Two Italian F1 pioneers were born on 11 November, and the date also saw Mercedes complete a fifth title in a row.
1926: Maria Teresa de Filippis is born
Maria Teresa de Filippis was born in Marigliano, near Naples. She became the first woman to race in Formula 1.
She entered five World Championship races in 1958 and 1959 and started three, mostly in a Maserati 250F. Her only finish was 10th at the 1958 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa.
She was refused a start at the 1958 French Grand Prix. She later recalled the race director telling her "the only helmet a woman should wear is the one at the hairdresser's".
She retired from racing in 1959 and died in 2016, aged 89.
1937: Vittorio Brambilla is born in Monza
Vittorio Brambilla was born in Monza, which helped earn him the nickname "the Monza Gorilla". He made 74 F1 starts between 1974 and 1980 for March, Surtees and Alfa Romeo.
His one win came at the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix at the Österreichring, in a March. The race was stopped early on a wet track after 29 laps, so he got half points, 4.5 instead of 9.
He finished 27 seconds ahead of James Hunt, then spun as he crossed the line and did his slowing-down lap with the car's nose wrecked. It was the first win by an Italian driver since 1966.
2018: Hamilton wins at Interlagos as Mercedes take fifth title
Lewis Hamilton, already the 2018 champion, won the Brazilian Grand Prix from pole position for Mercedes. Valtteri Bottas finished fifth, which was enough to seal the team's fifth constructors' title in a row.
Max Verstappen had been leading for Red Bull until lap 44, when Esteban Ocon, a lap down, hit him while trying to unlap himself. Both spun, and Hamilton took the lead to win by 1.469 seconds from Verstappen.
Ocon got a 10-second stop-go penalty. Kimi Räikkönen finished third for Ferrari, the 103rd and last podium of his F1 career.
Race it on Late Brake
Two of these stories took place at circuits in Late Brake, the free browser game. Brambilla's wet win came at the Austrian track now found in the game as Spielberg, and Hamilton's 2018 victory was at Interlagos. Try both against the AI rivals and chase a medal time.
Sources: Wikipedia: Maria Teresa de Filippis, Wikipedia: Vittorio Brambilla, Wikipedia: 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix