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With Mercedes leaving Formula 1 at the end of the 1955 season, its two main drivers went elsewhere: Fangio moved to Ferrari and Moss went to Maserati. The manufacturer from Maranello raced in the championship, having inherited cars and materials from Lancia, with the former Lancia D50, modified for the 1956 season. 

“When I first began racing, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.”

Juan Manuel Fangio

Music by Eric Buffat

Sadly, the motorsport season of 1955 is remember mostly for its tragic events, such as:

·        Alberto Ascari’s death during a Formula 1 test at Monza

·        Bill Vukovich’s death at Indianapolis

·        The tragedy during the 24Hours of Le Mans. Pierre Levegh went off the track after a crash, ending up inside the public, causing 85 deaths and 105 injured people. After this crash the Formula 1 rounds in France, Germany, Switzerland, and Spain were cancelled that year.

“You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well”

Juan Manuel Fangio

Music by Eric Buffat

The season 1954 saw the return of Formula 1 cars, after 1952 and 1953 had Formula 2 cars participating in the world championship.

“You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are.”

Juan Manuel Fangio

Music by Eric Buffat

The season 1953 of Formula 1 had drivers participating at the championship with Formula 2 cars, just like the previous season.

“The best Ferrari ever created is that which is yet to be built.”

Enzo Ferrari

Music by Eric Buffat

With Alfa Romeo retiring from the World Championship at the end of the previous season, Ferrari was the only team with a Formula 1 car at the start of the season. As such, it was decided to use Formula 2 rules and cars for the 1952 season.

“I obey to just one passion: races. I couldn’t live without them.”

Alberto Ascari

Music by Eric Buffat

The second world championship in Formula 1 history, in 1951, included 7 races, one more than 1950, with Alfa Romeo and Ferrari fighting for the championship.

"I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse."

Juan Manuel Fangio.

Music by Eric Buffat

1950 represented the official start of the Formula 1 World Championship. The true beginning, with Formula 1 cars created between 1947 and 1953.

“I learned to love the engines’ power and the cars’ beauty since I was a child.“

Nino Farina

Music by Eric Buffat

Nuvolari.net was born in 1999 from our passion for motorsport, and especially for Formula 1.

Hence the decision of creating this project, to talk about Formula 1 as a whole, starting from the very first World Championship in 1950.

We will bring you the history of Formula 1, its technological evolution and the biographies of its most famous drivers.

“You cannot describe passion, you can only live it”

Enzo Ferrari

Music by Eric Buffat