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Ferrari and Maserati were the pace-setters in the early part of the 1954 Formula One season, but that changed with the arrival of Mercedes-Benz.

Ferrari challenged Alfa's dominance in the second half of the 1951 Formula One season, and the title was decided at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Fangio and Mercedes dominated the second half of the 1954 Formula One World Championship.

Fangio's drive at the Nurburgrin in 1957 is the stuff of legend. The Argentine great pulled off an unlikely Grand Prix victory.

Alfa-Romeo were once again the dominant force at the start of the 1951 Formula One season, but they would taste defeat at the hands of an ex-employee, Enzo Ferrari.

Mercedes drivers Fangio and Moss found themselves without a drive after the German company withdrew in 1955. Fangio went to Ferrari and Moss to Maserati.

The Formula One World Championship was decided in the final race, the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. It was Giuseppe Farina who claimed the honour in an Alfa Romeo.

The 1956 Formula 1 title was decided in the final race. An unselfish Peter Collins gifted his team-mate and title rival Juan-Manuel Fangio his car.

Fangio and Mercedes dominated Grand Prix racing in 1955, but the company suffered a disaster at Le Mans, which led to their withdrawal from the sport.

Maserati finally defeated Ferrari in the final race of the 1953 F1 season at Monza, but the year belonged to Alberto Ascari and the team from Maranello.

Fangio had a new car for 1957, the Maserati 250F. It didn't make a difference, as he was still the man to beat in Grand Prix racing.

The beginning of Formula 1, the reign of Fangio, Mercedes domination, the first British champion and a rear-engined revolution.

In 1956 Peter Collins signed for Ferrari. He won three Formula One Grands Prix for the team before dying in Germany in 1958.

No-one expected Stirling Moss's tiny rear-engine Cooper to challenge for victory, but they won the opening Formula 1 race of the season with clever tactics.

Amateur drivers who ignore such restrictions as seat-belt laws and speed limits could learn from several events in the lives of the racing drivers.

The inaugural Formula 1 World Championship was dominated by Alfa Romeo. Giuseppe Farina, Luigi Fagioli and Juan-Manuel Fangio battled for the title.

Maserati hoped to threaten Ferrari's dominance in 1953, but they only managed a single victory. Ascari won back-to-back Formula 1 titles.

Aintree in 1957 was the setting for an historic event, as a British car won an F1 World Championship GP for the first time.

In the decade following the Second World War, NASCAR, Formula 1 and sports car racing all lost highly promising drivers.

Lancia were expected to challenge Mercedes during the 1955 Formula 1 season, but the Italian team was rocked by the death of their number one driver.

The post-war British GP found a home at Silverstone, an old wartime airfield. It was also where the Formula 1 World Championship started.

Alfa Romeo won the first ever Formula 1 World Championship. The Italian Grand Prix team has a rich F1 history with drivers including Farina, Fangio, Lauda and Depailler.

The race alternated between Silverstone and Aintree, while Stirling Moss made his final British GP appearance.

Jim Clark dominated the race in the sixties as the British GP visited yet another new venue.

Jody Scheckter triggerd a mass pile-up in 1973 while Peter Revson scored his maiden Formula 1 victory.

James Hunt and McLaren were controversially disqualified while Williams scored their first Grand Prix win at Silverstone.

Brands Hatch and Silverstone continued to share the GP during the eighties.

Silverstone established itself as the permanent home of Formula 1 in Britain and Mansell Mania visited the circuit.

Michael Schumacher broke his leg and David Coulthard scored a home double.

After the war the Monaco GP was run to the new Formula 1 regulations.

With only seven points between the first three in the title chase there is everything to fight for in Monaco. McLaren ran way with the race last year.

Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber and Red Bull head to the German Grand Prix with renewed optimism after a crushing 1-2 in the last Formula 1 race at Silverstone.

As the season progressed the Vanwall emerged as the best car in Formula 1. Stirling Moss won at Zandvoort in one, and Tony Brooks took victory in the Belgian GP.

Jim Clark and Lotus strolled to the F1 crown in 1963, winning seven out of ten Grand Prix races.

Valencia provided another twist in the F1 title race. Lewis Hamilton has Felipe Massa chasing him hard but it's Kimi Raikkonen who may be the one to beat at Spa.

Jenson Button, the newly crowned Formula One World Champion, wants to make history by becoming the first British man to win back-to-back titles.

Zandvoort established itself as a World Championship venue and BRM scored their first win at the track.

Following Alfa's withdrawal Ferrari became the team to beat in Grand Prix racing. Alberto Ascari was the Italian team's number one driver.

The summer of 1958 was a tragic time for Grand Prix racing. Ferrari lost two top drivers in F1 crashes at Reims and the Nurburgring.

The 1974 Formula 1 season was decided in the last race, with Emerson Fittipaldi and McLaren claiming the World Championship.

Ferrari have so far proved to be the class of the 2008 F1 field. Behind them BMW Sauber and McLaren are fighting to be best of the rest.

It is now four decades since double Formula 1 World Champion Jim Clark perished at Hockenheim. Racing fans everywhere will be remembering one of the greatest ever.

François Cevert was France's great Formula 1 hope in the 1970s, as team-mate to Jackie Stewart in the Tyrrell Grand Prix team.