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

1951 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 14 July 1951
Winner
  • Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina
  • Italy flag lazyload 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

Race result

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

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:43.400

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1951 British Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio21
2Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina15
3Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi12
4Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez11
5USA flag lazyload Lee Wallard9
=Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari9
7Italy flag lazyload Piero Taruffi6
=USA flag lazyload Mike Nazaruk6
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Reg Parnell5
10Italy flag lazyload Luigi Fagioli4
11Italy flag lazyload Consalvo Sanesi3
=USA flag lazyload Andy Linden3
=France flag lazyload Louis Rosier3
=Italy flag lazyload Felice Bonetto3
15USA flag lazyload Manuel Ayulo2
=USA flag lazyload Jack McGrath2
17Switzerland flag Emmanuel de Graffenried2
=USA flag lazyload Bobby Ball2
=France flag lazyload Yves Giraud-Cabantous2

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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