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Home / Seasons / 1950 F1 World Championship Season / 1950 French Grand Prix

1950 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 July 1950
Winner
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Alfa Romeo
Pole position
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Alfa Romeo
Fastest lap
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Alfa Romeo
CircuitReims, 64 laps
Round6 of 7
Race numbers

The 1950 French Grand Prix was the

  • 6th World Championship race
  • 1st World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Reims
More 1950 season
More French Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioAlfa Romeo642hr 57m 52.800s9 FL
2+1Italy flag lazyload Luigi FagioliAlfa Romeo64+25.700s6
3+16United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter WhiteheadFerrari (privateer)61+3 laps4
4+9France flag lazyload Robert ManzonSimca-Gordini61+3 laps3
5-1
  • France flag lazyload Philippe Etancelin
  • France flag lazyload Eugene Chaboud
Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)59+5 laps
  • 1
  • 1
6+10
  • France flag lazyload Charles Pozzi
  • France flag lazyload Louis Rosier
Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)56+8 laps 
7-5Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe FarinaAlfa Romeo55DNF 
8-3France flag lazyload Yves Giraud-CabantousTalbot-Lago-Talbot52+12 laps 
R France flag lazyload Pierre LeveghTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)37DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Felice BonettoMaserati-Milano15DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)12DNF 
R France flag lazyload Louis RosierTalbot-Lago-Talbot11DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Reg ParnellMaserati (privateer)10DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Franco RolMaserati7DNF 
R Monaco flag lazyload Louis ChironMaserati7DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload David HampshireMaserati (privateer)6DNF 
R France flag lazyload Raymond SommerTalbot-Lago-Talbot5DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan GonzalezMaserati (privateer)4DNF 
Did not start
  France flag lazyload Eugene ChaboudTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)   
  Italy flag lazyload Alberto AscariFerrari   
  Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiFerrari   

Notes

  • Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi withdrew from the Grand Prix after Ferrari withdrew their works team entries.

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:30.600

PosDriverConstructor
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioAlfa Romeo
2Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe FarinaAlfa Romeo
3Italy flag lazyload Luigi FagioliAlfa Romeo
4France flag lazyload Philippe EtancelinTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
5France flag lazyload Yves Giraud-CabantousTalbot-Lago-Talbot
6France flag lazyload Louis RosierTalbot-Lago-Talbot
7Italy flag lazyload Franco RolMaserati
8Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan GonzalezMaserati (privateer)
9France flag lazyload Pierre LeveghTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
10  
11Italy flag lazyload Felice BonettoMaserati-Milano
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Reg ParnellMaserati (privateer)
13France flag lazyload Robert ManzonSimca-Gordini
14Monaco flag lazyload Louis ChironMaserati
15Belgium flag lazyload Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
16France flag lazyload Charles PozziTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
17France flag lazyload Raymond SommerTalbot-Lago-Talbot
18United Kingdom flag lazyload David HampshireMaserati (privateer)
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter WhiteheadFerrari (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1950 French Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio26
2Italy flag lazyload Luigi Fagioli24
3Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina22
4France flag lazyload Louis Rosier10
5USA flag lazyload Johnnie Parsons9
6Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari8
7USA flag lazyload Bill Holland6
8Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse Bhanudej5
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Reg Parnell4
=Monaco flag lazyload Louis Chiron4
=USA flag lazyload Mauri Rose4
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Whitehead4
13France flag lazyload Yves Giraud-Cabantous3
=France flag lazyload Raymond Sommer3
=USA flag lazyload Cecil Green3
=France flag lazyload Robert Manzon3
17Italy flag lazyload Felice Bonetto2
18USA flag lazyload Tony Bettenhausen1
=USA flag lazyload Joie Chitwood1
=France flag lazyload Philippe Etancelin1
=France flag lazyload Eugene Chaboud1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Charles Pozzi (only start), Peter Whitehead
Last start
David Hampshire
Wins
3rd for Juan Manuel Fangio NEW RECORD
5th for Alfa Romeo
Race 1-2
4th for Alfa Romeo
Podiums
4th for Luigi Fagioli NEW RECORD, 3rd for Juan Manuel Fangio, 1st and only for Peter Whitehead (11th different podium finisher, 2nd British driver)
9th & 10th for Alfa Romeo (1st constructor to score ten podiums), 2nd for Ferrari
Poles
3rd for Juan Manuel Fangio NEW RECORD
5th for Alfa Romeo
Qualifying 1-2
5th for Alfa Romeo
Fastest laps
2nd for Juan Manuel Fangio
5th for Alfa Romeo
Front row starts
5th for Juan Manuel Fangio & Giuseppe Farina, 4th and last for Luigi Fagioli
Points finishes
1st and only for Peter Whitehead (18th different point scorer, 2nd British driver), 1st for Robert Manzon (19th different point scorer, 4th French driver), 1st and only for Eugene Chaboud (20th different point scorer, 5th French driver), 1st for Philippe Etancelin (21st different point scorer, 6th French driver)
Pole & win
2nd for Juan Manuel Fangio NEW RECORD
Win & fastest lap
2nd for Juan Manuel Fangio EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Giuseppe Farina)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
2nd for Juan Manuel Fangio NEW RECORD

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Reims circuit
  • 1950 World Championship season

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