Giuseppe Farina wins inaugural Formula 1 world championship for Alfa Romeo • First BRM grand prix car unveiled • Brands Hatch hosts its first motor race • Raymond Sommer, the first man to drive the BRM, is killed in a 500cc race at Cadours • Stirling Moss wins Dundrod Tourist Trophy • Johnny Parsons wins a rain-shortened Indy 500 in a Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser • Ferrari completes a hat-trick of Mille Miglia victories, Giannino Marzotto and Marco Crosara take the laurels • American Hershel McGriff wins the inaugural Carrera Panamericana in an Oldsmobile 8
1950
Giuseppe Farina leads Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1950 British GP
Brands Hatch circuit opens
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