1950 British Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Saturday, 13 May 1950
Winner:	Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo
Pole position:	Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo
Fastest lap:	Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo
Circuit:	Silverstone, 70 laps
Round:	1 of 7

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	70	2hr 13m 23.600s	9 FL
2		Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	70	+2.600s	6
3	+1	Reg Parnell	Alfa Romeo	70	+52.000s	4
4	+2	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	68	+2 laps	3
5	+4	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	68	+2 laps	2
6	+7	Bob Gerard	ERA (P)	67	+3 laps
7	+8	Cuth Harrison	ERA (P)	67	+3 laps
8	+6	Philippe Etancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	65	+5 laps
9	+7	David Hampshire	Maserati (P)	64	+6 laps
10	+10	Joe Fry & Brian Shawe-Taylor	Maserati (P)	64	+6 laps
11	+10	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	64	+6 laps
R		Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	62	DNF
NC		Joe Kelly	Alta (P)	57	+13 laps
R		Birabongse Bhanudej	Maserati (P)	49	DNF
R		David Murray	Maserati (P)	44	DNF
R		Geoff Crossley	Alta (P)	43	DNF
R		Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati (P)	36	DNF
R		Louis Chiron	Maserati	24	DNF
R		Eugene Martin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	8	DNF
R		Peter Walker & Tony Rolt	ERA (P)	5	DNF
R		Leslie Johnson	ERA (P)	2	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place
• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	1:50.800
2	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	1:51.000
3	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1:51.200
4	Reg Parnell	Alfa Romeo	1:52.200
5	Birabongse Bhanudej	Maserati (P)	1:52.600
6	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1:53.400
7	Eugene Martin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1:55.400
8	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati (P)	1:55.800
9	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1:56.000
10	Peter Walker	ERA (P)	1:56.600
11	Louis Chiron	Maserati	1:56.600
12	Leslie Johnson	ERA (P)	1:57.400
13	Bob Gerard	ERA (P)	1:57.400
14	Philippe Etancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1:57.800
15	Cuth Harrison	ERA (P)	1:58.400
16	David Hampshire	Maserati (P)	2:01.000
17	Geoff Crossley	Alta (P)	2:02.600
18	David Murray	Maserati (P)	2:05.600
19	Joe Kelly	Alta (P)	2:06.200
20	Joe Fry	Maserati (P)	2:07.000
21	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:08.800

Qualifying Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	1:50.800
2	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	1:51.000	0.200
3	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1:51.200	0.400
4	Reg Parnell	Alfa Romeo	1:52.200	1.400
5	Birabongse Bhanudej	Maserati (P)	1:52.600	1.800
6	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1:53.400	2.600
7	Eugene Martin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1:55.400	4.600
8	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati (P)	1:55.800	5.000
9	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1:56.000	5.200
10	Peter Walker	ERA (P)	1:56.600	5.800
11	Louis Chiron	Maserati	1:56.600	5.800
12	Leslie Johnson	ERA (P)	1:57.400	6.600
13	Bob Gerard	ERA (P)	1:57.400	6.600
14	Philippe Etancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1:57.800	7.000
15	Cuth Harrison	ERA (P)	1:58.400	7.600
16	David Hampshire	Maserati (P)	2:01.000	10.200
17	Geoff Crossley	Alta (P)	2:02.600	11.800
18	David Murray	Maserati (P)	2:05.600	14.800
19	Joe Kelly	Alta (P)	2:06.200	15.400
20	Joe Fry	Maserati (P)	2:07.000	16.200
21	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:08.800	18.000

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Giuseppe Farina	9
2	Luigi Fagioli	6
3	Reg Parnell	4
4	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	3
5	Louis Rosier	2

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Birabongse Bhanudej, Louis Chiron, Johnny Claes, Geoff Crossley, Emmanuel de Graffenried, Philippe Etancelin, Luigi Fagioli, Juan Manuel Fangio, Giuseppe Farina, Joe Fry (only start), Bob Gerard, Yves Giraud-Cabantous, David Hampshire, Cuth Harrison, Leslie Johnson (only start), Joe Kelly, Eugene Martin, David Murray, Reg Parnell, Tony Rolt, Louis Rosier, Brian Shawe-Taylor, Peter Walker

Constructor: Alfa Romeo, Alta, ERA, Maserati, Talbot-Lago

Wins

Driver: 1st for Giuseppe Farina (1st winner, 1st Italian driver)

Constructor: 1st for Alfa Romeo (1st winner)

Race 1-2

Constructor: 1st for Alfa Romeo (1st constructor to finish 1-2)

Podiums

Driver: 1st for Giuseppe Farina & Luigi Fagioli (1st & 2nd different podium finishers, 1st & 2nd Italian drivers), 1st and only for Reg Parnell (3rd different podium finisher, 1st British driver)

Constructor: 1st, 2nd & 3rd for Alfa Romeo (1st podium finisher)

Poles

Driver: 1st for Giuseppe Farina (1st polesitter, 1st Italian driver)

Constructor: 1st for Alfa Romeo (1st polesitter)

Qualifying 1-2

Constructor: 1st for Alfa Romeo (1st constructor to qualify 1-2)

Fastest laps

Driver: 1st for Giuseppe Farina (1st fastest lap setter, 1st Italian driver)

Constructor: 1st for Alfa Romeo (1st fastest lap setter)

Front row starts

Driver: 1st for Giuseppe Farina & Luigi Fagioli (1st & 2nd different front row starters, 1st & 2nd Italian drivers), 1st for Juan Manuel Fangio (3rd different front row starter, 1st Argentine driver), 1st and only for Reg Parnell (4th different front row starter, 1st British driver)

Points finishes

Driver: 1st for Giuseppe Farina & Luigi Fagioli (1st & 2nd different point scorers, 1st & 2nd Italian drivers), 1st for Reg Parnell (3rd different point scorer, 1st British driver), 1st for Yves Giraud-Cabantous & Louis Rosier (4th & 5th different point scorers, 1st & 2nd French drivers)

Pole & win

Driver: 1st and only for Giuseppe Farina (1st driver to win from pole, 1st Italian driver)

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 1st for Giuseppe Farina (1st driver to win and set the fastest lap, 1st Italian driver)

Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)

Driver: 1st and only for Giuseppe Farina (1st driver to complete a hat-trick, 1st Italian driver)

See also

• British Grand Prix
• Silverstone Circuit
• 1950 World Championship season