Ferrari 125

The Ferrari 125 F1 was Scuderia Ferrari's first Formula One car. It was used by the Italian team during the and seasons in a total of eight World Championship Grands Prix, having previously been used in Grands Prix in 1948 and 1949. 
== Ferrari 125 in Action ==
For 1950, the first year of World Championship racing Ferrari used the Ferrari 125 and had three factory drivers, Italians Alberto Ascari & Luigi Villoresi and Frenchman Raymond Sommer.
The team were not present at Silverstone for the first round of the championship but figured well at Monaco where many of the drivers were involved in the first lap accident that claimed 10 of the cars.
Ascari and Sommer escaped the drama and Villoresi survived but stalled, after he got going again he charged through the field, overtaking his teammate and friend Ascari for second before retiring with a damaged rear axel. Ascari would finish second with Sommer 4th.
The next race they entered was round 4, the Swiss GP at Bremgarten but all Ferrari's retired early on with mechanical problems. Sommer only managed to qualify thirteenth in Switzerland and was dropped by the team for round 5 at Spa-Francochamps.
At Spa Sommer was on fire, passing the Ferrari's in his ageing Talbot-Lago and became the first driver none Alfa 
Romeo driver to lead a race but blew his engine in the process. Sommer had starred whilst the Ferrari's of Ascari and Villoresi had snook home and disappointing 5th and 6th.
The team moved onto to France but Enzo Ferrari was not satsified with the pace of his cars and pulled them out of the race whilst privateer Peter Whitehead brough his Ferrari 125 home 3rd after starting from the back.
Ferrari spent time testing a new car at Geneva, the Ferrari 375 which would be the factory car from this point onwards.
==Complete Formula One Results==
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| Peter Whitehead
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| Luigi Villoresi
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| Alberto Ascari
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| Raymond Sommer
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==Victories==
Non-Championship Events
Date 	Location 	Driver
October 24, 1948 	Garda Circuit, Salo 	Giussepe Farina
July 3, 1949 	Switzerland Grand Prix, Bern 	Alberto Ascari
July 31, 1949 	Zandvoort Grand Prix 	Luigi Villoresi
August 20, 1949 	Daily Express Trophy, Silverstone 	 Alberto Ascari
September 11, 1949	Italian Grand Prix, Monza 	 Alberto Ascari
September 25, 1949	Masaryk Circuit, Brno 	 Peter Whitehead
July 13, 1950 	Jersey Road Race 	 Peter Whitehead
August 12, 1950 	Ulster Trophy, Dundrod 	 Peter Whitehead
October 1, 1950 	Interstate Race, Interlagos 	Chico Landi
January 25, 1951 	Sao Paulo Grand Prix 	 Chico Landi
May 20, 1951 	Governador Noguera Garcez Race, Interlagos	 Chico Landi
June 28, 1951 	Boa Vista Grand Prix, Rio de Janiero 	 Chico Landi
==Notes==
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Category:Ferrari Cars
Category:1950 Cars
Category:1951 Cars