Dan Gurney
1956	Germany Nürburgring	Nürburgring	J. Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari	Juan Manuel Fangio

Born on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1907	Roger Loyer 1954 Died 24 Mar 1988, aged 80	1954	1
1930	Richie Ginther 1960–1967 Died 20 Sep 1989, aged 59	1960–1967	52	1
1943	Leo Kinnunen 1974 Died 26 Jul 2017, aged 73	1974	1
1991	Esteban Gutiérrez 2013–2016	2013–2016	59

Died on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1994	Alain de Changy 1959 Aged 72	1959	0

Debuts

First Grand Prix start.

Year	Driver	Race	Age
1956	André Milhoux Germany	Germany	27
1956	Giorgio Scarlatti Germany	Germany	34
1962	Heini Walter Germany	Germany	35
1962	Heinz Schiller Germany	Germany	32