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Giuseppe Farina
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Italian racecar driver (1906-1966)
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Giuseppe Farina, known in his native language as Nino Farina, was an Italian racing automobile driver. Born in Turin in 1906, he competed in auto racing for Italy. His career included participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and membership with the Alfa Romeo Racing and Scuderia Ferrari sports teams.
Farina achieved five wins and secured five pole positions, accumulating 127.33 points. He spoke Italian and English. He died in Chambéry in 1966 from accidental death caused by a traffic collision.
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1906–1966
- Nationality
- IT
- Role / Field
- Sportists, Saciksu braucejs, Automobile racing drivers, Pirmas formulas automobili, Motosports, Automobilu sacikstes
- Language
- ita, eng
- Gender
- Male
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giuseppe
- Family name
- Farina
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Turin
- Place of death
- Chambéry
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Italian
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Sport
- auto racing
- Member of team
- Scuderia Ferrari
- Country for sport
- Italy
- Image
- NinoFarina.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- Commons category
- Giuseppe Farina
- date of birth
- 1906-10-30
- date of death
- 1966-06-30
- name in native language
- Nino Farina
- manner of death
- accidental death
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- number of wins
- 5
- points for
- 127.33
- pole positions
- 5
- podium finishes
- 20
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 37
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Encyclopedic overview
Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina ( Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈniːno faˈriːna]; 30 October 1906 – 30 June 1966) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956. Farina won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in its inaugural 1950 season with Alfa Romeo, and won five Grands Prix across seven seasons.
Born in Turin, Farina was the son of Giovanni Farina, founder of Stabilimenti Farina. Aged nine, he started driving a two-cylinder Temperino, eventually progressing to hillclimbing in 1925. A protégé of Tazio Nuvolari, Farina attracted the attention of Enzo Ferrari in his early career, who signed him to Ferrari in 1936. He immediately impressed, finishing runner-up at the Mille Miglia driving an Alfa Romeo 8C. Farina took his maiden Grand Prix win at the Naples Grand Prix in 1937, winning three consecutive Italian Championships until 1939, the latter two with Alfa Corse. He earned notoriety for his involvement in the fatal accidents of Marcel Lehoux and László Hartmann in 1936 and 1938, respectively. Farina won the Tripoli Grand Prix in 1939, his last victory before World War II.
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