Automobile World Championship 1950

Automobile World Championship 1950

World Champion
Driver:	Giuseppe Farina
Season dates
Number of races:	7th
	1951 season>

The automobile world championship in 1950 was the 1st season of the automobile world championship, which today is called the Formula 1 world championship . The drivers' world championship was held within seven races from May 13, 1950 to September 3, 1950. Giuseppe Farina from Team Alfa Romeo became the first Formula 1 world champion ahead of his teammates Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli . A total of 24 races took place worldwide, of which only seven counted for the drivers' world championship. A constructors' world championship was not held until 1958.

The FIA -Ehrentitel Grand Prix of Europe was at the 1950 Grand Prix of Great Britain awarded.

background

In 1947 the FIA ​​developed the new regulations for the highest motor sport class from the technical regulations for pre-war Grand Prix vehicles, and referred to these regulations for the first time as " Formula 1 ". These building regulations defined, among other things, the maximum engine displacement; Engines with a compressor should have 1.5 liters, without a compressor ( naturally aspirated engines ) a maximum of 4.5 liters. Based on these regulations, the FIA ​​started the drivers' world championship in 1950, for the first time with Formula 1 vehicles.

Teams and drivers

In 1950, a total of 49 drivers, divided into eight teams, took part in the races for the world championship. Many private drivers also bought or rented racing cars to take part in races.

team driver  Alfa Romeo  Luigi Fagioli Juan Manuel Fangio Giuseppe Farina Reg Parnell Consalvo Sanesi Piero Taruffi            Ferrari  Alberto Ascari Clemente Biondetti Dorino Serafini Raymond Sommer Luigi Villoresi Peter Whitehead            Maserati  Prince Bira Felice Bonetto Antonio Branca Louis Chiron Gianfranco Comotti Emmanuel de Graffenried José Froilán González Joe Fry David Hampshire David Murray Nello Pagani Reg Parnell Paul Pietsch Franco Rol Brian Shawe-Taylor

team driver  Talbot-Lago  Eugène Chaboud Johnny Claes Philippe Étancelin Yves Giraud-Cabantous Pierre Levegh Henri Louveau Guy Mairesse Eugène Martin Charles Pozzi Louis Rosier Harry Schell Raymond Sommer                        Simca-Gordini  Robert Manzon Maurice Trintignant    ERA  Bob Gerard Cuth Harrison Leslie Johnson Tony Rolt Peter Walker          Alta  Geoffrey Crossley Joe Kelly    cooper  Harry Schell

Race results

Great Britain / Europe Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1950 British Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	2: 13: 23.6
2	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	+ 2.6
3	Reg Parnell	Alfa Romeo	+ 52.0
PP	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	1: 50.8
SR	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	1: 50.6

The British Grand Prix (then known as the European Grand Prix ) took place on May 13, 1950 at the Silverstone Circuit and covered a distance of 70 laps (325.430 km).

As is customary in Great Britain, the first race in World Cup history took place on a Saturday, under the eyes of the British King George VI. so as not to disturb the traditional Sunday quiet of the British. The Ferraris had not come and so the superior Alfa Romeos made the race among themselves. Farina and Fangio fought for the lead until the latter was eliminated due to an oil leak. Giuseppe Farina won the first Formula 1 world championship run.

Monaco Grand Prix

→ Main article : Monaco Grand Prix 1950

space	driver	team	time
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	3: 13: 18.7
2	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	+ 1 lap
3	Louis Chiron	Maserati	+ 2 rounds
PP	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1: 50.2
SR	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1: 51.0

The Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 21, 1950 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo and covered 100 laps (318 km).

Seawater spilled into the tobacco bend led to a mass collision after the first lap in which ten of the 19 cars were eliminated, including Farina . Fangio achieved an undisputed victory, one lap ahead of Alberto Ascari's Ferrari .

Indianapolis 500

→ Main article : Indianapolis 500 1950

space	driver	team	time
1	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Offenhauser	2: 46: 55.97
2	Bill Holland	Deidt-Offenhauser	+ 1 lap
3	Mauri Rose	Deidt-Offenhauser	+ 1 lap
PP	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Offenhauser	4: 27.97 (4 rounds)
SR	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Offenhauser	1: 09.77

In the Indianapolis 500 , the US drivers stayed largely to themselves. The European teams saw the race as a deletion. The winner of the race, which was canceled after 138 of 200 laps due to rain, was Johnnie Parsons .

Swiss Grand Prix

→ Main article : Swiss Grand Prix 1950

space	driver	team	time
1	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	2: 02: 53.7
2	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	+ 0.4
3	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	+ 1 lap
PP	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	2: 42.1
SR	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	2: 41.6

The Swiss Grand Prix took place on June 4, 1950 and went over 42 laps (305.76 km).

In Switzerland, too, nobody could keep up with the Alfa Romeos , and after Fangio was eliminated due to problems with the electrical system, Farina celebrated his second win of the season.

