Front-engine — 3 museum-grade prints from the period. Juan Manuel Fangio won five Formula One World Drivers' Championships — a record that stood from 1957 until Michael Schumacher's sixth title in 2003. Mercedes-Benz returned to Grand Prix racing in 1954 with the W196, employing fuel injection and aerodynamic body variants Fangio mastered across European circuits. Giuseppe Farina won the inaugural Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1950 driving the Alfa Romeo 158 — a supercharged 1. 5-litre machine derived from pre-war Grand Prix engineering. Alberto Ascari won consecutive Formula One World Drivers' Championships in 1952 and 1953 driving the Ferrari 500 F2 — a car so dominant it defined the early championship years. He remains the only driver to win on his Formula One debut and his first start for Ferrari.