Ferrari on 14 July: first F1 win and history
On 14 July 1951, José Froilán González won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and delivered Ferrari’s first Formula 1 World Championship victory. That breakthrough makes this one of the most significant dates in Ferrari history, but it is also associated with later British Grand Prix victories, podium finishes and driver anniversaries.
Explore Ferrari’s results and milestones from 14 July across the years below, followed by the stories behind some of the date’s standout moments.
July 14 in Ferrari Formula 1 history
Explore Ferrari Grand Prix results, qualifying and Sprint sessions, driver birthdays, remembrance dates and selected milestones connected with this day.
Ferrari milestones on July 14
Ferrari scored its first Formula 1 World Championship victory
José Froilán González won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on 14 July 1951, delivering Ferrari’s first victory in the Formula 1 World Championship.
Ferrari Grands Prix held on July 14
Ferrari driver birthdays on July 14
Chico Landi
Chico Landi was born in 1907. Ferrari record: 1 Ferrari F1 starts.
Race, qualifying, Sprint and Ferrari driver biographical dates are generated from the locally processed F1DB dataset. Session anniversaries are shown only when an explicit session date is available in the source. Selected non-race Ferrari milestones are curated separately from Ferrari sources. Historical shared-car result rows are preserved without inventing additional Grand Prix starts.
14 July 1951: Ferrari’s first Formula 1 championship win
José Froilán González gave Ferrari its first World Championship Grand Prix victory at Silverstone, beating Juan Manuel Fangio’s Alfa Romeo in the 1951 British Grand Prix. Driving the Ferrari 375 F1, the Argentine established a landmark in the team’s early championship history.
Luigi Villoresi finished third, putting a second Ferrari on the podium. The result made 14 July a defining anniversary for the Scuderia: the date on which Ferrari became a Formula 1 World Championship race winner.
Explore the career behind that breakthrough in our José Froilán González F1 records and statistics.
14 July 1956: Juan Manuel Fangio wins for Ferrari
Five years later, another British Grand Prix took place at Silverstone on the same calendar date. This time, Juan Manuel Fangio won for Ferrari, while Alfonso de Portago and Peter Collins shared the car classified second.
Shared drives were permitted in this period of Formula 1. That is why historical results can show two drivers credited with the same finishing position, and why a driver can appear more than once when competing in different cars during a race.
Later Ferrari podiums on 14 July
The British Grand Prix returned to this date in several later seasons. Alain Prost finished third for Ferrari at Silverstone on 14 July 1991, while Charles Leclerc took third place in the 2019 race.
Other British Grands Prix held on 14 July include the 1973, 1979 and 1996 editions. The results above bring those races together, allowing you to compare Ferrari’s fortunes across different generations rather than looking at a single season.
Explore another day in Ferrari history
This page brings together events recorded specifically on 14 July, regardless of year. For today’s anniversaries or another date, visit our Ferrari On This Day history calendar.
