Born on March 10th


Died on March 10th


Egon Brütsch

1904 - 1988

Ronny Hissom

1936 - 2005

Barry Sheene

1950 - 2003

Events on March 10th


Interesting and notable events from the history of motor sport.

1991

Phoenix Grand Prix won by Ayrton Senna in his McLaren.

He started from pole ahead of second man, Alain Prost in his Ferrari and finished ahead of the Frenchman by 16.3 seconds. Nelson Piquet brought his Bennetton home in third. Jean Alesi set fastest lap of the race in the other Ferrari but finished 9 laps down.

1996

Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne won by Damon Hill in a Williams.

He beat fastest lap man, Jacque Villeneuve by 38 seconds. This race was the debut of Villeneuve who also sat on pole, only the fourth driver in history to do so. Eddie Irvine started and finished third.
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