1951 F1 World Championship Season

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Juan Manuel Fangio (1st title, 2nd different world champion, 1st Argentine champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	n/a
Races:	8
Winning drivers:	Juan Manuel Fangio (3) Alberto Ascari (2) Lee Wallard (1) Giuseppe Farina (1) Luigi Fagioli (1) Jose Froilan Gonzalez (1)
Winning constructors:	Alfa Romeo (4) Ferrari (3) Kurtis Kraft (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Lee Wallard Luigi Fagioli Jose Froilan Gonzalez Alberto Ascari
First-time winners (constructor):	Ferrari

1951 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

• DT: Drivers’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Switzerland	Bremgarten	27 May	1951 Swiss Grand Prix
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	30 May	1951 Indianapolis 500
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	17 June	1951 Belgian Grand Prix
4	France	Reims	1 July	1951 French Grand Prix
5	Britain	Silverstone	14 July	1951 British Grand Prix
6	Germany	Nurburgring	29 July	1951 German Grand Prix
7	Italy	Monza	16 September	1951 Italian Grand Prix
8	Spain DT	Pedralbes	28 October	1951 Spanish Grand Prix

Race Winners

• Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Switzerland	Bremgarten	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1	55.240s
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	2	1m 47.243s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	2	2m 51.000s
4	France	Reims	Luigi Fagioli Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	7	58.200s
5	Britain	Silverstone	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	1	51.000s
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	30.500s
7	Italy	Monza	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	3	44.600s
8	Spain	Pedralbes	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	2	54.280s

Polesitters

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Switzerland	Bremgarten	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1	1.900s
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	10	0.712s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	9	3.000s
4	France	Reims	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1	1.700s
5	Britain	Silverstone	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	1	1.000s
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	1.700s
7	Italy	Monza	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	DNF	0.700s
8	Spain	Pedralbes	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	4	1.680s

Fastest Laps

• Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Switzerland	Bremgarten	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
4	France	Reims	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
5	Britain	Silverstone	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
7	Italy	Monza	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo
8	Spain	Pedralbes	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo

1951 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	31 (37)
2	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	25 (28)	-6
3	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Talbot-Lago Ferrari	24 (27)	-7
4	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	19 (22)	-12
5	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	15 (18)	-16
6	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	10	-21
7	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft	9	-22
8	Felice Bonetto	Alfa Romeo	7	-24
9	Mike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft	6	-25
10	Reg Parnell	Ferrari BRM	5	-26
11	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	4	-27
12	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	3	-28
=	Andy Linden	Sherman	3	-28
=	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	3	-28
15	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Alfa Romeo Maserati	2	-29
=	Manuel Ayulo	Kurtis Kraft	2	-29
=	Bobby Ball	Schroeder	2	-29
=	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	2	-29
=	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago	2	-29

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	CHE	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	ESP	Avg.	Best
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1		1	1	2	3	1	2	1.57	1
2	Giuseppe Farina	2		2	2	3	4	2	4	2.71	2
3	Alberto Ascari	7		4	3	4	1	3	1	3.29	1
4	Luigi Villoresi	3		3	4	5	5	5	5	4.29	3
5	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	13			6	1	2	4	3	4.83	1
6	Consalvo Sanesi	4		6	5	6				5.25	4
7	Piero Taruffi	6		5			6	6	7	6.00	5
8	Luigi Fagioli				7					7.00	7
9	Paul Pietsch						7			7.00	7
10	Felice Bonetto					7	10	7	8	8.00	7
11	Bob Gerard					10				10.00	10
12	Ken Richardson							10		10.00	10
13	Emmanuel de Graffenried	5			16		16	9	6	10.40	5
14	Henri Louveau	11								11.00	11
15	Andre Pilette			12						12.00	12
16	Brian Shawe-Taylor					12				12.00	12
17	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	15		8	11		11	14	14	12.17	8
18	Reg Parnell				9	20		8		12.33	8
19	Louis Rosier	8		7	13	9	15	15	20	12.43	7
20	Louis Chiron	19		9	8	13	13	17	12	13.00	8
21	Philippe Etancelin	12		10	10		21		13	13.20	10
22	Robert Manzon				23		9	13	9	13.50	9
23	Andre Simon				21		12	11	10	13.50	10
24	Rudi Fischer	10					8	23		13.67	8
25	Maurice Trintignant				18		14	12	11	13.75	11
26	Peter Whitehead	9			20	8		19		14.00	8
27	Stirling Moss	14								14.00	14
28	Eugene Chaboud				14					14.00	14
29	Onofre Marimon				15					15.00	15
30	Duncan Hamilton					11	20			15.50	11
31	Johnny Claes	18		11	12	14	18	21	15	15.57	11
32	Peter Hirt	16								16.00	16
33	Philip Fotheringham-Parker					16				16.00	16
34	Chico Landi							16		16.00	16
35	Georges Grignard								16	16.00	16
36	Aldo Gordini				17					17.00	17
37	John James					17				17.00	17
38	Toni Branca						17			17.00	17
39	Francisco Godia								17	17.00	17
40	Pierre Levegh			13			19	20		17.33	13
41	Joe Kelly					18				18.00	18
42	Franco Rol							18		18.00	18
43	Juan Jover								18	18.00	18
44	David Murray					15	23			19.00	15
45	Peter Walker					19				19.00	19
46	Birabongse Bhanudej								19	19.00	19
47	Harry Schell	17			22					19.50	17
48	Guy Mairesse	21			19					20.00	19
49	George Abecassis	20								20.00	20
50	Jacques Swaters						22	22		22.00	22
51	Hans Stuck							24		24.00	24

