Giuseppe Farina and Mike Hawthorn Finish:10-pack 6th May 1961

6th May 1961

A high wind is blowing in the same direction as the riders and pedestrians

James Hunt storms to a controversial win at the British Grand Prix

View of the temporary London Bridge

designed by Sir William Tite

Giuseppe Farina and Mike Hawthorn Finish:10-pack 6th May 1961Giuseppe Farina and Mike Hawthorn, Spa Francorchamps, Belgium, 1953. A qualified doctor of engineering, Farina won the first official Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship in 1950, winning three Grands Prix in the process, driving for Alfa Romeo. He drove for Ferrari from 1952. Hawthorn became Britain's first Formula 1 World Champion driver in 1958, also with Ferrari. Both drivers were killed in road accidents.