1951 F1 driver standings

Season

Standings

Pos	Driver	CHE	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	ESP	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1		9	1/11	2	2	R	1	31 (37)
2	Alberto Ascari	6		2	2/R	R	1	1	4	25 (28)
3	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	R			2	1	3	2	2	24 (27)
4	Giuseppe Farina	3		1	5	R	R	3/R	3	19 (22)
5	Luigi Villoresi	R		3	3	3	4	4	R	15 (18)
6	Piero Taruffi	2		R			5	5	R	10
7	Lee Wallard		1							9
8	Felice Bonetto					4	R	3	5	7
9	Mike Nazaruk		2							6
10	Reg Parnell				4	5		DNS		5
11	Luigi Fagioli				1/11					4
12	Consalvo Sanesi	4		R	10	6				3
=	Andy Linden		4							3
=	Louis Rosier	9		4	R	10	8	7	7	3
15	Emmanuel de Graffenried	5			R		R	R	6	2
=	Manuel Ayulo		3							2
=	Jack McGrath		3							2
=	Bobby Ball		5							2
=	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	R		5	7		R	8	R	2
	Louis Chiron	7		R	6	R	R	R	R
	Rudi Fischer	11					6	DNS
	Andre Simon				R		R	6	R
	Henry Banks		6
	Andre Pilette			6
	Robert Manzon				R		7	R	9
	Johnny Claes	13		7	R	13	11	R	R
	Carl Forberg		7
	Peter Walker					7
	Pierre Levegh			8			9	R
	Philippe Etancelin	10		R	R		R		8
	Stirling Moss	8
	Duane Carter		8
	Eugene Chaboud				8
	Brian Shawe-Taylor				DNS	8
	Guy Mairesse	14			9
	Peter Whitehead	R			R	9		R
	Tony Bettenhausen		9^R
	Franco Rol							9
	Jacques Swaters						10	R
	Duke Nalon		10^R
	Francisco Godia								10
	Gene Force		11^R
	Bob Gerard					11
	Harry Schell	12			R
	Duncan Hamilton					12	R
	Sam Hanks		12^R
	Bill Schindler		13^R
	Mauri Rose		14^R
	Walt Faulkner		15^R
	Jimmy Davies		16^R
	Fred Agabashian		17^R
	Carl Scarborough		18^R
	Bill Mackey		19^R
	Chuck Stevenson		20^R
	Johnnie Parsons		21^R
	Cecil Green		22^R
	Troy Ruttman		23^R
	Duke Dinsmore		24^R
	Chet Miller		25^R
	Walt Brown		26^R
	Rodger Ward		27^R
	Cliff Griffith		28^R
	Bill Vukovich		29^R
	George Connor		30^R
	Mack Hellings		31^R
	Johnny McDowell		32^R
	Joe James		33^R
	Joe Kelly					NC
	Maurice Trintignant				R		R	R	R
	David Murray					R	DNS
	Henri Louveau	R
	George Abecassis	R
	Peter Hirt	R
	Aldo Gordini				R
	Onofre Marimon				R
	Philip Fotheringham-Parker					R
	John James					R
	Paul Pietsch						R
	Toni Branca						R
	Chico Landi							R
	Georges Grignard								R
	Birabongse Bhanudej								R
	Ken Richardson							DNS
	Hans Stuck							DNS
	Juan Jover								DNS
No.	Driver	CHE	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	ESP	Points

Table key

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
NC: Not classified
DNS: Did not start

Points system and championship rules

The top five classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:

1st (8)
2nd (6)
3rd (4)
4th (3)
5th (2)
fastest lap (1)

A point was awarded for setting the fastest lap. In the event of more than one driver setting the fastest lap points were shared.

Only the best four results counted towards the championship.

Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1951.

Standings

Table key

Points system and championship rules

Race to the title

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Season

Wins, poles & fastest laps

Qualifying

Season stats