Fifty-six drivers raced it in the world championship and 17 made their debuts in it. Both those figures are nearly twice the numbers of the next-highest car on each list. The Maserati 250F was placid enough to introduce more drivers to Formula 1 than any other car, yet good enough to win a title and last throughout an entire regulations cycle.
But it’s also something of a contradiction. Often cited as one of the greatest grand prix cars, it was neither particularly groundbreaking nor an F1 dominator. Only Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss won world championship races in it, amassing just eight victories. And it’s probably fair to say that those two 1950s aces would have won in pretty much anything they drove during the period. The 250F is an F1 great for slightly different reasons than most legends.
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