Giuseppe Farina

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Giuseppe Farina
Juan Manuel Fangio 1952
Nation: ItalyItaly Italy
Automobile world championship
First start: Great Britain Grand Prix 1950
Last start: 1955 Belgian Grand Prix
Constructors
1950–1951  Alfa Romeo  • 1952–1955  Ferrari
statistics
World Cup balance: World Champion ( 1950 )
Starts Victories Poles SR
33 5 5 5
World Cup points : 126
Podiums : 19th
Leadership laps : 336 over 2,651.1 km
Template: Info box Formula 1 driver / maintenance / old parameters

Giuseppe "Nino" Farina (born October 30, 1906 in Turin , † June 30, 1966 near Chambéry ) was an Italian racing driver and the first Formula 1 world champion in history.

Career

Nino Farina's father was the entrepreneur Giovanni Farina , who had been running the body construction company Stabilimenti Farina in Turin since 1906 . His uncle - his father's brother - was Battista "Pinin" Farina , whose Pininfarina company was also involved in the automotive industry. Nino Farina was a trained economist and ran the Stabilimenti Farina together with his brother Attilio from 1946 until its liquidation in 1953.

Nino Farina's car with the number 28 (center) at the Grand Prix de Deauville in 1936

Nino Farina began his racing career in 1933 with an Alfa Romeo and became a member of their works team in 1936 . The dominance of the German brands Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union prevented success in the Grand Prix class, but in the lower-displacement Voiturette class (comparable to the later Formula 2 ), he achieved several victories. After the Second World War , he competed in a private Maserati and won the Monaco Grand Prix in 1948 .

In 1950 he joined the Alfa Romeo team , which also included Luigi Fagioli and Juan Manuel Fangio , so that the "team of the three big Fs" was spoken of. With three Grand Prix victories in 1950 he secured the first ever Formula 1 world championship ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio. Farina celebrated his last Grand Prix victory in 1953 at the age of 47 at the German Grand Prix . In 1956 he ended his racing career and then tried his hand at working as a car dealer, driving instructor and body designer with his uncle Pinin Farina .

On June 30, 1966, Nino Farina had a fatal accident on a public road near Chambéry when he crashed into a telegraph pole.

statistics

Pre-war Grand Prix results

season 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th Points position
1935 Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of Germany (1933–1935) .svg Flag of Switzerland within 2to3.svg Flag of Italy (1861-1946) .svg Flag of the Second Spanish Republic.svg 51 21st
DNF 8th DNS
1936 Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of Germany (1935–1945) .svg Flag of Switzerland within 2to3.svg Flag of Italy (1861-1946) .svg 26th 14th
DNF / 5 1 DNF DNF
1937 Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of Germany (1935–1945) .svg Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of Switzerland within 2to3.svg Flag of Italy (1861-1946) .svg 28 7th
DNF 6th DNF DNF / 7 2
1938 Flag of France.svg Flag of Germany (1935–1945) .svg Flag of Switzerland within 2to3.svg Flag of Italy (1861-1946) .svg 21st 8th.
DNF 5 2
1939 Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of Germany (1935–1945) .svg Flag of Switzerland within 2to3.svg 25th 13.
DNF 7th
Legend
colour meaning EM points
gold victory 1
silver 2nd place 2
bronze 3rd place 3
green Classified, covered more than 75% of the race distance 4th
blue not entitled to points, covered between 50% and 75% of the race distance 5
violet not eligible for points, covered between 25% and 50% of the race distance 6th
red not eligible for points, covered less than 25% of the race distance 7th
colour abbreviation meaning EM points
black DSQ disqualified 8th
White DNS did not start
DNA did not arrive
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
1Farina dropped out on lap 1 and took over Brivio's car around halfway through the race . Together they finished fifth.
2Farina dropped out on lap 13 and took over Nuvolari's car around half-time . They took seventh place.

Statistics in the automobile world championship

Grand Prix victories

Single results

season 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9
1950 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Flag of Switzerland within 2to3.svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of Italy.svg
1 DNF 1 4th 7th 1
1951 Flag of Switzerland within 2to3.svg Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Spain (1945–1977) .svg
3 1 (5) ( DNF ) DNF DNF / 3 1 3
1952 Flag of Switzerland within 2to3.svg Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Italy.svg
DNF 2 2 2 6th 2 2 (4)
1953 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Switzerland within 2to3.svg Flag of Italy.svg
DNF 2 DNF (5) (3) 1 2 2
1954 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Switzerland within 2to3.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Spain (1945–1977) .svg
2 DNF
1955 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Italy.svg
3/2 3 3 4th DNS
1956 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Italy.svg
DNQ
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings
1Farina drove the vehicle with the number 34 until it retired. He then took over the vehicle with the number 40 from Felice Bonetto and came in third.
2Farina drove the vehicle with the number 28 until it retired. He then took over the vehicle with the number 32 from André Simon . This vehicle was also eliminated.
3Farina drove the vehicle with the number 10. He handed it over to Maurice Trintignant , who finally passed it on to Umberto Maglioli . Vehicle no. 10 came third. Farina then took over the vehicle with the no. 12 from José Froilán González . He finally handed this vehicle over to Trintignant. Vehicle no. 12 came second.

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1953 ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 340MM United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Disqualified

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th
1953 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 340MM
Ferrari 375MM
United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
DNF DNF 1 1
1954 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 375 Plus ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
1 DNF

Web links

Commons : Giuseppe Farina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Alessandro Sannia: Enciclopedia dei carrozzieri italiani , Società Editrice Il Cammello, Torino, 2017, ISBN 978-8896796412 , p. 214.