6 October

Everything that happened in Formula 1 on 6 October, in any year.

5 October 7 October

Grands Prix

5

Drivers born

5

Drivers died

2

Debuts

7

Titles decided

3

5 Grands Prix5 drivers born2 drivers died7 debuts3 titles decided

Championships decided

The race after which no rival could catch the champion.

Emerson Fittipaldi
1974 drivers' title at United States
McLaren
1974 constructors' title at United States
Alain Prost
1985 drivers' title at Europe

1974 drivers' title

Emerson Fittipaldi

at United States

1974 constructors' title

at United States

1985 drivers' title

Races

Grands Prix held on 6 October, latest first.

Year	Grand Prix	Circuit	Winner	Pole position
2013	Korea Korea	Korea	S. Vettel Sebastian Vettel Red Bull	Sebastian Vettel
1985	Europe Brands Hatch	Brands Hatch	N. Mansell Nigel Mansell Williams	Ayrton Senna
1974	United States Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen	C. Reutemann Carlos Reutemann Brabham	Carlos Reutemann
1968	United States Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen	J. Stewart Jackie Stewart Matra	Mario Andretti
1963	United States Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen	G. Hill Graham Hill BRM	Graham Hill

Born on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1918	André Pilette 1951–1964 Died 27 Dec 1993, aged 75	1951–1964	9
1918	Max de Terra 1952–1953 Died 29 Dec 1982, aged 64	1952–1953	2
1941	John Nicholson 1974–1975	1974–1975	1
1944	Carlos Pace 1972–1977 Died 18 Mar 1977, aged 32	1972–1977	72	1
1951	Manfred Winkelhock 1980–1985 Died 12 Aug 1985, aged 33	1980–1985	48

Died on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1973	François Cevert 1969–1973 Aged 29	1969–1973	47	1
1974	Helmuth Koinigg 1974 Aged 25	1974	2

Debuts

First Grand Prix start.

Year	Driver	Race	Age
1963	Peter Broeker United States	United States	37
1963	Pedro Rodríguez United States	United States	23
1968	Bobby Unser United States	United States	34
1968	Mario Andretti United States	United States	28
1974	Mike Wilds United States	United States	28
1974	José Dolhem United States	United States	30
1985	Ivan Capelli Europe	Europe	22

First wins

Maiden Grand Prix victories.

Year	Driver	Race	Age
1985	Nigel Mansell Europe	Europe	32