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1951 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitReims, 77 laps
Round4 of 8
Race numbers

The 1951 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 11th World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Reims
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+6Alfa Romeo773hr 22m 11.000s
  • 4
  • 5 FL
2+4Ferrari77+58.200s
  • 3
  • 3
3+1(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari74+3 laps4
4+5(GBR) Reg ParnellFerrari (privateer)73+4 laps3
5-3(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaAlfa Romeo73+4 laps2
6+2(MCO) Louis ChironTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)71+6 laps 
7+4(FRA) Yves Giraud-CabantousTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)71+6 laps 
8+6(FRA) Eugene ChaboudTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)69+8 laps 
9+10(FRA) Guy MairesseTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)66+11 laps 
10-5(ITA) Consalvo SanesiAlfa Romeo58+19 laps 
11-10Alfa Romeo55+22 laps 
R (BEL) Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)54DNF 
R (FRA) Louis RosierTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)43DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe EtancelinTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)37DNF 
R (FRA) Aldo GordiniSimca-Gordini27DNF 
R (USA) Harry SchellMaserati (privateer)24DNF 
R (FRA) Maurice TrintignantSimca-Gordini11DNF 
R (ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari10DNF 
R (FRA) Andre SimonSimca-Gordini7DNF 
R (FRA) Robert ManzonSimca-Gordini3DNF 
R (ARG) Onofre MarimonMaserati-Milano2DNF 
R (CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)1DNF 
R (GBR) Peter WhiteheadFerrari (privateer)1DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Brian Shawe-TaylorFerrari (privateer)   

Notes

  • Brian Shawe-Taylor withdrew from the Grand Prix after practice. Reg Parnell qualified and raced the car instead.

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:25.700

PosDriverConstructor
1(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioAlfa Romeo
2(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaAlfa Romeo
3(ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari
4(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari
5(ITA) Consalvo SanesiAlfa Romeo
6(ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezFerrari
7(ITA) Luigi FagioliAlfa Romeo
8(MCO) Louis ChironTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
9(GBR) Reg ParnellFerrari (privateer)
10(FRA) Philippe EtancelinTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
11(FRA) Yves Giraud-CabantousTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
12(BEL) Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
13(FRA) Louis RosierTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
14(FRA) Eugene ChaboudTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
15(ARG) Onofre MarimonMaserati-Milano
16(CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)
17(FRA) Aldo GordiniSimca-Gordini
18(FRA) Maurice TrintignantSimca-Gordini
19(FRA) Guy MairesseTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
20(GBR) Peter WhiteheadFerrari (privateer)
21(FRA) Andre SimonSimca-Gordini
22(USA) Harry SchellMaserati (privateer)
23(FRA) Robert ManzonSimca-Gordini

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio15
2(ITA) Giuseppe Farina14
3(USA) Lee Wallard9
=(ITA) Alberto Ascari9
5(ITA) Luigi Villoresi8
6(ITA) Piero Taruffi6
=(USA) Mike Nazaruk6
8(ITA) Luigi Fagioli4
9(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez3
10(ITA) Consalvo Sanesi3
=(USA) Andy Linden3
=(FRA) Louis Rosier3
=(GBR) Reg Parnell3
14(USA) Jack McGrath2
=(USA) Manuel Ayulo2
16(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried2
=(USA) Bobby Ball2
=(FRA) Yves Giraud-Cabantous2

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Aldo Gordini (only start)
Onofre Marimon
Andre Simon
Last start
Eugene Chaboud
Luigi Fagioli
Guy Mairesse
Maserati-Milano
Wins
5th for Juan Manuel Fangio NEW RECORD
1st and only for Luigi Fagioli (5th different winner, 2nd Italian driver)
9th for Alfa Romeo
Podiums
6th and last for Luigi Fagioli NEW RECORD
5th for Juan Manuel Fangio
4th for Alberto Ascari
2nd for Luigi Villoresi
1st for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (19th different podium finisher, 2nd Argentine driver)
16th for Alfa Romeo
7th & 8th for Ferrari
Poles
7th for Juan Manuel Fangio
9th for Alfa Romeo
1-2 start
8th for Alfa Romeo
Fastest laps
6th for Juan Manuel Fangio
9th for Alfa Romeo
Front row starts
9th for Juan Manuel Fangio & Giuseppe Farina
2nd for Alberto Ascari
Points finishes
6th and last for Luigi Fagioli
1st for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (33rd different point scorer, 2nd Argentine driver)
Pole & win
4th for Juan Manuel Fangio (last until 1954; last for Alfa Romeo)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
4th for Juan Manuel Fangio (last until 1954; last Argentine driver to complete a hat-trick until 1954; last for Alfa Romeo)