29 April in Ferrari history: Michele Alboreto’s Belgian victory
29 April connects a commanding Belgian Grand Prix victory with a dramatic change of fortune in Spain. Michele Alboreto won for Ferrari at Zolder in 1984, while Michael Schumacher inherited the lead on the final lap in Barcelona in 2001.
1984: Michele Alboreto leads Ferrari’s Belgian success
Michele Alboreto completed the 70-lap Belgian Grand Prix ahead of Derek Warwick. René Arnoux finished third in the other Ferrari, putting both Scuderia drivers on the podium.
The winning margin was 42.386 seconds, making the result a convincing success for the Italian driver. It also became Ferrari’s only Grand Prix victory of the 1984 season.
2001: The Spanish Grand Prix changes on the final lap
Seventeen years later, Mika Häkkinen appeared set to win in Barcelona with a substantial advantage. A mechanical failure on the last lap stopped his McLaren and allowed Michael Schumacher to take victory.
The result illustrates why the official finishing order can conceal the story of a race. Ferrari won, but the decisive change occurred only when the leading car failed within sight of the finish.
Review the wider career of the Spanish Grand Prix winner through our Michael Schumacher Formula 1 statistics.
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April 29 in Ferrari Formula 1 history
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Ferrari Grands Prix held on April 29
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