GIUSEPPE „NINO” FARINA (1906-1966) – Italian
The first world champion at Grand Prix motor racing was Doctor of Laws Giuseppe Farina. It was said, that he got his first car - a two-cylinder Temperino - at the age of ten. His uncle was the famous Italian bodybuilder Pinin Farina, and Giuseppe was passionate about working in his factory. His resemblance to the Italian heir to the throne, Umbert, was striking, often the cause of humorous adventures. Once, when Farina attended the gala meeting of the Italian automobile club, an article with his photo got into the newspapers about it, that the heir to the throne also took part in the event. Another time, the prince was taken on the winner of races, to zdumieniu Fariny, but to Umbert's even greater surprise, who wasn't the best driver.
In the 1930s, Farina drove Maserati and Alfa Romeo cars. His teacher was Master Nuvolari himself. Farina was most successful after the war. W 1950 In the year, the Alfa Romeo company met three "F”: Farina, Fangio the Beans, that was also the order at the world championships, which was officially announced for the first time this year. After Alfa Romeo left the Grand Prix scene, Farina joined Ferrari, where he hoped for the world title several times. Unfortunately, he was always eliminated from the fight for the highest laurels by some accident. He had to jump out of a burning car several times or was catapulted into the air as a result of an accident. Still in 1955 year, at the age of 49 years, Stuffed with analgesic injections of morphine after unhealed complicated fractures, he competed at the Argentine Grand Prix, where he won second place. However, Farina's passion for fast driving, even in normal vehicular traffic, became his undoing – died in a car accident near Chambéry, France.