Giuseppe Farina

Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina (FAR-ee-NAH; 30 October 1906 in Turin, TO, Piedmont, Italy – 30 June 1966 in Chambéry, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France) was an Italian racing driver from Turin. He is notable for winning the very first Formula One race and the season that it was part of, thus Farina is the first Formula One winner and the first Formula One World Champion. On the same day of young Giuseppe Farina's birth, Giuseppe's father, Giovanni had established Stabilimente Farina, a bodywork shop for cars, located in the...

Status

In memoriam

Titles

World Champion

Wins

5 in 36 races

Poles

5