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Today in Racing: 13 May

Today is Formula 1’s 70th birthday. Nino Farina led an Alfa Romeo 158 rout to win the first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix off pole position at Silverstone in 1950 from Luigi Fagioli and local hero Reg Parnell. While the British like to tell you it was the British Grand Prix, the race was officially known as Grand Prix d'Europe, while the new World Championship was virtually ignored by the media and considered a farce by ‘racing purists’… 13 May was also a busy day from there on this day in F1 – Stirling Moss won the 1956 Monaco GP driving a Maserati 250F from Juan Manuel Fangio, who took over teammate Peter Collins Ferrari and Jean Behra in another Maserati. 23 years later, Jody...
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