A Ferrari driver famous for his sportsmanship, a title fight kept alive in the rain and a surprise pole at this weekend's venue all belong to 6 November.
1931: Peter Collins is born
Peter Collins was born in Kidderminster, England, on 6 November 1931. He raced in F1 from 1952 to 1958 and won three Grands Prix.
His first two wins came for Ferrari in 1956, in Belgium and France. At that year's Italian Grand Prix at Monza, he was close to becoming Britain's first world champion when he handed his car to team leader Juan Manuel Fangio near the end of the race.
Collins was classified second, but the points Fangio gained from the shared car left Collins third in the championship. Collins was killed at the 1958 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, a few weeks after winning the British Grand Prix.
1994: Hill wins in the Suzuka rain
Damon Hill won the 1994 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka for Williams-Renault in torrential rain. Michael Schumacher, his title rival, finished second for Benetton and Ferrari's Jean Alesi was third.
The race was stopped on lap 13 after Martin Brundle spun his McLaren off and hit a marshal, who suffered a broken leg. It restarted with the result decided on the two parts' combined times.
Schumacher led by 6.8 seconds when the red flag came out. Hill pulled 10.1 seconds clear of him in the second part and won by 3.3 seconds on aggregate. No F1 race since has been settled that way.
The win cut Schumacher's lead to one point with one race left. Hill later said he drove "on a different level from how I'd ever driven before".
2010: Hülkenberg's surprise pole at Interlagos
Nico Hülkenberg put his Williams on pole for the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix in qualifying on Saturday 6 November. It was the first pole position of his career and Williams' first since the 2005 European Grand Prix.
The session began on a damp track. With five minutes left, a dry line appeared and every driver switched to dry-weather tyres. Hülkenberg's last lap, a 1:14.470, beat the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.
Both Red Bulls passed him at the start the next day, and Vettel went on to win the race.
Race it on Late Brake
Interlagos and Monza are both among the six real circuits in Late Brake, the free browser game. Try the daily challenge, or race your own ghost round Interlagos before this weekend's Grand Prix.
Sources: Wikipedia: Peter Collins), Wikipedia: 1994 Japanese Grand Prix, Wikipedia: 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix