Before a record crowd, estimated at over 150,000, Dr. Giuseppe Farina won the G.P. de l’Europe at Silverstone on May 13th, driving a 1½-litre Alfa-Romeo. His team-mates Fagioli and Reg. Parnell followed him home, but Fangio retired. Before the race the drivers were presented to Their Majesties the King and Queen, H.R.H. Princess Margaret and Earl and Lady Mountbatten, who watched the race from various vantage points. Bob Gerard was the first British driver to finish—in sixth place. Raymond Mays demonstrated the B.R.M. The 500-c.c. race, hard-fought, was victory for Wing-Commander F. Aikens’ Iota
The training
The usual pre-race excitement was evident at Silverstone on May 11th and 12th, as the vans bringing the cars in the Grand Prix arrived from Italy, France and Belgium to mingle with those familiar at our meetings.
