1951 British Grand Prix

Date	Saturday, 14 July 1951
Winner	Jose Froilan Gonzalez Ferrari
Pole position	Jose Froilan Gonzalez Ferrari
Fastest lap	Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo
Circuit	Silverstone, 90 laps
Round	5 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
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	90	2hr 42m 18.200s	8
2		(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	90	+51.000s	6
3	+2	(ITA) Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	88	+2 laps	4
4	+3	(ITA) Felice Bonetto	Alfa Romeo	87	+3 laps	3
5	+15	(GBR) Reg Parnell	BRM	85	+5 laps	2
6		(ITA) Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	84	+6 laps
7	+12	(GBR) Peter Walker	BRM	84	+6 laps
8	+4	(GBR) Brian Shawe-Taylor	ERA (privateer)	84	+6 laps
9	-1	(GBR) Peter Whitehead	Ferrari (privateer)	83	+7 laps
10	-1	(FRA) Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)	83	+7 laps
11	-1	(GBR) Bob Gerard	ERA (privateer)	82	+8 laps
12	-1	(GBR) Duncan Hamilton	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)	81	+9 laps
13	+1	(BEL) Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)	80	+10 laps
R		(ITA) Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	75	DNF	1 FL
NC		(IRL) Joe Kelly	Alta (privateer)	75	+15 laps
R		(ITA) Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	56	DNF
R		(GBR) Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Maserati (privateer)	46	DNF
R		(GBR) David Murray	Maserati (privateer)	45	DNF
R		(MCO) Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)	41	DNF
R		(GBR) John James	Maserati (privateer)	23	DNF

Pole time: 1:43.400

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari
2	(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
3	(ITA) Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo
4	(ITA) Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
5	(ITA) Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari
6	(ITA) Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo
7	(ITA) Felice Bonetto	Alfa Romeo
8	(GBR) Peter Whitehead	Ferrari (privateer)
9	(FRA) Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
10	(GBR) Bob Gerard	ERA (privateer)
11	(GBR) Duncan Hamilton	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
12	(GBR) Brian Shawe-Taylor	ERA (privateer)
13	(MCO) Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
14	(BEL) Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
15	(GBR) David Murray	Maserati (privateer)
16	(GBR) Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Maserati (privateer)
17	(GBR) John James	Maserati (privateer)
18	(IRL) Joe Kelly	Alta (privateer)
19	(GBR) Peter Walker	BRM
20	(GBR) Reg Parnell	BRM

How the championship standings stood post-race.

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

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)