Giuseppe Farina
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
|---|---|
| Active years | 1950 Formula One season - 1955 Formula One season |
| Teams | Alfa Romeo (Formula One), Ferrari |
| Races | 34 (33 starts) |
| List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions | 1 (1950 Formula One season) |
| Wins | 5 |
| Podiums | 20[1] |
| Career points | 115.33 (127.33)[2] |
| Pole position | 5 |
| Fastest lap | 5 |
| First race | 1950 British Grand Prix |
| First win | 1950 British Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1953 German Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1955 Italian Grand Prix |
Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina (October 30 1906 - June 30, 1966) was an Italy Racing driver. He stands out in the history of Grand Prix motor racing for his much copied 'straight-arm' driving style and his status as the first ever Formula One World Champion.
Biography
Farina, born in Turin, Italy and nicknamed "Nino", was a doctor of engineering and nephew of Battista Farina of the coach building company. He began his motor racing career in hillclimbs, graduating to circuit racing with Maserati. But it was not until he moved to Alfa Romeo in motorsport, as number two driver to the great Tazio Nuvolari, that his racing career really blossomed. During the late 1930s he won numerous minor races in the Voiturette class, securing himself the Italy Drivers' Champion three years in a row (1937-1939). He then went on to take his first major race win, at the 1940 Tripoli Grand Prix in Libya. Sadly for Farina, he was just reaching his peak as a driver at the outbreak of World War II, and it would be another eight years before he would win a major race.
Entering post-war Grands Prix in a privately owned Maserati, Farina took a win at the 1948 Monaco Grand Prix. When the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile announced the inaugural World Championship for 1950, Farina secured a drive alongside Juan Manuel Fangio and countryman Luigi Fagioli at the dominant Alfa Romeo team, driving the invincible 158 Alfetta cars. Farina took 3 wins from the 7 races of the 1950 season, securing himself the first ever World Championship. It was the pinnacle of his career.
In 1951, he was forced to play second fiddle to Fangio, whose pace was too much for Farina to match. Farina had to make do with a solitary success at the 1951 Belgian Grand Prix, and wins at non-championship races. Moving to Ferrari in 1952, Farina found himself being outdone by another younger team-mate, this time Alberto Ascari who went on to win nine successive World Championship Grand Prix in 1952 and 1953.
Farina's first win for Ferrari, and the last of his 5 World Championship wins, came at the Nürburgring in the 1953 German Grand Prix. That year, he also teamed up with fellow F1 driver Mike Hawthorn to win the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. At the beginning of 1954, Farina won a round of the World Sports Car Championship, only to be badly burnt following a startline crash at the Sports Car race at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Farina attempted a comeback in 1955, dosing himself with painkillers and scoring a couple of points finishes. However, conceding defeat, he retired from Formula 1 at the end of the season.
In 1956 he made a half-hearted attempt at the Indianapolis 500, crashing in the process, only to break his collar bone after a crash at a minor race at Monza. Again he recovered and tried the Indy 500, but this time his team-mate had a fatal crash while practicing in Farina's race car, and Farina decided to give up for good.
A notable character in early World Championship Grand Prix racing, Farina was noted for his driving style and intelligence, but also his petulant streak and his disregard for his fellow competitors on the race track. He was involved in the fatal accidents of Marcel Lehoux in the 1936 Grand Prix de Deauville[3] and László Hartmann at Tripoli in 1938 [4][5]. It was ironic that after all the injuries he sustained in the latter part of his career, it was in a car crash that he finally lost his life at Chambery in France, whilst driving to spectate at the 1966 French Grand Prix.
