The following is an overview of the events of 1995 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
1–15 January 17th Dakar Rally [1]
4–5 February 33rd 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
19 February 37th Daytona 500 [3]
28 May 53rd Monaco Grand Prix [4]
28 May 79th Indianapolis 500 [5]
29 May-9 June 78th Isle of Man TT [6]
17–18 June 63rd 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
17–18 June 23rd 24 Hours of Nurburgring [8]
29–30 July 47th 24 Hours of Spa [9]
30 July 18th Suzuka 8 Hours [10]
6 August 5th Masters of Formula 3 [11]
1 October 36st Tooheys 1000 [12]
19 November 42nd Macau Grand Prix [13]
2–3 December 8th Race of Champions [14]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
27 August Sergey Sirotkin Russian Racing driver [15]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
17 July Juan Manuel Fangio 84 Argentine Racing driver Formula One World Champion (1951, 1954-1957). [16]
7 November Louis Meyer 91 American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1928, 1933, 1936). [17]
27 Giancarlo Baghetti 60 Italian Racing driver 1961 French Grand Prix winner. [18]

See also

References

  1. "1995 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. "Daytona 24 Hours 1995 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "1995 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "1995 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "1995 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "TT 1995". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. "Le Mans Register - 1995". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. "Freunde der Nordschleife - 1995". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. "Spa 24 Hours 1995 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. "Suzuka 8 Hours 1995 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  11. "MARLBORO MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  12. "1995 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  13. "1995 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. "1995 Canary Islands". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  15. "Sergey Sirotkin | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  16. "Juan Manuel Fangio". ESPN. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  17. "Louis Meyer". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  18. "Giancarlo Baghetti". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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