Today we give an entire episode to a single date: the twenty-eighth of April. Across five decades of Formula One, this date has produced five World Championship Grands Prix that each shaped the careers of the drivers involved:

• Niki Lauda's first win at Jarama in 1974, 
• Ayrton Senna's 55th pole position at Imola in 1991, 
• Jacques Villeneuve's breakthrough victory at the Nürburgring in 1996, 
• Michael Schumacher's Grand Chelem at Catalunya in 2002, and 
• Valtteri Bottas reclaiming the championship lead on the Baku streets in 2019.

Along the way we also remember coachbuilder Piero Drogo, revisit the Formula One team that was awarded a grid slot and never raced, and mark the birthday of the man now running Red Bull Racing. 

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