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May 13th is 75 years to the day since the first world championship F1 race, the 1950 British Grand Prix.
The first-ever Formula 1 race was not the 1950 British Grand Prix, but the 1946 Turin Grand Prix won by Achille Varzi in an Alfa Romeo 158. The official FIA Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship was inaugurated in 1950, building on the pre-war European Drivers’ Championship and featuring seven races that year. The British Grand Prix at Silverstone on May 13th, 1950, marked the start of the 1950 World Drivers’ Championship. The race featured 24 drivers, none of whom were driving a Ferrari due to Enzo Ferrari feeling the prize money was inadequate for the team’s stature. The Alfa Romeo 158s dominated the grid, with Giuseppe Farina, Luigi Fagioli, and Juan Manuel Fangio leading the pack. As the race commenced, 21 drivers from various nationalities lined up under the watchful gaze of British royalty, commencing the historic World Championship.
