Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to Ned Flanders, Rui Pinto, TheD4N1EL, Dirk and Andy!
On this day in motorsport
Michael Schumacher had a controversial weekend at Silverstone with Mercedes in 1991
50 today: Ralph Firman, who contested a single season of Formula 1 for Jordan in 2003. He also won Japan’s Formula Nippon, British F3 and the Macau Grand Prix.
25 years ago today David Coulthard put his McLaren on pole position for the European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring
35 years ago today Martin Brundle and Alain Ferte won the Silverstone round of the World Sportscar Championship for Jaguar. Michael Schumacher was disqualified for driving without his seat belts attached during qualifying, a charge he disputed, while his car was also disqualified for him receiving outside assistance
