Article To news overview Alberto Ascari and Giuseppe Farina (1952) In only the third season of F1, Ferrari had already created one of the most iconic driver partnerships the sport would ever see. Giuseppe Farina won the first-ever world championship, while Ascari would himself go on to win it twice - including in the year these two were partnered together. It was to be a very one-sided all-Italian rivalry, however, as Ascari won six out of eight races in 1952 - while Farina managed only a solitary pole. In an era where teams would use more than two drivers in a world championship campaign, this wasn't strictly a 'line-up' in the conventional sense. Nevertheless, two legendary Italian...
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