Drivers/Italy
Nino Farina
- 1× World Champion
- 1950–1955
- FAR
- Born 30 October 1906 in Turin
- Died 30 June 1966
- Emilio Giuseppe Farina
- Starts3334 entries
- Wins515% of starts
- Podiums1958% of starts
- Pole positions55× started from P1
- Fastest laps5
- Titles11950
Career numbers
- Avg grid position3.1
- Avg finish2.8
- Retirement rate21%
- Pole-to-win conversion20%
- Positions gained+7
- Points scored127.3
- Longest winning streak1
- Longest podium streak5
- Longest points-scoring streak6
- TeamsAlfa Romeo (1950–1951) · Ferrari (1952–1955) · Lancia (1955)
Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.
The career at a glance
Season by season
Every race
37 entries, 33 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entryBritish Grand Prix 1950P1 · Alfa Romeo
- First winBritish Grand Prix 1950P1 · Alfa Romeo
- Last winGerman Grand Prix 1953P1 · Ferrari
- Last startBelgian Grand Prix 1955P3 · Ferrari
All 37 races, season by season
Against team-mates
Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.
| Team-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Ascari | 1952–1953 | 1:10 | 1:13 | +1.06% | 67 : 100 | Compare |
| Juan Manuel Fangio | 1950–1951 | 2:5 | 2:11 | +1.13% | 59 : 64 | Compare |
| Louis Rosier | 1952–1954 | 6:0 | 11:0 | −6.76% | 53 : 0 | Compare |
| Luigi Villoresi | 1952–1953 | 5:1 | 7:3 | −0.90% | 49 : 25 | Compare |
| Mike Hawthorn | 1953–1954 | 5:1 | 9:1 | −1.39% | 38 : 28.5 | Compare |
| Luigi Fagioli | 1950–1951 | 4:3 | 7:0 | −1.42% | 34 : 32 | Compare |
| Piero Taruffi | 1950–1955 | 4:1 | 7:0 | −1.81% | 32 : 22 | Compare |
| Maurice Trintignant | 1954–1955 | 3:2 | 3:1 | −1.89% | 19 : 20.3 | Compare |
| Consalvo Sanesi | 1950–1951 | 2:0 | 5:0 | −1.56% | 23 : 3 | Compare |
| Rudi Fischer | 1952 | 3:0 | 4:0 | −5.39% | 15 : 10 | Compare |
| Umberto Maglioli | 1953–1955 | 3:0 | 2:0 | – | 14 : 1.3 | Compare |
| Felice Bonetto | 1951 | 1:0 | 4:0 | −5.54% | 5 : 7 | Compare |
| Emmanuel de Graffenried | 1951 | 2:0 | 3:0 | −2.47% | 8 : 2 | Compare |
| José Froilán González | 1954–1955 | 1:1 | 1:1 | +0.68% | 8 : 8.5 | Compare |
| Jacques Swaters | 1953–1954 | 1:0 | 3:0 | −9.59% | 14 : 0 | Compare |
| Charles de Tornaco | 1952 | 1:0 | 2:0 | −10.54% | 12 : 0 | Compare |
| Paul Frère | 1955 | 2:0 | 1:0 | – | 7 : 3 | Compare |
| Piero Carini | 1952–1953 | 0:0 | 3:0 | – | 18 : 0 | Compare |
| Peter Hirt | 1952–1953 | 1:0 | 2:0 | −10.57% | 12 : 0 | Compare |
| Franco Comotti | 1952 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 6 : 0 | Compare |
| Roger Laurent | 1952 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 6 : 0 | Compare |
| Reg Parnell | 1950 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 4 | Compare |
| Roy Salvadori | 1952 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Peter Whitehead | 1952 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| André Simon | 1952 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Max de Terra | 1953 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 6 : 0 | Compare |
| Paul Pietsch | 1951 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Rudolf Schoeller | 1952 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 6 : 0 | Compare |
| Kurt Adolff | 1953 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 8 : 0 | Compare |
| Harry Schell | 1955 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 3 : 0 | Compare |
Green: Nino Farina came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.
Strongest circuits
Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.
| Circuit | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spa-Francorchamps | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Silverstone | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3.3 |
| Bremgarten | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Monza | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Nürburgring | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Reims-Gueux | 3 | 5.7 | ||
| Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Monaco | 2 | 4 | ||
| Zandvoort | 2 | 2 | 2 |