Juan Manuel Fangio wins his fifth and final F1 world title with Maserati • Fangio scores Maserati's last GP victory after an epic drive at the Nurburgring • Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks become the first British drivers to win a GP in a British car when they share a Vanwall at Aintree • Piero Taruffi wins the last Mille Miglia in a Ferrari • Alfonso de Portago and several spectators are killed in Mille Miglia crash • Monte Carlo and RAC rallies among events cancelled when fuel coupons not issued for rallying • Jaguar finishes 1-2-3-4-6 in the Le Mans 24 Hours, but Ferrari again wins the World Sports Car crown • Jimmy Bryan wins the Race of Two Worlds at Monza • Italian ace Eugenio Castellotti is killed in testing at Modena
- Juan Manuel Fangio clinches his fifth and final world drivers' championship
- Vanwall takes the first win for a British car at Aintree, Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks sharing the drive
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