F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | CHE | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | ESP | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo) | 1 | 9 | 1/11 | 2 | 2 | R | 1 | 31 (37) | |
| 2 | (ITA) Alberto Ascari (Ferrari) | 6 | 2 | 2/R | R | 1 | 1 | 4 | 25 (28) | |
| 3 | (ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez (Talbot-Lago, Ferrari) | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 24 (27) | ||
| 4 | (ITA) Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo) | 3 | 1 | 5 | R | R | 3/R | 3 | 19 (22) | |
| 5 | (ITA) Luigi Villoresi (Ferrari) | R | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | R | 15 (18) | |
| 6 | (ITA) Piero Taruffi (Ferrari) | 2 | R | 5 | 5 | R | 10 | |||
| 7 | (USA) Lee Wallard (Kurtis Kraft) | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| 8 | (ITA) Felice Bonetto (Alfa Romeo) | 4 | R | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| 9 | (USA) Mike Nazaruk (Kurtis Kraft) | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 10 | (GBR) Reg Parnell (Ferrari, BRM) | 4 | 5 | DNS | 5 | |||||
| 11 | (ITA) Luigi Fagioli (Alfa Romeo) | 1/11 | 4 | |||||||
| 12 | (ITA) Consalvo Sanesi (Alfa Romeo) | 4 | R | 10 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| = | (USA) Andy Linden (Sherman) | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| = | (FRA) Louis Rosier (Talbot-Lago) | 9 | 4 | R | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | |
| 15 | (CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried (Alfa Romeo, Maserati) | 5 | R | R | R | 6 | 2 | |||
| = | (USA) Manuel Ayulo (Kurtis Kraft) | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| = | (USA) Jack McGrath (Kurtis Kraft) | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| = | (USA) Bobby Ball (Schroeder) | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| = | (FRA) Yves Giraud-Cabantous (Talbot-Lago) | R | 5 | 7 | R | 8 | R | 2 | ||
| (MCO) Louis Chiron (Maserati, Talbot-Lago) | 7 | R | 6 | R | R | R | R | |||
| (CHE) Rudi Fischer (Ferrari) | 11 | 6 | DNS | |||||||
| (FRA) Andre Simon (Simca-Gordini) | R | R | 6 | R | ||||||
| (USA) Henry Banks (Moore) | 6 | |||||||||
| (BEL) Andre Pilette (Talbot-Lago) | 6 | |||||||||
| (FRA) Robert Manzon (Simca-Gordini) | R | 7 | R | 9 | ||||||
| (BEL) Johnny Claes (Talbot-Lago) | 13 | 7 | R | 13 | 11 | R | R | |||
| (USA) Carl Forberg (Kurtis Kraft) | 7 | |||||||||
| (GBR) Peter Walker (BRM) | 7 | |||||||||
| (FRA) Pierre Levegh (Talbot-Lago) | 8 | 9 | R | |||||||
| (FRA) Philippe Etancelin (Talbot-Lago) | 10 | R | R | R | 8 | |||||
| (GBR) Stirling Moss (HWM) | 8 | |||||||||
| (USA) Duane Carter (Deidt) | 8 | |||||||||
| (FRA) Eugene Chaboud (Talbot-Lago) | 8 | |||||||||
| (GBR) Brian Shawe-Taylor (Ferrari, ERA) | DNS | 8 | ||||||||
| (FRA) Guy Mairesse (Talbot-Lago) | 14 | 9 | ||||||||
| (GBR) Peter Whitehead (Ferrari) | R | R | 9 | R | ||||||
| (USA) Tony Bettenhausen (Deidt) | 9R | |||||||||
| (ITA) Franco Rol (OSCA) | 9 | |||||||||
| (BEL) Jacques Swaters (Talbot-Lago) | 10 | R | ||||||||
| (USA) Duke Nalon (Kurtis Kraft) | 10R | |||||||||
| (ESP) Francisco Godia (Maserati) | 10 | |||||||||
| (USA) Gene Force (Kurtis Kraft) | 11R | |||||||||
| (GBR) Bob Gerard (ERA) | 11 | |||||||||
| (USA) Harry Schell (Maserati) | 12 | R | ||||||||
| (GBR) Duncan Hamilton (Talbot-Lago) | 12 | R | ||||||||
| (USA) Sam Hanks (Kurtis Kraft) | 12R | |||||||||
| (USA) Bill Schindler (Kurtis Kraft) | 13R | |||||||||
| (USA) Mauri Rose (Deidt) | 14R | |||||||||
| (USA) Walt Faulkner (Kuzma) | 15R | |||||||||
| (USA) Jimmy Davies (Pawl) | 16R | |||||||||
| (USA) Fred Agabashian (Kurtis Kraft) | 17R | |||||||||
| (USA) Carl Scarborough (Kurtis Kraft) | 18R | |||||||||
| (USA) Bill Mackey (Hall) | 19R | |||||||||
| (USA) Chuck Stevenson (Marchese) | 20R | |||||||||
| (USA) Johnnie Parsons (Kurtis Kraft) | 21R | |||||||||
| (USA) Cecil Green (Kurtis Kraft) | 22R | |||||||||
| (USA) Troy Ruttman (Kurtis Kraft) | 23R | |||||||||
| (USA) Duke Dinsmore (Schroeder) | 24R | |||||||||
| (USA) Chet Miller (Kurtis Kraft) | 25R | |||||||||
| (USA) Walt Brown (Kurtis Kraft) | 26R | |||||||||
| (USA) Rodger Ward (Bromme) | 27R | |||||||||
| (USA) Cliff Griffith (Kurtis Kraft) | 28R | |||||||||
| (USA) Bill Vukovich (Trevis) | 29R | |||||||||
| (USA) George Connor (Lesovsky) | 30R | |||||||||
| (USA) Mack Hellings (Deidt) | 31R | |||||||||
| (USA) Johnny McDowell (Maserati) | 32R | |||||||||
| (USA) Joe James (Watson) | 33R | |||||||||
| (IRL) Joe Kelly (Alta) | NC | |||||||||
| (FRA) Maurice Trintignant (Simca-Gordini) | R | R | R | R | ||||||
| (GBR) David Murray (Maserati) | R | DNS | ||||||||
| (FRA) Henri Louveau (Talbot-Lago) | R | |||||||||
| (GBR) George Abecassis (HWM) | R | |||||||||
| (CHE) Peter Hirt (Veritas) | R | |||||||||
| (FRA) Aldo Gordini (Simca-Gordini) | R | |||||||||
| (ARG) Onofre Marimon (Maserati-Milano) | R | |||||||||
| (GBR) Philip Fotheringham-Parker (Maserati) | R | |||||||||
| (GBR) John James (Maserati) | R | |||||||||
| (DEU) Paul Pietsch (Alfa Romeo) | R | |||||||||
| (CHE) Toni Branca (Maserati) | R | |||||||||
| (BRA) Chico Landi (Ferrari) | R | |||||||||
| (FRA) Georges Grignard (Talbot-Lago) | R | |||||||||
| (THA) Birabongse Bhanudej (Maserati) | R | |||||||||
| (GBR) Ken Richardson (BRM) | DNS | |||||||||
| (DEU) Hans Stuck (BRM) | DNS | |||||||||
| (ESP) Juan Jover (Maserati) | DNS | |||||||||
| # | Driver | CHE | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | ESP | Points |
Table key, points system and championship rules
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- NC: Not classified
- DNS: Did not start
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.