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The circuit hosted the inaugural Formula 1 world championship race in 1950, which was won by Giuseppe Farina - who that year claimed the world championship.
4 days ago · Giuseppe Farina was the winner that day in an Alfa Romeo 158 by 2.6s over team-mate Luigi Fagioli in what turned out to be a podium sweep for the Italian marque...
4 days ago · Giuseppe Farina won the 1950 edition of the British Grand Prix. Credit... Klemantaski Collection/Getty Images. Very little remains from R.A.F. Silverstone, though in aerial photographs the three ...
2 days ago · The Ferrari and Alfa Romeo teams each ran four cars, with Ferrari fielding Ascari, Gigi Villoresi, Froilan González, and Piero Taruffi and Alfa Romeo running Fangio, Giuseppe Farina, Felice Bonetto, and Baron Emanuel de Graffenried. Ascari was fastest in practice and shared the front row of the 4–3–4 grid with Fangio, González, and Farina.
That started a dominant season for Alfa Romeo, who won six of seven rounds beginning with victory for the eventual world champion Giuseppe Farina at Silverstone. Silverstone hosted the next four...
5 days ago · Alfa Romeo’s Giuseppe Farina was victorious in the first ever F1 Grand Prix. The next four years saw Ferrari dominating the venue with José Froilan Gonzales and Alberto Ascari. The Argentinian’s win in 1951 was the first ever victory for the fabled Ferrari stable.
5 days ago · Live coverage of the British Grand Prix is free to watch again in 2024, with Channel 4 showing all practice session, qualifying and the 3pm race in full for the only time this season, on TV or live stream via the app. Sky will also continue to show the race weekend live with its standard line-up of ...