Belgian Grand Prix

→ Main article : Belgian Grand Prix 1950

space	driver	team	time
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	2: 47: 26.0
2	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	+ 14.0
3	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	+ 2: 19.0
PP	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	4: 37.0
SR	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	4: 34.1

The Belgian Grand Prix took place on June 18, 1950 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and covered 35 laps (494.2 km).

Once again, the Alfa Romeos dominated the action, but during the refueling phase, Raymond Sommer took the lead in the inferior Talbot-Lago . The Italian cars soon caught up with him, but he drove with them before his car suffered an engine failure. Problems with his car pushed Farina back to fourth place and Fangio won.

French Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1950 French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	2: 57: 26.0
2	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	+ 25.7
3	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	+ 3 rounds
PP	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	2: 30.6
SR	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	2: 35.6

The French Grand Prix took place on July 2, 1950 on the Circuit de Reims-Gueux racing circuit and covered 64 laps (500.16 km).

The Ferrari factory team withdrew its entry and the race was once again a safe affair for Alfa Romeo . After Giuseppe Farina retired with a broken fuel pump, Fangio celebrated his third win of the season ahead of team-mate Luigi Fagioli . The third, Peter Whitehead in a private Ferrari, was already three laps behind.

Italian Grand Prix

→ Main article : Italian Grand Prix 1950

space	driver	team	time
1	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	2: 15: 17.4
2	Dorino Serafini Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	+1: 18.6
3	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	+1: 35.6
PP	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1: 58.6
SR	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	2: 00.0

The Italian Grand Prix took place on September 3, 1950 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and covered 80 laps (504 km).

Ferrari appeared with the new 375 V12 and stood up to the Alfa Romeos . Alberto Ascari took over the car of his team-mate Dorino Serafini after a defect , but continued to fight for the lead with Farina . Juan Manuel Fangio was unlucky : his car had a gearbox damage, so he took it over from Piero Taruffi , but after 34 laps he retired again - due to an engine failure. He watched as Giuseppe Farina won the race and thus the world title.

Driver ranking

The following rules for the distribution of points applied to the 1950 World Drivers Championship:

1st place	8 points
place 2	6 points
place 3	4 points
4th place	3 points
5th place	2 points
fastest lap	1 point

• Only the best four results from the seven races were counted. Nevertheless, there was only one deletion result ( Fagioli in Monza ).
• It was allowed to change drivers. If this was done, each driver received half the number of points for the place achieved with the vehicle, regardless of how large his share of the total distance was.

