Automobile World Championship 1951
World Champion | |
Driver: | Juan Manuel Fangio |
Season dates | |
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Number of races: | 8th |
<1950 season |
The 1951 Automobile World Championship was the 2nd season of the Automobile World Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship . The drivers' world championship was held within eight races from May 27, 1951 to October 28, 1951.
The FIA honorary title Grand Prix of Europe was awarded to the Grand Prix of France in 1951 .
background
The 1951 season was only the second year of the new championship, and the young Scuderia Ferrari team , under the leadership of the former Alfa Romeo racing director Enzo Ferrari , already scored the most points with its vehicles newly developed after the Second World War. Alfa Romeo withdrew from Formula 1 with its modified pre-war vehicles at the end of the year , although their driver Juan Manuel Fangio became world champion. The exit of Alfa Romeo and the dominance of Ferrari expected for the next season prompted the FIA to significantly revise the regulations after two years of stability and adopted the technical definitions of Formula 2 from the Formula 1 season in 1952 also in Formula 1 .
Teams and drivers
In 1951 a total of 52 drivers, spread over eleven teams, took part in the races for the world championship. Many private drivers also bought or rented racing cars in order to take part in races. The Indianapolis 500 mile race was not included.
Race results
Swiss Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo | 2: 07: 53.64 |
2 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | + 55.24 |
3 | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo | +1: 19.31 |
4th | Consalvo Sanesi | Alfa Romeo | + 1 lap |
5 | E. de Graffenried | Alfa Romeo | + 2 rounds |
The Swiss Grand Prix was held on May 27, 1951 in Bremgarten . The race went over 305.760 km on 42 laps.
In pouring rain, Fangio won confidently, his opponent Alberto Ascari was handicapped by burns he had sustained in a Formula 2 race .
500 miles from Indianapolis
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Lee Wallard | Kurtis - Offenhauser | 3: 57: 38.05 |
2 | Mike Nazaruk | Kurtis - Offenhauser | +1: 47.24 |
3 |
Jack McGrath Manuel Ayulo |
Kurtis - Offenhauser | + 2: 51.39 |
4th | Andy Linden | Sherman - Offenhauser | + 4: 40.12 |
5 | Bobby Ball | Schroeder - Offenhauser | + 4: 52.23 |
On May 30, 1951, the Indianapolis 500 was held again as part of Formula 1. 200 laps over 804.6 km were covered. Only eight drivers crossed the finish line in the failed race. The victory was Lee Wallard decide for themselves.
Belgian Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo | 2: 45: 46.2 |
2 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | + 2: 51.0 |
3 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | + 4: 21.9 |
4th | Louis Rosier | Talbot lagoon | + 2 rounds |
5 | Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Talbot lagoon | + 2 rounds |
The Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps on June 17, 1951 went over 36 laps over 508.320 km.
A failed tire change at Fangio , which lasted 14 minutes, robbed him of all chances of victory. Last year's world champion Giuseppe Farina won it .
French / European Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | L. Fagioli / JM Fangio | Alfa Romeo | 3: 22: 11.0 |
2 | JF González / A. Ascari | Ferrari | + 58.2 |
3 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | + 3 rounds |
4th | Reg Parnell | Ferrari | + 4 rounds |
5 | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo | + 4 rounds |
On July 1, 1951, the French Grand Prix was held in Reims . The race went over 601.832 km on 77 laps.
For the first time in World Cup history, two racing drivers share the victory. Fagioli and Fangio share the points because they swapped vehicles during their race on the orders of the Alfa Romeo team management. As a result, both were rated 1st and 11th. The arranged swap led to Fagioli's upset and his resignation from the Alfa Romeo team.
Great Britain Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | José Froilán González | Ferrari | 2: 42: 18.2 |
2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo | + 51.0 |
3 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | + 2 rounds |
4th | Felice Bonetto | Alfa Romeo | + 3 rounds |
5 | Reg Parnell | BRM | + 5 rounds |
The Great Britain Grand Prix at Silverstone took place on July 14, 1951. The race went over 90 laps over a total distance of 418.410 km.
Ferrari celebrated its first world championship victory. The victory did not go to the Ferrari top driver Ascari , but to the Argentinian González .
The second surprise of the race was Parnell's fifth place as it marked the official debut of the young brand BRM . He and his team-mate Peter Walker contested the race with a special permit from the last row of the grid without having participated in training. However, there were no further successes for BRM because the engine design of the 16-cylinder was too error-prone.
Grand Prix of Germany
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 2: 23: 03.3 |
2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo | + 30.5 |
3 | José Froilán González | Ferrari | + 4: 39.0 |
4th | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | + 5: 50.2 |
5 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | + 7: 49.1 |
At the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring on July 29, 1951, 456.2 km were covered in 20 laps.
Here the duel between Ferrari and Alfa Romeo continued. Ferrari shone at the Nürburgring: four of the first five racing drivers placed were in the cars from Maranello. Juan Manuel Fangio was able to place second between the Ferraris.
