1950 British Grand Prix

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  1950 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 7 in the 1950 Formula One season.
Silverstone Circuit in 1948 configuration
Date	May 13, 1950
Official name	III RAC British Grand Prix XI Grand Prix d'Europe
Location	Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, England
Course	Permanent racing difficult 2.888,7 mi / 4.649 km
Distance	70 laps, 202.212 mi / 325.430 km
Weather	Sunny
Pole
Driver	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo
Time	1:50.8
Fastest Lap
Driver	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo
Time	1:50.6 (on lap of 70)
Podium
First	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo
Second	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo
Third	Reg Parnell	Alfa Romeo

The 1950 British Grand Prix was the first round of the 1950 World Drivers Championship and the fifth Formula One race of the season, following the Pau Grand Prix and San Remo Grand Prix (both won by Juan Manuel Fangio), the Richmond Trophy (won by Reg Parnell) and the Paris Grand Prix (won by Georges Grignard).

Contents 1 Report 2 Entries 3 Classification 3.1 Qualifying 3.2 Starting Grid Positions 3.3 Race 3.4 Fastest laps in race 4 Notes

[edit] Report

Held on May 13 at Silverstone Circuit, and also designated as the Grand Prix of Europe for 1950, this very first World Championship round was attended by King George, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, and Earl & Lady Mountbatten.

The Alfa Romeo factory team arrived at circuit with four 158s (for Fangio, Farina, Fagioli & Parnell). Ferrari decided not to take part but there were a handful of Maseratis, one a factory car for Louis Chiron and Talbot-Lago sent over two factory cars to be driven by Yves Giraud-Cabantous and Eugene Martin. The rest of the field was made up of local machinery, which included ERAs and Altas.

Farina was fastest in qualifying and the other three Alfas were alongside him on the front row. The second row consisted of Prince Bira in a Maserati and the two factory Talbot Lagos. Felice Bonetto was the only driver who did not take part in qualifying and would not take part in the race. At the start of the race, Farina took the lead with Fagioli and Fangio in pursuit. In the early laps they switched around between themselves several times to keep everyone amused. Fangio went out with engine troubles and so Farina led Fagioli home by 2.5 seconds with Parnell a distant third. The nearest challenger was Giraud-Cabantous two laps down, Bira having gone out with a fuel problem.

[edit] Entries

No	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo L8s	P
2	Nino Farina	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo L8s	P
3	Luigi Fagioli	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo L8s	P
4	Reg Parnell	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo L8s	P
5	David Murray	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati L4s	D
6	David Hampshire	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati L4s	D
8	Leslie Johnson	Taso Mathieson	ERA	ERA E	ERA L6s	D
9	Peter Walker	Private	ERA	ERA E	ERA L6s	D
10	Joe Fry	Private	Maserati	Maserati 4CL	Maserati L4s	D
11	Cuth Harrison	Private	ERA	ERA B	ERA L6s	D
12	Bob Gerard	Private	ERA	ERA B/C	ERA L6s	D
14	Yves Giraud Cabantous	Automobiles Talbot-Darracq SA	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot L6	D
15	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot L6	D
16	Philippe Étancelin	Private	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot L6	D
17	Eugène Martin	Automobiles Talbot-Darracq SA	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot L6	D
18	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot L6	D
19	Louis Chiron	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati L4s	P
20	Toulo de Graffenried	Enrico Platé	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati L4s	P
21	Prince Bira	Enrico Platé	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati L4s	P
22	Felice Bonetto	Scuderia Milano	Maserati	Maserati Milano 4CLT-50	Maserati L4s	P
23	Joe Kelly	Private	Alta	Alta GP	Alta L4s	D
24	Geoff Crossley	Private	Alta	Alta GP	Alta L4s	D

[edit] Classification

[edit] Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	2	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	1'50.8	-
2	3	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	1'51.0	+ 0.2
3	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1'51.2	+ 0.4
4	4	Reg Parnell	Alfa Romeo	1'52.2	+ 1.4
5	21	Prince Bira	Maserati	1'52.6	+ 1.8
6	14	Yves Giraud Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1'53.4	+ 2.6
7	17	Eugene Martin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1'55.4	+ 4.6
8	20	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	1'55.8	+ 5.0
9	15	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1'56.0	+ 5.2
10	9	Peter Walker	ERA	1'56.6	+ 5.8
11	19	Louis Chiron	Maserati	1'56.6	+ 5.8
12	8	Leslie Johnson	ERA	1'57.4	+ 6.6
13	12	Bob Gerard	ERA	1'57.4	+ 6.6
14	16	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1'57.8	+ 7.0
15	11	Cuth Harrison	ERA	1'58.4	+ 7.6
16	6	David Hampshire	Maserati	2'01.0	+ 10.2
17	24	Geoff Crossley	Alta	2'02.6	+ 11.8
18	5	David Murray	Maserati	2'05.6	+ 14.8
19	23	Joe Kelly	Alta	2'06.2	+ 15.4
20	10	Joe Fry	Maserati	2'07.0	+ 16.2
21	18	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	2'08.2	+ 17.4
DNQ	22	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	no time	not qualified

