1951 Spanish Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 28 October 1951
Winner:	Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo
Pole position:	Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Fastest lap:	Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo
Circuit:	Pedralbes, 70 laps
Round:	8 of 8

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	70	2hr 46m 54.100s	9 FL
2	+1	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	70	+54.280s	6
3	+1	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	70	+1m 45.540s	4
4	-3	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	68	+2 laps	3
5	+3	Felice Bonetto	Alfa Romeo	68	+2 laps	2
6		Emmanuel de Graffenried	Alfa Romeo	66	+4 laps
7	+13	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	64	+6 laps
8	+5	Philippe Etancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	63	+7 laps
9		Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini	63	+7 laps
10	+7	Francisco Godia	Maserati (P)	60	+10 laps
R		Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	48	DNF
R		Andre Simon	Simca-Gordini	48	DNF
R		Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	37	DNF
R		Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	30	DNF
R		Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini	25	DNF
R		Georges Grignard	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	23	DNF
R		Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	7	DNF
R		Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	4	DNF
R		Birabongse Bhanudej	Maserati-OSCA (P)	1	DNF
Did not start
		Juan Jover	Maserati (P)

Starting Grid

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

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	2:10.590
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	2:12.270
3	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	2:14.010
4	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	2:14.940
5	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	2:16.380
6	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Alfa Romeo	2:16.400
7	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	2:16.800
8	Felice Bonetto	Alfa Romeo	2:21.800
9	Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini	2:23.810
10	Andre Simon	Simca-Gordini	2:24.600
11	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini	2:25.250
12	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:30.320
13	Philippe Etancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:31.000
14	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:32.180
15	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:34.460
16	Georges Grignard	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:35.580
17	Francisco Godia	Maserati (P)	2:37.450
18
19	Birabongse Bhanudej	Maserati-OSCA (P)	2:45.990
20	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:46.780

Qualifying Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	2:10.590
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	2:12.270	1.680
3	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	2:14.010	3.420
4	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	2:14.940	4.350
5	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	2:16.380	5.790
6	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Alfa Romeo	2:16.400	5.810
7	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	2:16.800	6.210
8	Felice Bonetto	Alfa Romeo	2:21.800	11.210
9	Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini	2:23.810	13.220
10	Andre Simon	Simca-Gordini	2:24.600	14.010
11	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini	2:25.250	14.660
12	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:30.320	19.730
13	Philippe Etancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:31.000	20.410
14	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:32.180	21.590
15	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:34.460	23.870
16	Georges Grignard	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:35.580	24.990
17	Francisco Godia	Maserati (P)	2:37.450	26.860
18	Juan Jover	Maserati (P)	2:41.990	31.400
19	Birabongse Bhanudej	Maserati-OSCA (P)	2:45.990	35.400
20	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (P)	2:46.780	36.190

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

• Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 1951

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	31
2	Alberto Ascari	25
3	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	24
4	Giuseppe Farina	19
5	Luigi Villoresi	15
6	Piero Taruffi	10
7	Lee Wallard	9
8	Felice Bonetto	7
9	Mike Nazaruk	6
10	Reg Parnell	5
11	Luigi Fagioli	4
12	Consalvo Sanesi	3
=	Andy Linden	3
=	Louis Rosier	3
15	Jack McGrath	2
=	Manuel Ayulo	2
17	Emmanuel de Graffenried	2
=	Bobby Ball	2
=	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	2

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Francisco Godia, Georges Grignard (only start)

Last start

Constructor: Talbot-Lago

World Champion

Driver: 1st World Championship for Juan Manuel Fangio (2nd different world champion, 1st Argentine champion) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Giuseppe Farina)

Wins

Driver: 6th for Juan Manuel Fangio

Constructor: 10th for Alfa Romeo

Podiums

Driver: 8th for Juan Manuel Fangio, 7th for Giuseppe Farina, 5th for Jose Froilan Gonzalez

Constructor: 15th for Ferrari, 20th & 21st for Alfa Romeo

Poles

Driver: 2nd for Alberto Ascari

Constructor: 3rd for Ferrari

Fastest laps

Driver: 8th for Juan Manuel Fangio

Constructor: 13th for Alfa Romeo

Front row starts

Driver: 13th for Juan Manuel Fangio & Giuseppe Farina, 6th for Alberto Ascari, 5th for Jose Froilan Gonzalez

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 4th for Juan Manuel Fangio

See also

• Spanish Grand Prix
• Pedralbes Circuit
• 1951 World Championship season