Sixty-eight years after its last appearance at Silverstone, the Alfa Romeo Tipo 159 "Alfetta" returned to the British Grand Prix circuit in 2019 in the hands of Alfa Romeo racing driver Kimi Raikkonen.

The first world championship race had three scarlet Alfas on the front row at Silverstone, Briton Reg Parnell in fourth. The Alfas built up a sizeable lead, and it took 70 laps – nearly two hours and 15 minutes – for the race to be decided.

Nino Farina triumphed over Luigi Fagioli, British driver Reg Parnell coming in third as Juan Manuel Fangio retired from the first-ever F1 race. But it was still a 1-2-3 finish of Tipo 158 "Alfettas".

It was a year of domination from the Alfa Romeo trio: Farina, Fangio and Fagioli would go on to win six of the seven world championship races that season and it was Farina who went on to become Formula 1's first world champion.