Ferrari on 22 October: Massa’s Brazil win and Malaysia title
22 October connects Felipe Massa’s first Brazilian Grand Prix victory with Ferrari’s completion of its 2000 championship double. At Interlagos in 2006, the Brazilian driver won his home race for the Scuderia. At Sepang in 2000, Michael Schumacher’s victory helped Ferrari secure the Constructors’ Championship.
Later United States Grands Prix add further podium finishes to a date spanning several distinct periods of Ferrari history.
October 22 in Ferrari Formula 1 history
Explore Ferrari Grand Prix results, qualifying and Sprint sessions, driver birthdays, remembrance dates and selected milestones connected with this day.
Ferrari Grands Prix held on October 22
Overall F1 Constructors' Championship decided during this Grand Prix weekend
Overall F1 Drivers' Championship decided during this Grand Prix weekend · Overall F1 Constructors' Championship decided during this Grand Prix weekend
Overall F1 Constructors' Championship decided during this Grand Prix weekend
Overall F1 Drivers' Championship decided during this Grand Prix weekend
Overall F1 Drivers' Championship decided during this Grand Prix weekend
Overall F1 Drivers' Championship decided during this Grand Prix weekend
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22 October 2006: Felipe Massa wins at Interlagos
Felipe Massa won the Brazilian Grand Prix during his first season as a Ferrari race driver. The home success followed his maiden Formula 1 victory in Turkey earlier that year and gave his debut Ferrari campaign a memorable conclusion.
Michael Schumacher finished fourth in what was his final Grand Prix for Ferrari. The race therefore combined a major achievement for Felipe Massa with the end of his team-mate’s long racing partnership with the Scuderia.
22 October 2000: Ferrari completes the championship double
Michael Schumacher won the Malaysian Grand Prix, with Rubens Barrichello finishing third. Their combined result secured Ferrari the Constructors’ Championship at the final race of the season.
The Drivers’ Championship had already been settled in Japan two weeks earlier. Malaysia completed the double, giving 22 October its own distinct place in Ferrari’s 2000 championship story.
United States Grand Prix podiums
Sebastian Vettel finished second and Kimi Räikkönen third in the 2017 United States Grand Prix on this date. In the final classification of the 2023 race, Carlos Sainz took third place, while Charles Leclerc was disqualified.
Read more about the Brazilian winner in our Felipe Massa F1 records and Ferrari statistics, or explore another anniversary in the Ferrari history calendar.
