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This day in #F1 history – 13th May 1950 – The inaugural F1 Race

By on May 13, 2012 in History, Interesting F1 fact

The first Official Formula 1 race was run today in 1950. The race had 22 entries and interestingly no car run the number 13. Giuseppe Farina took Pole position and went on to Win the race.

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McLaren’s 50 Greatest Drivers No 8

By on April 4, 2012 in History, Interesting F1 fact, McLaren

McLaren updated their top 50 list and added No 8 and that is David Coulthard. List at http://www.mclaren.com/page/mclarens-50-greatest-drivers-8 Picture credit Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA - David Coulthard driving for McLaren at the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix.

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Interesting Classic #F1 fact – McLaren’s First World Champion

By on March 29, 2012 in History, Interesting F1 fact, McLaren

The first driver for McLaren to become the Formula 1 World Champion was Emerson Fittipaldi in 1974. Also 1974 was the first time that McLaren won the F1 Constructors title. Image by Gerald Swan - July 1974, Brands Hatch, England

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Interesting #f1 fact – Giuseppe Farina

By on March 23, 2012 in History, Interesting F1 fact

This weeks interesting F1 fact is about Giuseppe Farina an Italian Racing Driver. Giuseppe Farina was the First FIA F1 World Champion winning the 1950 F1 World Championship while driving for Alfa Romeo. Farina won 3 races that year but was matched in wins by his legendary team mate Juan Manuel Fangio. Farina took the title thanks to a [...]

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Interesting facts about Enzo #Ferrari Pre ww2

By on March 9, 2012 in Ferrari, History, Interesting F1 fact

Enzo served in the Italian Army during ww1 in the 3rd Alpine Artillery. Enzo’s first got into the car trade working for a small car company that redesigned used truck bodies in to small cars. The company was called CMN (Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali). Enzo started his racing career as a driver for the CMN team [...]

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#Ferrari’s First #F1 World Champion

By on March 7, 2012 in Ferrari, History, Interesting F1 fact

The first driver to lift the FIA Formula 1 drivers championship was Alberto Ascari. The Italian was also Ferrari’s first double world champion. Alberto Ascari sadly died while testing a car he was due to race in on May 26th 1955 at the age of 36. Strangely his death mirrored his fathers years earlier. Quote [...]

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Interesting #f1 fact – The Indy 500

By on March 2, 2012 in History, Interesting F1 fact

This weeks interesting F1 fact is that the Indy 500 race was part of the FIA Formula 1 championship for the first 10 years of of its running between 1950 and 1960. The first race was held on Tuesday, May 30, 1950 and the first winner of the FIA Formula 1 race in america was Johnnie Parsons [...]

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McLaren’s 50 Greatest Drivers (well, 9 to 50)

By on February 22, 2012 in History, Interesting F1 fact, McLaren

On the McLaren F1 site they have a feature on the top 50 drivers that have driven for McLaren. Interestingly Martin Brundle is number 20 on the list a head of some big names, they admit they did not give Martin a stella car. He bet his career on the fact that Alain Prost would not [...]

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