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🇮🇹 Nino Farina

Racing driver from Italy. Formula 1, Ferrari. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Nino Farina
Born
30 October 1906(b. 1906)
Nationality
Italy
Current team
Ferrari
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Championships
11950
Career wins
5
Career podiums
19
Career starts
34
Career DNFs
8
Racer Rating
6,495
Nino Farina
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,495
Rank 54 of 40,105 indexed, -595 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
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Nino Farina is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in Formula 1 for Ferrari. Farina is a one-time champion (1950), with 5 wins and 19 podiums from 34 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,495 ranks Farina 54th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1955 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFBELFRAGBRGERNEDITAARGNEDBELFRAGBRGERSWIITAARGBELARGMONBELITA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1955-09-11Autodromo Nazionale di MonzaFormula 1DNF−192
1955-06-05Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsFormula 1P3+43
1955-05-22Circuit de MonacoFormula 1P4+34
1955-01-16Autódromo Juan y Oscar GálvezFormula 1P2+64
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+150Silverstone 1950Formula 1P1
+143Circuit Bremgarten 1950Formula 1P1
+128Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1950Formula 1P1
+117Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1951Formula 1P1
+97Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1952Formula 1P2
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Circuit Bremgarten4 starts+10
Struggles
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps6 starts-6
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza5 starts-3
Silverstone4 starts-2
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1955▸Formula 1Ferrari402119P5−507,090
1954▸Formula 1Ferrari201116P7−347,140
1953▸Formula 1Ferrari8152032P2+1777,174
1952▸Formula 1Ferrari7041127P2+4096,997
1951▸Formula 1Alfa Romeo7142022P4+1986,589
1950▸Formula 1Alfa Romeo6331230P1+5,0416,391
Recent coverage
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Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Farina finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇦🇷 Juan Fangio6,8892791833%
🇮🇹 Alberto Ascari6,25227111641%
🇫🇷 Louis Rosier5,9602722581%
🇫🇷 Maurice Trintignant5,9612418675%
🇮🇹 Luigi Villoresi6,0192316770%
🇧🇪 Johnny Claes5,5642319483%
🇨🇭 Toulo de Graffenried6,0192018290%
🇺🇸 Harry Schell6,0871916384%
🇬🇧 Mike Hawthorn6,5041812667%
🇫🇷 Jean Behra5,9681814478%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
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Nino Farina is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in Formula 1 for Ferrari. Farina is a one-time champion (1950), with 5 wins and 19 podiums from 34 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,495 ranks Farina 54th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
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Media Stellantis
3 Sep 2025
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