The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_British_Grand_Prix" id="mwuQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1950 British Grand Prix">inaugural</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One" id="mwug" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> World Championship race takes place at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverstone_Circuit" id="mwuw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Silverstone Circuit">Silverstone Circuit</a>. The race was won by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Farina" id="mwvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Giuseppe Farina">Giuseppe Farina</a>, who would go on to become the inaugural <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Drivers'_Champions" id="mwvQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions">champion</a> that year.<sup about="#mwt66" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"prog"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-prog-11"}}' id="cite_ref-prog_11-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_13#cite_note-prog-11" id="mwvg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwvw">[11]</span></a></sup>