1950 British Grand Prix

Giuseppe "Nino" Farina from Italy driving the #2 Alfa Romeo SpA Alfa Romeo 158 takes the chequered flag to win the first World Championship Formula One Grand Prix race, The Royal Automobile Club Grand Prix d'Europe Incorporating The British Grand Prix on 13th May 1950 at the Silverstone Circuit, Northampton, England. Giuseppe Farina who would go on to win the 1950 Formula One World Drivers'Championship.(Original Caption) Italian wins Grand Prix of Europe. Silverstone, England: The crack Italian driver Farina roars past the finish line to win the Grand Prix of Europe, May 13, at Silverstone, Northants. C. Fagioli, also of the Italian team, was second, with Reg Parnell, a British driver, third. All three winners drove Alfa-Romeos. (Photo by INP/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)