1950 Formula One season

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1950 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1950 Formula One season included the inaugural FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on May 13, 1950, and ended on September 3 after 7 races. The championship consisted of six Formula One races in Europe plus the Indianapolis 500, which was run to AAA/USAC regulations.

Numerous other Formula One races, which did not count towards the Championship, were also held during the year.

1 Season summary
2 Season review
- 2.1 Grands Prix
3 Teams and Drivers
- 3.1 Driver line-ups
4 1950 Drivers Championship final standings
5 Non-Championship race results
6 Notes

[edit] Season summary

The inaugural World Championship, to a formula which specified engine capacity of 1.5 litres supercharged or 4.5 litres unsupercharged, saw Alfa Romeo dominate with their supercharged 158, a well-developed pre-war design, which won all six European Grands Prix. Alfa drivers consequently dominated the championship with Farina edging out Fangio by virtue of his fourth place in Belgium. Although the Indianapolis 500, which ran to different regulations, was included in the championship series until 1960, it attracted very little European participation and, conversely, very few American Indianapolis drivers entered any grand prix.

Championship points were given to top 5 finishers (8, 6, 4, 3, 2). 1 point was given for the fastest lap. Only the best four of seven scores counted towards the World Championship. Points for shared drives were divided equally between the drivers, regardless of how many laps each driver drove.

[edit] Season review

In this first World Championship season, 14 teams (4 works and 10 independent) participated, alongside a number of privately entered cars, in the 6 European Grands Prix. Only US teams, constructors and drivers participated in the Indianapolis 500. The chassis, engine and car numbers varied from race to race.

[edit] Grands Prix

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Tyre	Report
1	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	May 13	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	P	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	May 21	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	P	Report
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	May 30	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	F	Report
4	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	June 4	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	P	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	June 18	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	P	Report
6	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	July 2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	P	Report
7	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	September 3	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	P	Report

[edit] Teams and Drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1950 FIA Formula One World Championship.

[edit] Driver line-ups

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Driver
Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158/50	Alfa Romeo 1.5 L8 Supercharged	P	Giuseppe Farina
					Juan Manuel Fangio
					Luigi Fagioli
					Reg Parnell
					Consalvo Sanesi
					Piero Taruffi

[edit] 1950 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	GBR	MON	500	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA	Pts.
1	Nino Farina	1*	Ret		1*	4*	7	1	30
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ret	1*		Ret	1	1*	Ret* / Ret†	27
3	Luigi Fagioli	2	Ret		2	2	2	3	24 (28)
4	Louis Rosier	5	Ret		3	3	6†	4	13
5	Alberto Ascari		2		Ret	5		2†	11
6	Johnnie Parsons			1*					9
7	Bill Holland			2					6
8	Prince Bira	Ret	5		4			Ret	5
9	Peter Whitehead						3	7	4
10	Louis Chiron	Ret	3		9		Ret	Ret	4
11	Reg Parnell	3					Ret		4
12	Mauri Rose			3					4
13	Dorino Serafini							2†	3
14	Yves Giraud Cabantous	4			Ret	Ret	8		3
15	Raymond Sommer		4		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
16	Robert Manzon		Ret				4	Ret	3
17	Cecil Green			4					3
18	Philippe Etancelin	8	Ret		Ret	Ret	5†	5	3
19	Felice Bonetto				5		Ret	Ret	2
20	Eugene Chaboud					Ret	5†		1
21	Joie Chitwood			5†					1
22	Tony Bettenhausen			5†					1
23	Toulo de Graffenried	Ret	Ret		6			6	0
24	Bob Gerard	6	6						0
25	Luigi Villoresi		Ret		Ret	6			0
26	Lee Wallard			6					0
27	Charles Pozzi						6†		0
28	Johnny Claes	11	7		10	8	Ret	Ret	0
29	Cuth Harrison	7	Ret					Ret	0
30	Pierre Levegh					7	Ret	Ret	0
31	Walt Faulkner			7					0
32	Nello Pagani				7				0
33	Harry Schell		Ret		8				0
34	George Connor			8					0
35	Geoff Crossley	NC				9			0
36	David Hampshire	9					Ret		0
37	Paul Russo			9					0
38	Toni Branca				11	10			0
39	Pat Flaherty			10					0
40	Brian Shawe Taylor	10†							0
41	Joe Fry	10†							0
42	Myron Fohr			11					0
43	Duane Carter			12					0
44	Mack Hellings			13					0
45	Jack McGrath			14					0
46	Troy Ruttman			15					0
47	Gene Hartley			16					0
48	Jimmy Davies			17					0
49	Johnny McDowell			18					0
50	Walt Brown			19					0
51	Spider Webb			20					0
52	Jerry Hoyt			21					0
53	Walt Ader			22					0
54	Jackie Holmes			23					0
55	Jim Rathmann			24					0
—	Joe Kelly	NC							0
—	Franco Rol		Ret				Ret	Ret	0
—	Eugene Martin	Ret			Ret				0
—	José Froilán González		Ret				Ret		0
—	David Murray	Ret						Ret	0
—	Maurice Trintignant		Ret					Ret	0
—	Leslie Johnson	Ret							0
—	Peter Walker	Ret†							0
—	Tony Rolt	Ret†							0
—	Bill Schindler			Ret					0
—	Fred Agabashian			Ret					0
—	Jimmy Jackson			Ret					0
—	Sam Hanks			Ret					0
—	Dick Rathmann			Ret					0
—	Duke Dinsmore			Ret					0
—	Bayliss Levrett			Ret†					0
—	Bill Cantrell			Ret†					0
—	Guy Mairesse							Ret	0
—	Paul Pietsch							Ret	0
—	Clemente Biondetti							Ret	0
—	Henri Louveau							Ret	0
—	Franco Comotti							Ret	0
—	Consalvo Sanesi							Ret	0
—	Piero Taruffi							Ret†	0
Pos.	Driver	GBR	MON	500	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) - from 2003 onwards
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Injured or ill (Inj)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

* Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
† Position shared between more drivers of the same car
Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

[edit] Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races, which did not count towards the World Championship, also held in 1950.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
XI Grand Prix de Pau	Pau	April 10	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
II Richmond Trophy	Goodwood	April 10	Reg Parnell	Maserati	Report
V San Remo Grand Prix	Sanremo	April 16	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Report
IV Grand Prix de Paris	Paris	April 30	Georges Grignard	Talbot-Lago	Report
XII British Empire Trophy	Douglas	June 15	Bob Gerard	ERA	Report
IV Gran Premio di Bari	Bari	July 9	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	Report
IV J.C.C. Jersey Road Race	Jersey	July 13	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	Report
XII Circuit de l'Albigeois	Albi	July 16	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	Report
I Grote Prijs van Nederland	Zandvoort	July 23	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	Report
III Grand Prix des Nations	Geneve	July 30	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Report
I Nottingham Trophy	Gamston	August 7	David Hampshire	Maserati	Report
IV Ulster Trophy	Dundrod	August 12	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	Report
XIX Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	August 15	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Report
II BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	August 26	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	Report
III Goodwood Trophy	Goodwood	September 30	Reg Parnell	BRM	Report
X Gran Premio de Penya Rhin	Pedralbes	October 29	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Report