1950 End Of Year Rankings

As the Teams and Drivers are getting ready for the 2011 season, we have decided to take you back to the beginning of F1. 1950 saw the birth of the Formula One Championships, starting on 13th May, with 7 races. The first drivers championship was won by Nino Farina, the Italian beating the great Juan Manuel Fangio by 3 points. The F1 Rankings that year saw Nino & Juan fight for number one, with Nino obviously taking it at the end of the year.

Here was the Top 10 at the end of 1950.

1. Nino Farina - 718
   
2. Juan Manuel Fangio - 710
   
3. Luigi Fagioli - 380
   
4. Louis Rosier - 204
   
5. Alberto Ascari - 184
   
6. Johnnie Parsons - 160
   
7. Philippe Etancelin - 114
   
8. Johnny Claes - 96
   
9. Walt Faulkner - 88
   
10. Peter Whitehead - 78