Complete Formula One results
(F1 driver results legend 2) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | WDC | Points[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 Formula One season | Alfa Romeo (Formula One) | Alfa Romeo (Formula One) Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta | Alfa Romeo (Formula One) Straight-8 | 1950 British Grand Prix 1 | 1950 Monaco Grand Prix Ret | 1950 Indianapolis 500 | 1950 Swiss Grand Prix 1 | 1950 Belgian Grand Prix 4 | 1950 French Grand Prix 7 | 1950 Italian Grand Prix 1 | 1st | 30 | ||
| 1951 Formula One season | Alfa Romeo (Formula One) | Alfa Romeo (Formula One) Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta | Alfa Romeo (Formula One) Straight-8 | 1951 Swiss Grand Prix 3 | 1951 Indianapolis 500 | 1951 Belgian Grand Prix 1 | 1951 French Grand Prix 5 | 4th | 19 (22) | |||||
| Alfa Romeo (Formula One) Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta | 1951 British Grand Prix Ret | 1951 German Grand Prix Ret | ||||||||||||
| Alfa Romeo (Formula One) Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta | 1951 Italian Grand Prix 3* | 1951 Spanish Grand Prix 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1952 Formula One season | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari Straight-4 | 1952 Swiss Grand Prix Ret | 1952 Indianapolis 500 | 1952 Belgian Grand Prix 2 | 1952 French Grand Prix 2 | 1952 British Grand Prix 6 | 1952 German Grand Prix 2 | 1952 Dutch Grand Prix 2 | 1952 Italian Grand Prix 4 | 2nd | 24 (27) | |
| 1953 Formula One season | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari Straight-4 | 1953 Argentine Grand Prix Ret | 1953 Indianapolis 500 | 1953 Dutch Grand Prix 2 | 1953 Belgian Grand Prix Ret | 1953 French Grand Prix 5 | 1953 British Grand Prix 3 | 1953 German Grand Prix 1 | 1953 Swiss Grand Prix 2 | 1953 Italian Grand Prix 2 | 3rd | 26 (32) |
| 1954 Formula One season | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari Ferrari 625 F1 | Ferrari Straight-4 | 1954 Argentine Grand Prix 2 | 1954 Indianapolis 500 | 1954 French Grand Prix | 1954 British Grand Prix | 1954 German Grand Prix | 1954 Swiss Grand Prix | 1954 Italian Grand Prix | 1954 Spanish Grand Prix | 8th | 6 | |
| Ferrari Ferrari 553 F1 | 1954 Belgian Grand Prix Ret | |||||||||||||
| 1955 Formula One season | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari Ferrari 625 F1 | Ferrari Straight-4 | 1955 Argentine Grand Prix 2** | 5th | 10.33 | ||||||||
| Ferrari Ferrari 625 F1 | 1955 Monaco Grand Prix 4 | |||||||||||||
| Ferrari Ferrari 555 F1 | 1955 Indianapolis 500 | 1955 Belgian Grand Prix 3 | ||||||||||||
| Lancia in Formula One Lancia D50 | Lancia in Formula One V8 engine | 1955 Dutch Grand Prix | 1955 British Grand Prix | 1955 Italian Grand Prix DNS |
* Indicates Shared Drive
** In the 1955 Argentine Grand Prix, Farina finished both 2nd (shared drive with Trintignant and Gonzalez) and 3rd (shared drive with Maglioli and Trintignant). He was awarded one-third of the points for each result.
Notes
- ↑ total of 20 podiums includes both 2nd place and 3rd place at the 1955 Argentine Grand Prix
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Up until 1990 Formula One season, not all points scored by a driver contributed to their final World Championship tally (see List of Formula One World Championship pointscoring systems for more information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
- ↑ "I GRAND PRIX DE DEAUVILLE". http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman. http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp364.htm#22.
- ↑ "XII° GRAN PREMIO DI TRIPOLI". http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman. http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp382.htm#6.
- ↑ "8W - Who? - Nino Farina". http://www.forix.com/8w. http://www.forix.com/8w/farina.html.
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Alberto Ascari | BRDC International Trophy 1950 | Succeeded by Reg Parnell |
| Preceded by None | List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions 1950 Formula One season | Succeeded by Juan Manuel Fangio |
| Records | ||
| Preceded by None | List of Formula One driver records 43 years, 195 days (1950 British Grand Prix) | Succeeded by Juan Manuel Fangio 38 years, 331 days (1950 Monaco Grand Prix) |
| Preceded by None | List of Formula One driver records 43 years, 195 days (1950 British Grand Prix) | Succeeded by Juan Manuel Fangio 38 years, 331 days (1950 Monaco Grand Prix) |
| Preceded by None | List of Formula One driver records 43 years, 195 days (1950 British Grand Prix) | Succeeded by Juan Manuel Fangio 38 years, 331 days (1950 Monaco Grand Prix) |
| Preceded by None | List of Formula One driver records 43 years, 195 days (1950 British Grand Prix) | Succeeded by Reg Parnell 38 years, 315 days (1950 British Grand Prix) |
| Preceded by None | List of Formula One driver records 43 years, 195 days (1950 British Grand Prix) | Succeeded by Reg Parnell 38 years, 315 days (1950 British Grand Prix) |
| Preceded by None | List of Formula One driver records 2 wins 1st at the 1950 British Grand Prix | Succeeded by Juan Manuel Fangio 6 wins, 3rd at the 1950 French Grand Prix |
| Preceded by None | List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions 43 years, 308 days (1950 Formula One season) | Succeeded by Juan Manuel Fangio 40 years, 126 days (1951 Formula One season) |
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