Item	driver	constructor								Points
01.	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	1	DNF		1	4th	7th	1	30th
02.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	DNF	1		DNF	1	1	DNF	27
03.	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	2	DNF		2	2	2	(3)	24 (30)
04th	Louis Rosier	Lago Talbot	5	DNF		3	3	6th	4th	13
05.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari		2		DNF	5		DNF / 2	11
06th	Johnnie Parsons	Kurti's power			1					9
07th	Bill Holland	Deidt			2					6th
08th.	B. Bira	Maserati	DNF	5		4th			DNF	5
09.	Reg Parnell	Alfa Romeo	3							4th
		Maserati						DNF
	Louis Chiron	Maserati	DNF	3		9		DNF	DNF	4th
	Mauri Rose	Deidt			3					4th
	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari						3		4th
13.	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Lago Talbot	4th			DNF	DNF	8th		3
	Raymond Summers	Ferrari		4th		DNF				3
		Lago Talbot					DNF	DNF	DNF
	Cecil Green	Kurti's power			4th					3
	Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini		DNF				4th	DNF	3
	Dorino Serafini	Ferrari							2	3
	Philippe Étancelin	Lago Talbot	8th	DNF		DNF	DNF	5	5	3
19th	Felice Bonetto	Maserati				5		DNF	DNS	2
20th	Joie Chitwood	Kurti's power			31/5					1
	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurti's power			5					1
	Eugène Chaboud	Lago Talbot					DNF	5		1
-	Frederic Roberts-Gerard	ERA	6th	6th						0
-	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	DNF	DNF		6th			6th	0
-	Charles Pozzi	Lago Talbot						6th		0
-	Lee Wallard	Moors			6th					0
-	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari		DNF		DNF	6th			0
-	Cuth Harrison	ERA	7th	DNF					DNF	0
-	Johnny Claes	Lago Talbot	11	7th		10	8th	DNF	DNF	0
-	Nello Pagani	Maserati				7th				0
-	Pierre Levegh	Lago Talbot					7th	DNF	DNF	0
-	Walt Faulkner	Kurti's power			7th					0
-	George Connor	Lesovsky			8th					0
-	Harry Schell	Lago Talbot				8th				0
		cooper		DNF
-	David Hampshire	Maserati	9					DNF		0
-	Geoffrey Crossley	Alta	NC				9			0
-	Paul Russo	Nichels			9					0
-	Antonio Branca	Maserati				11	10			0
-	Brian Shawe-Taylor	Maserati	10							0
-	Joe Fry	Maserati	10							0
-	Pat Flaherty	Kurti's power			10					0
-	Myron Fohr	Marchese			11					0
-	Duane Carter	Stevens			12					0
-	Mack Hellings	Kurti's power			13					0
-	Jack McGrath	Kurti's power			14th					0
-	Troy Ruttman	Lesovsky			15th					0
-	Gene Hartley	Langley			16					0
-	Jimmy Davies	Ewing			17th					0
-	Johnny McDowell	Kurti's power			18th					0
-	Walt Brown	Kurti's power			19th					0
-	Travis Webb	Maserati			20th					0
-	Jerry Hoyt	Kurti's power			21st					0
-	Walt Ader	Rae			22nd					0
-	United States	Olson			23					0
-	Richard Rathmann	Wetteroth			24					0
-	Henry Banks	Maserati			25th					0
-	Bill Schindler	Snowberger			26th					0
-	Bayliss Levrett	Adams			27					0
-	Bill Cantrell	Adams			27					0
		Kurti's power			DNQ
-	Fred Agabashian	Maserati			25th					0
		Kurti's power			28
-	Jimmy Jackson	Kurti's power			29					0
-	Sam Hanks	Kurti's power			30th					0
-	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt Tuffanelli Derrico			31					0
-	Dick Rathmann	Watson			32					0
-	Duke Dinsmore	Kurti's power			33					0
-	Joe Kelly	Alta	NC							0
-	Alfredo Piàn	Maserati		DNS						0
-	Franco Rol	Maserati		DNF				DNF	DNF	0
-	David Murray	Maserati	DNF						DNF	0
-	Eugène Martin	Lago Talbot	DNF			DNF				0
-	José Froilán González	Maserati		DNF				DNF		0
-	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini		DNF					DNF	0
-	Leslie Johnson	ERA	DNF							0
-	Peter Walker	ERA	DNF							0
-	Tony Rolt	ERA	DNF							0
-	Clemente Biondetti	Ferrari							DNF	0
-	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo							DNF	0
-	Gianfranco Comotti	Maserati							DNF	0
-	Guy Mairesse	Lago Talbot							DNF	0
-	Henri Louveau	Lago Talbot							DNF	0
-	Paul Pietsch	Maserati							DNF	0
-	Piero Taruffi	Alfa Romeo							DNF	0
-	Al Miller	Miller			DNQ					0
-	Andy Linden	Bromme			DNQ					0
-	Bill Vukovich	Maserati			DNQ					0
		Rounds			DNQ
-	Billy DeVore	Scopa			DNQ					0
-	Bob Gregg	Kurti's power			DNQ					0
-	Bob Sweikert	Wetteroth			DNQ					0
-	Bud rose	Bromme			DNQ					0
-	Carl Forberg	Miller			DNQ					0
-	Charles van Acker	Stevens			DNQ					0
-	Chet Miller	Kurti's power			DNQ					0
-	Chuck Leighton	Cantarano			DNQ					0
-	Cliff Griffith	Miller			DNQ					0
-	Cy Marshall	Miller			DNQ					0
-	Danny Kladis	Maserati			DNQ					0
-	Dick Frazier	Meyer			DNQ					0
-	Duke Nalon	Kurti's power			DNQ					0
-	Emil Andres	Kurti's power			DNQ					0
-	George Fonder	Deidt Tuffanelli Derrico			DNQ					0
-	George Lynch	Snowberger			DNQ					0
-	Hal Cole	Kurti's power			DNQ					0
-	Jim Rigsby	Maserati			DNQ					0
-	Joe James	Kurti's power			DNQ					0
		Willow			DNQ
-	Joel Thorne	Thorne			DNQ					0
-	John Fedricks	Kupiec			DNQ					0
-	Johnny Mauro	Alfa Romeo			DNQ					0
-	Kenny Eaton	Bardazon			DNQ					0
		Kurti's power			DNQ
-	Manuel Ayulo	Maserati			DNQ					0
-	Mark Light	Meyer			DNQ					0
		Stevens			DNQ
-	Mike Burch	Maserati			DNQ					0
-	Milt Fankhouser	Stevens			DNQ					0
-	Norm Houser	Kurti's power			DNQ					0
-	Ralph Pratt	Bardazon			DNQ					0
		Gdula			DNQ
-	Ted Duncan	Kurti's power			DNQ					0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Automobile World Championship 1950  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 1950 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Werner J. Haller, Christian Eichenberger, Leopold Wieland: Major rule changes and their consequences, Motorsport aktuell , issue MSA 4/2014, page 4.
2. Jump up to the limit - The Formula 1 Chronicle . 2000, p. 17.