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	CHE	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	ESP	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1		9	1/11	2	2	R	1	31 (37)
2	Alberto Ascari	6		2	2/R	R	1	1	4	25 (28)
3	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	R			2	1	3	2	2	24 (27)
4	Giuseppe Farina	3		1	5	R	R	3/R	3	19 (22)
5	Luigi Villoresi	R		3	3	3	4	4	R	15 (18)
6	Piero Taruffi	2		R			5	5	R	10
7	Lee Wallard		1							9
8	Felice Bonetto					4	R	3	5	7
9	Mike Nazaruk		2							6
10	Reg Parnell				4	5		DNS		5
11	Luigi Fagioli				1/11					4
12	Consalvo Sanesi	4		R	10	6				3
=	Andy Linden		4							3
=	Louis Rosier	9		4	R	10	8	7	7	3
15	Emmanuel de Graffenried	5			R		R	R	6	2
=	Manuel Ayulo		3							2
=	Jack McGrath		3							2
=	Bobby Ball		5							2
=	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	R		5	7		R	8	R	2
	Louis Chiron	7		R	6	R	R	R	R
	Rudi Fischer	11					6	DNS
	Andre Simon				R		R	6	R
	Henry Banks		6
	Andre Pilette			6
	Robert Manzon				R		7	R	9
	Johnny Claes	13		7	R	13	11	R	R
	Carl Forberg		7
	Peter Walker					7
	Pierre Levegh			8			9	R
	Philippe Etancelin	10		R	R		R		8
	Stirling Moss	8
	Duane Carter		8
	Eugene Chaboud				8
	Brian Shawe-Taylor					8
	Guy Mairesse	14			9
	Peter Whitehead	R			R	9		R
	Tony Bettenhausen		9R
	Franco Rol							9
	Jacques Swaters						10	R
	Duke Nalon		10R
	Francisco Godia								10
	Gene Force		11R
	Bob Gerard					11
	Harry Schell	12			R
	Duncan Hamilton					12	R
	Sam Hanks		12R
	Bill Schindler		13R
	Mauri Rose		14R
	Walt Faulkner		15R
	Jimmy Davies		16R
	Fred Agabashian		17R
	Carl Scarborough		18R
	Bill Mackey		19R
	Chuck Stevenson		20R
	Johnnie Parsons		21R
	Cecil Green		22R
	Troy Ruttman		23R
	Duke Dinsmore		24R
	Chet Miller		25R
	Walt Brown		26R
	Rodger Ward		27R
	Cliff Griffith		28R
	Bill Vukovich		29R
	George Connor		30R
	Mack Hellings		31R
	Johnny McDowell		32R
	Joe James		33R
	Joe Kelly					NC
	Maurice Trintignant				R		R	R	R
	David Murray					R	DNS
	Henri Louveau	R
	George Abecassis	R
	Peter Hirt	R
	Aldo Gordini				R
	Onofre Marimon				R
	Philip Fotheringham-Parker					R
	John James					R
	Paul Pietsch						R
	Toni Branca						R
	Chico Landi							R
	Georges Grignard								R
	Birabongse Bhanudej								R
	Ken Richardson							DNS
	Hans Stuck							DNS
	Juan Jover								DNS

1951 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1951 F1 World Championship Season Statistics