1951 British Grand Prix

Fact File

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 Result

• (P): privateer entry

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

Starting Grid

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

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	1:43.400
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1:44.400
3	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	1:45.000
4	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1:45.400
5	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	1:45.800
6	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	1:50.200
7	Felice Bonetto	Alfa Romeo	1:52.000
8	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari (P)	1:54.600
9	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	1:56.000
10	Bob Gerard	ERA (P)	1:57.000
11	Duncan Hamilton	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	1:57.200
12	Brian Shawe-Taylor	ERA (P)	1:58.200
13	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:00.200
14	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:05.800
15	David Murray	Maserati (P)	2:06.000
16	Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Maserati (P)	2:13.200
17	John James	Maserati (P)	2:17.000
18	Joe Kelly	Alta (P)	2:18.400
19	Peter Walker	BRM
20	Reg Parnell	BRM

Qualifying Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	1:43.400
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1:44.400	1.000
3	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	1:45.000	1.600
4	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1:45.400	2.000
5	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	1:45.800	2.400
6	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	1:50.200	6.800
7	Felice Bonetto	Alfa Romeo	1:52.000	8.600
8	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari (P)	1:54.600	11.200
9	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	1:56.000	12.600
10	Bob Gerard	ERA (P)	1:57.000	13.600
11	Duncan Hamilton	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	1:57.200	13.800
12	Brian Shawe-Taylor	ERA (P)	1:58.200	14.800
13	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:00.200	16.800
14	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:05.800	22.400
15	David Murray	Maserati (P)	2:06.000	22.600
16	Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Maserati (P)	2:13.200	29.800
17	John James	Maserati (P)	2:17.000	33.600
18	Joe Kelly	Alta (P)	2:18.400	35.000
19	Peter Walker	BRM
20	Reg Parnell	BRM

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	21
2	Giuseppe Farina	15
3	Luigi Villoresi	12
4	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	11
5	Lee Wallard	9
=	Alberto Ascari	9
7	Piero Taruffi	6
=	Mike Nazaruk	6
9	Reg Parnell	5
10	Luigi Fagioli	4
11	Consalvo Sanesi	3
=	Andy Linden	3
=	Louis Rosier	3
=	Felice Bonetto	3
15	Manuel Ayulo	2
=	Jack McGrath	2
17	Emmanuel de Graffenried	2
=	Bobby Ball	2
=	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	2

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Philip Fotheringham-Parker (only start), Duncan Hamilton, John James (only start)

Constructor: BRM

Last start

Driver: Joe Kelly, Consalvo Sanesi, Brian Shawe-Taylor

Wins

Driver: 1st for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (6th different winner, 2nd Argentine driver)

Constructor: 1st for Ferrari (3rd different winner)

Podiums

Driver: 6th for Juan Manuel Fangio EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Luigi Fagioli), 3rd for Luigi Villoresi, 2nd for Jose Froilan Gonzalez

Constructor: 17th for Alfa Romeo, 9th & 10th for Ferrari

Poles

Driver: 1st for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (5th different polesitter, 2nd Argentine driver)

Constructor: 1st for Ferrari (3rd different polesitter)

Fastest laps

Driver: 4th for Giuseppe Farina

Constructor: 10th for Alfa Romeo

Front row starts

Driver: 10th for Juan Manuel Fangio & Giuseppe Farina, 3rd for Alberto Ascari, 2nd for Jose Froilan Gonzalez

Points finishes

Driver: 3rd and last for Reg Parnell

Pole & win

Driver: 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