Modern Formula 1 Fans Would Have Hated The Sport's First Season 75 Years Ago

Modern Formula 1 Fans Would Have Hated The Sport's First Season 75 Years Ago

Every championship race (bar Indy, which drew no European entrants) run in 1950 was won by the Alfa Romeo team.

Formula One: Rolling back clock on first race ever

New Delhi: It was 75 years ago today that Formula One came to life when 21 cars roared off the line in what was an event of a seven-race series back in the day. The track was Silverstone, and the winner of the British Grand Prix was Italian driver Giuseppe Antonio ‘Nin’ Farina, one of the three Alfa Romeo drivers. Farina would go on to win the first driver’s championship. Through the years a lot has changed in Formula One, which since seen 780 d…

Formula 1 Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Unique Footage of the Very First F1 Grand Prix

To mark the 75th anniversary of Formula 1, the Formula One Management has released new footage of the very first Formula 1 race ever: the 1950 British Grand Prix.

Celebrating 75 years of Formula 1: Italy's leading role in racing history

Happy birthday to F1, which turns 75 years old: let’s take a look back at the history of the Circus and Italy’s great role. On May 13, 1950, the first World Championship Grand Prix took place at Silverstone, with Nino Farina’s victory in an Alfa Romeo. A championship that would shape motorsport, bringing it to global fame and making it, today, one of the most followed and beloved competitions worldwide. 1131 Grand Prix, 787 drivers, 77 circuits:…

Image ID: 117344888 /clip/df110a06-4084-4501-a169-c58e2fe8b73b_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg 770Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Ayrton Senna, Juan Manuel Fangio, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen... These are the names of some of the biggest legends that have formed and continue to form Formula 1.The highest category of motorism is celebrated, on May 13th it officially turns, and it is now 75 years.In the history of Formula…

On this day in 1950, the then military airfield at Silverstone in Great Britain hosted the first Formula 1 race, then known as the World Motor Sport Championship. Over the course of 75 years, the series has evolved into the undisputed number one in motor sport.