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Home / Seasons / 1951 F1 World Championship Season / 1951 British Grand Prix

1951 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 14 July 1951
Winner
  • Jose Froilan Gonzalez
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Jose Froilan Gonzalez
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Giuseppe Farina
  • Alfa Romeo
CircuitSilverstone, 90 laps
Round5 of 8
Race numbers

The 1951 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 12th World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Silverstone
More 1951 season
More British Grands Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezFerrari902hr 42m 18.200s8
2 (ARG) Juan Manuel FangioAlfa Romeo90+51.000s6
3+2(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari88+2 laps4
4+3(ITA) Felice BonettoAlfa Romeo87+3 laps3
5+15(GBR) Reg ParnellBRM85+5 laps2
6 (ITA) Consalvo SanesiAlfa Romeo84+6 laps 
7+12(GBR) Peter WalkerBRM84+6 laps 
8+4(GBR) Brian Shawe-TaylorERA (privateer)84+6 laps 
9-1(GBR) Peter WhiteheadFerrari (privateer)83+7 laps 
10-1(FRA) Louis RosierTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)83+7 laps 
11-1(GBR) Bob GerardERA (privateer)82+8 laps 
12-1(GBR) Duncan HamiltonTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)81+9 laps 
13+1(BEL) Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)80+10 laps 
R (ITA) Giuseppe FarinaAlfa Romeo75DNF1 FL
NC (IRL) Joe KellyAlta (privateer)75+15 laps 
R (ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari56DNF 
R (GBR) Philip Fotheringham-ParkerMaserati (privateer)46DNF 
R (GBR) David MurrayMaserati (privateer)45DNF 
R (MCO) Louis ChironTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)41DNF 
R (GBR) John JamesMaserati (privateer)23DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:43.400

PosDriverConstructor
1(ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezFerrari
2(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioAlfa Romeo
3(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaAlfa Romeo
4(ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari
5(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari
6(ITA) Consalvo SanesiAlfa Romeo
7(ITA) Felice BonettoAlfa Romeo
8(GBR) Peter WhiteheadFerrari (privateer)
9(FRA) Louis RosierTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
10(GBR) Bob GerardERA (privateer)
11(GBR) Duncan HamiltonTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
12(GBR) Brian Shawe-TaylorERA (privateer)
13(MCO) Louis ChironTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
14(BEL) Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
15(GBR) David MurrayMaserati (privateer)
16(GBR) Philip Fotheringham-ParkerMaserati (privateer)
17(GBR) John JamesMaserati (privateer)
18(IRL) Joe KellyAlta (privateer)
19(GBR) Peter WalkerBRM
20(GBR) Reg ParnellBRM

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio21
2(ITA) Giuseppe Farina15
3(ITA) Luigi Villoresi12
4(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez11
5(USA) Lee Wallard9
=(ITA) Alberto Ascari9
7(ITA) Piero Taruffi6
=(USA) Mike Nazaruk6
9(GBR) Reg Parnell5
10(ITA) Luigi Fagioli4
11(ITA) Consalvo Sanesi3
=(USA) Andy Linden3
=(FRA) Louis Rosier3
=(ITA) Felice Bonetto3
15(USA) Manuel Ayulo2
=(USA) Jack McGrath2
17(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried2
=(USA) Bobby Ball2
=(FRA) Yves Giraud-Cabantous2

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Philip Fotheringham-Parker (only start)
Duncan Hamilton
John James (only start)
BRM
Last start
Joe Kelly (last Irish driver to start a race until 1978)
Consalvo Sanesi
Brian Shawe-Taylor
Wins
1st for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (6th different winner, 2nd Argentine driver; last win until 1954)
1st for Ferrari (3rd different winner)
Podiums
6th for Juan Manuel Fangio EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Luigi Fagioli)
3rd for Luigi Villoresi
2nd for Jose Froilan Gonzalez
17th for Alfa Romeo
9th & 10th for Ferrari (2nd constructor to score ten podiums)
Poles
1st for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (5th different polesitter, 2nd Argentine driver; last until 1954)
1st for Ferrari (3rd different polesitter)
Fastest laps
4th for Giuseppe Farina
10th for Alfa Romeo (1st constructor to set ten fastest laps)
Front row starts
10th for Juan Manuel Fangio (1st driver to achieve ten front row starts, 1st Argentine driver)
10th for Giuseppe Farina (2nd driver to achieve ten front row starts, 1st Italian driver)
3rd for Alberto Ascari
2nd for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (first for Ferrari)
Points finishes
3rd and last for Reg Parnell
Pole & win
1st and only for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (3rd different driver to win from pole, 2nd Argentine driver)

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Silverstone circuit
  • 1951 World Championship season

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