Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina

Winner of the first championship F1 race and first F1 championship. ‘Nino’ took three wins for Alfa Romeo in the seven-round 1950 season (including the Indianapolis 500) to beat Juan-Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli. He was notorious among his peers for being a tough defensive driver.

After his championship year he only won two further Grands Prix and retired in 1955. Was killed in a car accident en route to the 1966 French Grand Prix in which he was to film scenes for the film, Grand Prix.

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