Italian Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 3: 02: 42.6 |
2 | José Froilán González | Ferrari | + 44.6 |
3 | F. Bonetto / G. Farina | Alfa Romeo | + 1 lap |
4th | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | + 1 lap |
5 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | + 2 rounds |
The Italian Grand Prix in Monza took place on September 16, 1951. The race went over a distance of 504 km in 80 racing laps.
Ferrari also showed its class in Monza. Fangio retired with an engine failure and Farina , who had taken over Bonetto's car, was only third. The annoyed Fangio said: "Monza was to Alfa Romeo what Waterloo was to Napoleon ."
Spanish Grand Prix
space | driver | team | time |
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1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo | 2: 46: 54.10 |
2 | José Froilán González | Ferrari | + 54.28 |
3 | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo | +1: 45.54 |
4th | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | + 2 rounds |
5 | Felice Bonetto | Alfa Romeo | + 2 rounds |
The Grand Prix of Spain on the Circuit de Pedralbes was held on October 28, 1951 over 442.12 km in 70 laps.
In the decisive race of the 1951 season, Fangio classified his chances as low. He was able to win the race because Ferrari had chosen the wrong tactic with too small 16-inch tires and additional tanks. Instead of driving non-stop towards victory, Ascari had to make a safety stop after just 9 laps because his tires were disintegrating due to the greater load. This cleared the way for the Argentine's first title win.
Driver ranking
The following rules for the distribution of points applied to the 1951 Drivers' World 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 eight races were considered.
- 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 | ||||||||
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1. | Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo | 1 | ( 9 ) | 1 | 2 | ( 2 ) | DNF | 11/1 | 31 (37) | |
2. | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | (6) | 2 | DNF / 2 | DNF | 1 | 1 | (4) | 25 (28) | |
3. | José Froilán González | Talbot / Ferrari | DNF | 2 | 1 | (3) | 2 | 2 | 24 (27) | ||
4th | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo | 3 | 1 | (5) | DNF | DNF | DNF / 3 | 3 | 19 (22) | |
5. | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | DNF | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th | (4) | DNF | 15 (18) | |
6th | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | 2 | DNF | 5 | 5 | DNF | 10 | |||
7th | Lee Wallard | Kurti's power | 1 | 9 | |||||||
8th. | Felice Bonetto | Alfa Romeo | 4th | DNF | 3 | 5 | 7th | ||||
9. | Mike Nazaruk | Kurti's power | 2 | 6th | |||||||
10. | Reg Parnell | Ferrari / BRM | 4th | 5 | DNS | 5 | |||||
11. | Luigi Fagioli | Alfa Romeo | 1/11 | 4th | |||||||
12. | Andy Linden | Sherman | 4th | 3 | |||||||
Consalvo Sanesi | Alfa Romeo | 4th | DNF | 10 | 6th | 3 | |||||
Louis Rosier | Talbot | (9) | 4th | DNF | (10) | 8th | 7th | 7th | 3 | ||
15th | Bobby Ball | Schroeder | 5 | 2 | |||||||
Emmanuel de Graffenried | Alfa Romeo / Maserati | 5 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 6th | 2 | ||||
Jack McGrath | Kurti's power | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
Manuel Ayulo | Kurtis Kraft / Lesovsky | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Talbot | DNF | 5 | 7th | DNF | 8th | DNF | 2 | |||
- | Henry Banks | Moors | 6th | 0 | |||||||
- | André Pilette | Talbot | 6th | 0 | |||||||
- | Louis Chiron | Talbot / Maserati | 7th | DNF | 6th | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 0 | |
- | Rudolf Fischer | Ferrari | 11 | 6th | DNS | 0 | |||||
- | André Simon | Simca-Gordini | DNF | DNF | 6th | DNF | 0 | ||||
- | Carl Forberg | Kurti's power | 7th | 0 | |||||||
- | Johnny Claes | Talbot | 13 | 7th | DNF | 13 | 11 | DNF | DNF | 0 | |
- | Peter Walker | BRM | 7th | 0 | |||||||
- | Robert Manzon | Simca-Gordini | DNF | 7th | DNF | 9 | 0 | ||||
- | Stirling Moss | HWM | 8th | 0 | |||||||
- | Duane Carter | Deidt | 8th | 0 | |||||||
- | Pierre Levegh | Talbot | 8th | 9 | DNF | 0 | |||||
- | Eugène Chaboud | Talbot | 8th | 0 | |||||||
- | Brian Shawe-Taylor | ERA / Ferrari | DNF | 8th | 0 | ||||||
- | Philippe Étancelin | Talbot | 10 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 8th | 0 | |||
- | Tony Bettenhausen | Deidt | 9 | 0 | |||||||
- | Guy Mairesse | Talbot | 14th | 9 | 0 | ||||||
- | Peter Whitehead | Ferrari | DNF | DNF | 9 | DNF | 0 | ||||
- | Franco Rol | Osca | 9 | 0 | |||||||
- | Duke Nalon | Kurti's power | 10 | 0 | |||||||
