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F1 turns 70: What happened to the 1950 British GP racers?
On this day 70 years ago the very first Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix took place at Silverstone. As we await the delayed start of the 2020 season, Motorsport Week looks at what happened to the participants from Round 1 – the 1950 British Grand Prix. 1st | Giuseppe Farina Farina rekindled his pre-War relationship with Alfa Romeo and entered the Formula 1 World Championship with the Italian outfit. Farina dominated the event and went on to be crowned the very first Formula 1 champion. Farina won two more races and another 15 podiums prior to his retirement mid-1955, after the death of Alberto Ascari. He attempted to return for the Italian Grand Prix, but a high-speed crash in...
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