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Overview: Formula 1's one-time champions

– Only 33 people have become Formula 1 World Champion in the history of the sport. While some went on to rack up multiple titles, over half scaled the summit just once. GPUpdate.net takes a look at these one-time champions, following Nico Rosberg's decision to retire with the single crown he claimed in 2016.Giuseppe Farina (1950) Formula 1's World Championship was inaugurated in 1950 and 44-year-old Giuseppe Farina became its first champion. Farina won the very first race at Silverstone and added two more victories over the course of the season, including on home soil in Italy, to beat Alfa Romeo team-mate Juan Manuel Fangio to the crown. Farina continued to race in the sport until...
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