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Happy 70th Birthday, Formula 1!

Happy 70th Birthday, Formula 1!

Leopold 13 May 2020 1 min read

On 13 May 1950, the British Grand Prix was held at Silverstone. It was the first Word Championship Formula One race in history. Thank you, Formula 1. ❤

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Leopold Pleijsier founded F1-Fansite.com in 2001 and has followed Formula 1 since the early 1980s. He writes about daily F1 news, race weekends, drivers and the sport’s history.

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