1950 Albi Grand Prix

France  1950 Albi Grand Prix
Race details

Circuit d'Albi
Date 16 June 1950
Official name XII Circuit de l'Albigeois
Location Albi, France
Course Street circuit
8.880 km (5.518 mi)
Distance 2x17 laps, 301.9 km (187.6 mi)
Pole position
Driver Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati
Time 3:06.7
Podium
First France Louis Rosier Talbot
Second Argentina José Froilán González Maserati
Third France Maurice Trintignant Simca-Gordini

The 1950 Albi Grand Prix (officially known as XII Circuit de l'Albigeois) was a non-championship Formula One Grand Prix held on 16 July 1950. It was the fourteenth Grand Prix of the year, counting both championship and non-championship races.

The race was contested over two heats of 17 laps after which the times were aggregated. The winner was Louis Rosier in a Talbot-Lago after finishing third and second in respectively Heat 1 and Heat 2. José Froilán González finished second in a Maserati 4CLT-48 and Maurice Trintignant came in third in a Simca-Gordini T15.

Entries

No.DriverEntrantConstructorChassisDNS/DNA
2France Raymond SommerR. SommerTalbotT26C
4France Philippe ÉtancelinP. Étancelin
6France Louis RosierÉcurie Rosier
8Italy Giuseppe FarinaDr. Giuseppe FarinaMaserati4CLT-48
10Argentina Juan Manuel FangioScuderia Achille Varzi
12Argentina José Froilán González
14Italy Nello Pagani
16Italy Luigi VilloresiScuderia FerrariFerrari275
18Italy Alberto AscariFerrari125
20France Robert ManzonÉquipe GordiniSimca-GordiniT15
22France Maurice Trintignant
24Thailand B. BiraEnrico PlatéMaserati4CLT-48
26Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried
28Italy Felice BonettoScuderia Milano4CLT-48DNA
30Italy Gianfranco ComottiMilanoDNA
32Belgium Johnny ClaesÉcurie BelgeTalbotT26C
34France Pierre LeveghP. Levegh
36France Yves Giraud-CabantousY. Giraud Cabantous
France Pierre MeyratDNS - Giraud-Cabantous started in this car

Qualifying results

Pos.DriverConstructorTimeGap
1 Juan Manuel FangioMaserati3:06.7
2 José Froilán González3:08.6+1.9
3 Raymond SommerTalbot3:10.0+3.3
4 Giuseppe FarinaMaserati3:11.0+4.3
5 Louis RosierTalbot3:12.6+5.9
6 Luigi VilloresiFerrari3:12.7+6.0
7 Philippe ÉtancelinTalbot3:15.4+8.7
8 Alberto AscariFerrari3:16.0+9.3
9 Yves Giraud-CabantousTalbot3:16.8+10.1
10 Johnny Claes3:21.3+14.6
11 Pierre Levegh3:23.4+16.7
12 Nello PaganiMaserati3:27.5+20.8
13 Maurice TrintignantSimca-Gordini3:30.6+23.9
14 Robert Manzon3:31.5+24.8
15 Prince BiraMaseratiNo time
16 Emmanuel de Graffenried

Race results

Heat 1

Pos.DriverConstructorTime (Diff.)/DNFGrid
1 Raymond SommerTalbot55:53.63
2 Juan Manuel FangioMaserati+0.51
3 Louis RosierTalbot+27.65
4 José Froilán GonzálezMaserati+1:14.62
5 Maurice TrintignantSimca-Gordini+2:42.613
6 Nello PaganiMaserati+1 lap12
7 Pierre LeveghTalbot+1 lap11
8 Robert ManzonSimca-Gordini+1 lap14
9 Alberto AscariFerrari+1 lap8
10 Johnny ClaesTalbot+2 laps10
Giuseppe FarinaMaseratiNC4
Emmanuel de Graffenried16
Luigi VilloresiFerrariDNF - Ignition6
Prince BiraMaseratiDNF - rear axle15
Yves Giraud-CabantousTalbotDNF - rear axle9
Philippe ÉtancelinDNF - driver injured7

Heat 2

Pos.DriverConstructorTime (Diff.)/DNF/DNSGrid
1 José Froilán GonzálezMaserati56:27.74
2 Louis RosierTalbot+19.73
3 Giuseppe FarinaMaserati+2:37.811
4 Pierre LeveghTalbot+3:33.57
5 Maurice TrintignantSimca-Gordini+1 lap5
6 Robert Manzon8
7 Nello PaganiMaserati6
8 Emmanuel de Graffenried12
Johnny ClaesTalbotNC10
Philippe ÉtancelinDNF - valve13
Alberto AscariFerrariDNF9
Raymond SommerTalbotDNS - damaged car1
Juan Manuel FangioMaseratiDNS - oil leak2

Overall

Pos.DriverConstructorTime (Diff.)
1 Louis RosierTalbot1:53:08.6
2 José Froilán GonzálezMaserati+27.3
3 Maurice TrintignantSimca-Gordini+1 lap
4 Pierre LeveghTalbot
5 Robert ManzonSimca-Gordini+2 laps
6 Nello PaganiMaserati
7 Giuseppe Farina+3 laps
8 Johnny ClaesTalbot+5 laps
9 Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati+7 laps
10 Alberto AscariFerrari
11 Raymond SommerTalbot+17 laps
12 Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
13 Luigi VilloresiFerrari
14 Philippe ÉtancelinTalbot
15 Yves Giraud-Cabantous
16 Prince BiraMaserati

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