- | Jacques Swaters | Talbot | 10 | DNF | 0 | ||||||
- | Francisco Godia-Sales | Maserati | 10 | 0 | |||||||
- | Gene Force | Kurti's power | 11 | 0 | |||||||
- | Frederic Roberts-Gerard | ERA | 11 | 0 | |||||||
- | Harry Schell | Maserati | 12 | DNF | 0 | ||||||
- | Sam Hanks | Kurti's power | 12 | 0 | |||||||
- | Duncan Hamilton | Talbot | 12 | DNF | 0 | ||||||
- | Bill Schindler | Kurti's power | 13 | 0 | |||||||
- | Mauri Rose | Deidt | 14th | 0 | |||||||
- | Walt Faulkner | Kuzma | 15th | 0 | |||||||
- | Jim Davies | Pawl | 16 | 0 | |||||||
- | Fred Agabashian | Kurti's power | 17th | 0 | |||||||
- | Rodger Ward | Bromme | 17th | 0 | |||||||
- | Carl Scarborough | Kurti's power | 18th | 0 | |||||||
- | Cliff Griffith | Kurti's power | 18th | 0 | |||||||
- | Bill MacKey | Hall | 19th | 0 | |||||||
- | Chuck Stevenson | Marchese | 20th | 0 | |||||||
- | Johnnie Parsons | Kurti's power | 21st | 0 | |||||||
- | Cecil Green | Kurti's power | 22nd | 0 | |||||||
- | Troy Ruttman | Kurti's power | 23 | 0 | |||||||
- | Duke Dinsmore | Schroeder | 24 | 0 | |||||||
- | Chet Miller | Kurti's power | 25th | 0 | |||||||
- | Walt Brown | Kurti's power | 26th | 0 | |||||||
- | Bill Vukovich | Trevis | 29 | 0 | |||||||
- | George Connor | Lesovsky | 30th | 0 | |||||||
- | Mack Hellings | Deidt | 31 | 0 | |||||||
- | Johnny McDowell | Maserati | 32 | 0 | |||||||
- | Joe James | Watson | 33 | 0 | |||||||
- | Joe Kelly | Alta | NC | 0 | |||||||
- | Maurice Trintignant | Simca-Gordini | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 0 | ||||
- | George Abecassis | HWM | DNF | 0 | |||||||
- | Henri Louveau | Talbot | DNF | 0 | |||||||
- | Peter Hirt | Veritas meteor | DNF | 0 | |||||||
- | Aldo Gordini | Simca-Gordini | DNF | 0 | |||||||
- | Onofre Marimon | Maserati | DNF | 0 | |||||||
- | David Murray | Maserati | DNF | DNS | 0 | ||||||
- | John James | Maserati | DNF | 0 | |||||||
- | Philip Fotheringham-Parker | Maserati | DNF | 0 | |||||||
- | Antonio Branca | Maserati | DNF | 0 | |||||||
- | Paul Pietsch | Alfa Romeo | DNF | 0 | |||||||
- | Francisco Landi | Ferrari | DNF | 0 | |||||||
- | Birabongse Bira | Maserati | DNF | 0 | |||||||
- | Georges Grignard | Talbot | DNF | 0 | |||||||
- | Hans Stuck | BRM | DNS | 0 | |||||||
- | Ken Richardson | BRM | DNS | 0 | |||||||
- | Juan Jover | Maserati | DNS | 0 | |||||||
- | Bayliss Levrett | Silnes | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Bill Boyd | Gdula | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Bill Cantrell | Johnson / Kurtis Kraft | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Bob Sweikert | Kurti's power | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Bud Sennett | Maserati | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Danny Kladis | Miller | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Doc Shanebrook | Stevens | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Frank Armi | Bardazon / Kurtis Kraft / Scopa | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | George Fonder | Deidt / Schroeder | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | George Lynch | Rassey | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Gordon Reid | Silnes | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Jackie Holmes | Adams | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Jerry Hoyt | Ewing | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Jimmy Bryan | Lesovsky | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Jimmy Daywalt | Meyer | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Joe Barzda | Maserati | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Joel Thorne | Adams | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Johnnie Tolan | Kurti's power | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Kenny Eaton | Stevens | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Leroy Warriner | Kurti's power | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Mike Salay | Szalai | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Myron Fohr | Hill | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Norm Houser | Miller | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Paul Russo | Nichels | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
- | Ray Knepper | Silnes | DNQ | 0 |
Legend | ||
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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 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner J. Haller, Christian Eichenberger, Leopold Wieland: Major rule changes and their consequences, Motorsport aktuell , issue MSA 4/2014, page 4.
- Jump up to the limit - The Formula 1 Chronicle . 2000, p. 25.