7 October

Everything that happened in Formula 1 on 7 October, in any year.

6 October 8 October

Grands Prix

7

Drivers born

3

Drivers died

0

Debuts

3

Titles decided

2

7 Grands Prix3 drivers born3 debuts2 titles decided

Championships decided

The race after which no rival could catch the champion.

Graham Hill
1962 drivers' title at United States
Lotus
1973 constructors' title at United States

1962 drivers' title

at United States

1973 constructors' title

at United States

Races

Grands Prix held on 7 October, latest first.

Year	Grand Prix	Circuit	Winner	Pole position
2018	Japan Suzuka	Suzuka	L. Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton
2012	Japan Suzuka	Suzuka	S. Vettel Sebastian Vettel Red Bull	Sebastian Vettel
2007	China Shanghai	Shanghai	K. Räikkönen Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari	Lewis Hamilton
1984	Europe Nürburgring	Nürburgring	A. Prost Alain Prost McLaren	Nelson Piquet
1979	United States Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen	G. Villeneuve Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari	Alan Jones
1973	United States Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen	R. Peterson Ronnie Peterson Lotus	Ronnie Peterson
1962	United States Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen	J. Clark Jim Clark Lotus	Jim Clark

Born on this day

Year	Driver	Career	Starts	Wins
1912	Peter Walker 1950–1955 Died 1 Mar 1984, aged 71	1950–1955	4
1930	Bernard Collomb 1961–1964 Died 19 Sep 2011, aged 80	1961–1964	4
1965	Marco Apicella 1993	1993	1

Debuts

First Grand Prix start.

Year	Driver	Race	Age
1962	Rob Schroeder United States	United States	36
1962	Timmy Mayer United States	United States	24
1979	Marc Surer United States	United States	28