The Formula One world championship was born in a quiet corner of Northamptonshire. A quartet of Alfa Romeos were the class of a patchy grid. When Juan Manuel Fangio’s race was cut short by engine trouble, Giuseppe Farina wrote his name into Formula One history by taking victory from Luigi Fagioli.
1957
An historic day as for the first time in the world championship, a British driver won in a British car on home soil. In front of an enormous Aintree crowd, pole-sitter Stirling Moss retired on lap 21, only to take over the car of Vanwall team-mate Tony Brooks soon after. Although then down in ninth, Moss reeled in the field, regaining the lead on lap 69 and going on to take the flag when the gearbox of Jean Behra’s Maserati exploded.
1970
Arguably one of the most dramatic finishes to a British Grand Prix as Jack Brabham appeared certain of victory at Brands Hatch in his Brabham Ford, only to run out of fuel just 200 yards from the line, handing the win to Jochen Rindt, driving a Lotus.
