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The first Formula One world championship was in 1950

It began at Silverstone and Giuseppe Farina became the first champion

The inaugural Formula One World Championship season began with the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on 13 May 1950. Italian driver Giuseppe Farina won that race and went on to become the first world champion. The championship had just seven races, six of them in Europe.

1950 Italian Grand Prix - Alberto Ascari (Ferrari) — Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: It began at Silverstone and Giuseppe Farina became the first champion. The figure is taken from Formula 1, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.