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While reading through the article, I saw that there was no mention of Farina's involvement in two fatal accidents during pre-war racing. Stirling Moss has gone so far as to call Farina a "bastard" and Enzo Ferrari specifically defended him against accusations that he was dangerous in his autobiography. I've tried to be as factual and impartial as possible - most people tend to implicate Farina directly, but we may never know for sure what happened, so I felt that leaving it at "involved" was the best way to handle it. I cited both Leif Snellman's excellent resource and an article on 8W. Seanobr 02:16, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
The number of podiums (20) includes both 2nd and 3rd place at the 1955 Argentine Grand Prix. DH85868993 23:45, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
formula1.com says his name is Giuseppe Antonio Farina, not Emilio Giuseppe Farina... Which is to be believed? -Fred Bradstadt 12:25, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
Is there any connection between this person and the one mentioned on the Pininfarina? I suspect that the mention of "Giuseppe Farina" on that page is mistaken and it actually should be Battista Farina--but I know next to nothing about Italian race car drivers. See Talk:Pininfarina for what little I could find out. older≠wiser 14:44, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
Given the time of the year (end of june) and the elevation of the alpine region, where the accident occured (Aiguebelle, ranging from 310 to 1008 metres) this seems a bit hard to believe - any references? 77.12.38.226 (talk) 13:37, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
(Furthermore - looking at the topographic features of Aiguebelle commune, there seems to be only one historical main road running through that small community, which basically follows the river L'Arc. As its elevation is only around 320 metres, it's very hard to believe that there could have been any ice on it on june 30, 1966, even at night.) 77.12.38.226 (talk) 14:14, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Farina was involved in filming Frankenheimer's "Grand Prix", but he wasn't heading to the 1966 French Grand Prix to do so. Frankenheimer set up his own fictional French Grand Prix and filmed it at Clermont Ferrand, presumably because either "Toto" Roche wanted too much for him to film at Reims or he had signed up with the rival Warner Bros./Steve McQueen film (like the Nurburgring, which is why there is no German Grand Prix in Frankenheimer's film. Ambak51 (talk) 17:06, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
There is a little question whether the youngest records of scoring podium and scoring points (above) at the 1950 British Grand Prix in the bottom of this article should be removed or not. It's clear that Farina (43 years, 195 days old; race winner) crossed the line before Reg Parnell (38 years, 315 days old; 3rd) at the 1950 British Grand Prix. Then, there is a question whether we should consider Farina to have made the youngest records once before Parnell. I removed these records once from this article because I thought a race result is not fixed before race stewards finalize it and it is fixed as "at same time". But, it's depends on when the race results are fixed (I don't know how it was in 1950) and when the records are fixed (interpretation may be various). Then, I re-thought my edit did not have enough basis to ignore the record of Farina. About these records, I would like to request comment. Anyway, I think it is better to add a small annotation about new records set at the same race if keep these records in this article.--Morio (talk) 15:37, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
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