Farina, born in Turin, Italy and nicknamed "Nino," was a doctor of engineering and nephew of PininFarina of the coach building company.
Sadly for Farina, he was just reaching his peak as a driver at the outbreak of World War II, and it would be another eight years before he would win a major race.
Farina's first win for Ferrari, and the last of his 5 World Championship wins, came at the Nurburgring in the 1953 German Grand Prix.
Battista "Pinin"Farina (November 2, 1893 - April 3, 1966) was the founder of the Pininfarina coachbuilding company, and is synonymous with some of the best-known classic Italian sports cars.
Giovanni Battista Farina was born in Turin, Italy, in 1893.
Pinin started working in his brother, Giovanni's, body shop at the age of 12 and since then his interest in cars was born.
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