Giuseppe Farina and Mike Hawthorn, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 1953. Artist: Unknown

Giuseppe Farina and Mike Hawthorn, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 1953. Artist: Unknown

1-193-417 - National Motor Museum/Heritage Images

Giuseppe Farina and Mike Hawthorn, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 1953. A qualified doctor of engineering, Farina won the first official Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship in 1950, winning three Grands Prix in the process, driving for Alfa Romeo. He drove for Ferrari from 1952. Hawthorn became Britain's first Formula 1 World Champion driver in 1958, also with Ferrari. Both drivers were killed in road accidents.


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Mike Hawthorn: British: Racing driver
  2. Giuseppe Farina: Italian: Racing driver

Medium
  1. Photograph

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World Europe Belgium Wallonia Liège Spa

  1. 50 30 00 N , 005 52 00 E

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5054x3730
File Size : 55,229kb


Aliases

  1. C131625B
  1. 0340000555
  1. 1-193-417
  1. 1193417
  1. 555
  1. C131625B


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