[edit] Starting Grid Positions

1st Row	4 Pos.		3 Pos.		2 Pos.		1 Pos.
	Parnell Alfa Romeo 1'52.2		Fangio Alfa Romeo 1'51.2		Fagioli Alfa Romeo 1'51.0		Farina Alfa Romeo 1'50.8
2nd Row		7 Pos.		6 Pos.		5 Pos.
		Martin Talbot-Lago 1'55.4		Cabantous Talbot-Lago 1'53.4		Bira Maserati 1'52.6
3rd Row	11 Pos.		10 Pos.		9 Pos.		8 Pos.
	Chiron Maserati 1'56.6		Walker ERA 1'56.6		Rosier Talbot-Lago 1'56.0		Graffenried Maserati 1'55.8
4th Row		14 Pos.		13 Pos.		12 Pos.
		Étancelin Talbot-Lago 1'57.8		Gerard ERA 1'57.4		Johnson ERA 1'57.4
5th Row	18 Pos.		17 Pos.		16 Pos.		15 Pos.
	Murray Maserati 2'05.6		Crossley Alta 2'02.6		Hampshire Maserati 2'01.0		Harrison ERA 1'58.4
6th Row		21 Pos.		20 Pos.		19 Pos.
		Claes Talbot-Lago 2'08.2		Fry Maserati 2'07.0		Kelly Alta 2'06.2

[edit] Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Distance	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	2	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	70	325.430 Km	2:13'23.6	1	9
2	3	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	70	325.430 Km	+ 2.6	2	6
3	4	Reg Parnell	Alfa Romeo	70	325.430 Km	+ 52.0	4	4
4	14	Yves Giraud Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	68	316.132 Km	+ 2 Laps	6	3
5	15	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	68	316.132 Km	+ 2 Laps	9	2
6	12	Bob Gerard	ERA	67	311.483 Km	+ 3 Laps	13
7	11	Cuth Harrison	ERA	67	311.483 Km	+ 3 Laps	15
8	16	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	65	302.185 Km	+ 5 Laps	14
9	6	David Hampshire	Maserati	64	297.536 Km	+ 6 Laps	16
10	10	Joe Fry	Maserati	45	209.205 Km	Car Shared	20
Shr	10	Brian Shawe Taylor	Maserati	19	88.331 Km	+ 6 Laps
11	18	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	64	297.536 Km	+ 6 Laps	21
Ret	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	62	288.238 Km	Oil Leak	3
NC	23	Joe Kelly	Alta	57	264.993 Km	Not classified	19
Ret	21	Prince Bira	Maserati	49	227.801 Km	Out of fuel	5
Ret	5	David Murray	Maserati	44	204.556 Km	Engine	18
NC	24	Geoff Crossley	Alta	43	199.907 Km	Not classified	17
Ret	20	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	36	167.364 Km	Engine	8
Ret	19	Louis Chiron	Maserati	26	120.874 Km	Clutch	11
Ret	17	Eugene Martin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	8	37.192 Km	Oil pressure	7
Ret	9	Peter Walker	ERA	2	9.298 Km	Car Shared	10
Shr	9	Tony Rolt	ERA	3	13.947 Km	Gearbox
Ret	8	Leslie Johnson	ERA	2	9.298 Km	Compressor	12

[edit] Fastest laps in race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Lap	Pts
1	2	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	1'50.6	-	2	1
2	14	Yves Giraud Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1'53.4	+ 2.8	41
3	15	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1'55.4	+ 4.8	10
4	16	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1'57.4	+ 6.8	31
5	18	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	2'08.8	+ 18.2	29

[edit] Notes

• Drivers: 22 competing, 21 qualified for race, 11 classified.
• Numbers: #7 and #13 not assigned.
• Pole position: Nino Farina – 1'50.8, average speed 151.051 Km/h
• Fastest Lap: Nino Farina – 1'50.6, average speed 151.024 Km/h
• Race Winner: Nino Farina – 2:13'23.6, average speed 146.378 Km/h
• Lap Leaders:
  • Nino Farina 63 laps (1-9, 16-37 and 39-70)
  • Luigi Fagioli 6 laps (10-15)
  • Juan Manuel Fangio 1 lap (38).
• Shared Drives:
  • Car #10: Joe Fry (first 45 laps) then Brian Shawe Taylor (19 laps) – Total 64 laps, distance 297.536 Km
  • Car #9: Peter Walker (2 laps) then Tony Rolt (3 laps) – Total 5 laps, distance 23.245 Km
• Race Records:
  • Drivers: First Hat Trick in World Championship history for Nino Farina: scored Pole, Fastest Lap and Victory in same race. Farina was leader for 63 of the 70 laps; and therefore failed to clinch the Grand Chelem only for the sake of not leading 7 laps.
  • Constructors: First Royal Flush in World Championship history for Alfa Romeo: scored Pole, Fastest Lap, Victory (Farina), leading the entire race with Farina, Fagioli and Fangio and placed three cars in the first three positions with Farina, Fagioli and Parnell. During qualifying sessions Alfa Romeos filled all four places on the first row.

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