Race and classic pictures

Racing at Monaco, 17 years ago today

It's been a surprisingly long time since there was a Grand Prix held on this day of the year. In fact have to go back all the way to the turn of the new millennium, when the Monaco Grand Prix was held on June 4 2000.

Ferrari's Michael Schumacher (above) won pole on that occasion. He led for much of the race until an exhaust failure broke his left rear suspension and forced him to retire on lap 55. That handed an easy win to McLaren's David Coulthard (below) from Rubens Barrichello and Giancarlo Fisichella. It was the Scot's eighth victory and his first at Monaco. He would win there again in 2002, and he ended his career with a total of 13 Grand Prix victories.

And before that? You have to go back another 11 years to find the previous race held on June 4. On that occasion it was the United States GP held on a temporary street circuit in the south-western city of Phoenix, Arizona. Ayrton Senna had taken pole for McLaren but suffered an electrical failure during the race, which was won by his team mate Alain Prost (below). He finished ahead of Williams' Riccardo Patrese and Arrows' Eddie Cheever.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.