1x1 – 1950 British Grand Prix
The Formula One World Championship began on a hot Saturday in May in the presence of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, at Silverstone. Farina took the win, just over two seconds clear of his team-mate Luigi Fagioli.
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1x2 – 1950 Monaco Grand Prix
The second race of the Formula 1 was set in Monaco, the race had a total of 19 drivers and was set in a nice but extremely sunny weather which had caused many accidents during the race. The first accident was done by driver Fagioli who had managed to spin through the barriers of the seaside waves and making the midfield almost totally wiped out of an open road as the road had been blocked by many crashed cars. Many of the racers had crashed and broken their car but Fagioli and González attempted to keep going but Fagioli had his car broken and González had his car burst into flames which led to him getting many severe second degree burns. The race had been won by Fagio at a time of: 3:13:18.7 and at an average speed of 98.701.
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1x3 – 1950 Indianapolis 500
All eyes were on the defending champion Jackie Stewart and expectations were high that he would repeat the total domination of the previous year. He made his intentions clear with an emphatic win in the 1st GP cruising home half a minute ahead of the chasing pack. However, there was another driver intent on stealing his crown: Emerson Fittipaldi, a whirlwind of talent and youthful arrogance in his iconic black and gold Lotus 72.
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1x4 – 1950 Swiss Grand Prix
The fourth race of the Formula 1 was set in Swiss in the city of Bremgarten. The race was done in a normal weather without too much trouble, though the race would prove to be more difficult than ever. It had a total of 18 drivers, the first in line was Juan Manuel Fangio and the last one was Harry Schell. The race began with Fangio making a near perfect start storming into the lead ahead of Farina and Fagioli. Behind them, Ascari got past Ferrari teammate Villoresi for fourth and then before the conclusion of the first lap he had moved past Fagioli as well. The race had many crashes and even one hospitalized. The hospitalized driver was Eugene Martin who had flipped his car and received serious injuries. The winner of the race was Giuseppe Farina and the loser was Yves Giraud-Cabantous.
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1x5 – 1950 Belgian Grand Prix
The fifth race of the Formula 1 was set in Belgian in a sunny weather and it consisted of 14 drivers. During the race it would be revealed that the victory of the Grand Prix would be to one of the three Alfa Romeos to which the most plausible one would be Farina due to him coming off the back bone of his second win of the season, allowing him to extend his championship lead with 18 points and the least one being Fangio due to his two non winnings. Some of the other cars that could win were: Ferrari, Alfa and the The Talbot-Lago's. In the practice the best time was Nino Farina on the Alfa Romeo with 4:37 and the lowest one was 5:45 from Toni Branca. Throughout the race, one of the clear winners would have been Farina and Fangio, to which they would both have a battle to see who could surpass them. However, Sommer was also in it, but his hopes of maintaining a podium were dashed on lap 20 when his engine blew. Another major point is that the Ascari and the Villoresi were not good during the race, the Ferrari's had let past Rosier's Talbot-Lago who like Sommer before him was attempting to run the race without stopping. Villoresi however continued to drop in pace and soon enough Ascari had taken fifth place from him. In the end, the race was won by Juan Manuel Fangio with a time of 2:47:26.0.
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1x6 – 1950 French Grand Prix
The sixth and penultimate race of the first season of the Formula 1 was held in France and consisted of 21 racers. Out of all the cars in the race, the Ferrari and the Villoresi were the worst cars in the race, due to Ferrari's car not being able to be as fast as it wanted to be and the Villoresi feeling too old. But the Villoresi had a jolly up it's sleeve and would make sure that before the race began, the car would be better. In the last race, The Talbot Lago had struggled to compete against the other cars and the Simca-Gordini was not as good as it was in Formula 2. In the race, the Alfa Romeos were the best in the race and had no problems but the rest of the cars had engines flying off causing many to retire and on Lap 18, Farina slowed, dropping back behind Fangio and Fagioli before heading for the pits. The Alfa was suffering from fuel starvation, it took Farina's mechanics seven minutes before he could be sent back onto the track. The mechanical troubles encountered amongst the Talbot-Lago's had meant Farina was still able to get on track in fifth place. Farina tried again but received his fuel problems again leading him to an impossible win. In the end, Fangio won the race with a time of 2:57:52.8 and the last person in the board was Yves Giraud-Cabantous.
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1x7 – 1950 Italian Grand Prix
The final race of the first season of Formula 1 was set in Italy and had 32 racers. The winners of the competition were revealed to be one of the three Alfa Romeo's who were in name: Juan Manuel Fangio, Fagioli and Farina. One of the only challenges the cars would encounter would be the new Ferrari 375, however, after what should have been a glorious reveal that ended up in killing 3 spectators and injuring 24 of them, the problem would be slightly smaller. One of the challenges the Alfa Romeo would encounter though would be Ascari, which would manage to surpass them pretty quickly and especially the tired Ferrari at their many losses with the Alfa Romeo. However on lap 21 to the dismay of Ferrari, Ascari had retired with engine failure. Ascari however called in the second Ferrari of Serafini who was now running fifth into the pits. In the end, after a long close call battle with Ascari and Ferrari, Giuseppe Farinas Alfa Romeo won and had achieved the trophy of the season.
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