Belgian Grand Prix 1950
Racing data | ||
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5th of 7 races of the Automobile World Championship 1950 | ||
Surname: | XII Grote Prijs van Belgie | |
Date: | June 18, 1950 | |
Place: | Spa Francorchamps | |
Course: | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | |
Length: | 494.2 km in 35 laps of 14.12 km
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Weather: | sunny | |
Pole position | ||
Driver: | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo |
Time: | 4: 41.0 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver: | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo |
Time: | 4: 34.1 min (lap 18) | |
Podium | ||
First: | Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo |
Second: | Luigi Fagioli | Alfa Romeo |
Third: | Louis Rosier | Talbot-Lago |
The 1950 Belgian Grand Prix took place on June 18 at the Spa Francorchamps circuit in Spa and was the fifth race of the 1950 World Automobile Championship .
background
The Spa-Francorchamps circuit has been modified for the Grand Prix. The course only had one slow curve - La Sorce, which is still used today - all other curves have been straightened and the roadway widened.
training
On the extremely fast course, the three Alfa Romeo were even more favored than in the other races. So it was no surprise that they formed the front row of the grid, with Farina on pole position - thanks to a time of 4: 37.0 min, which was the same as that of Fangio , but which was driven earlier. Alberto Ascari appeared for the first time with the uncharged 4.5l Ferrari , but was only able to secure the seventh time. Team mate Villoresi in a 1.5 liter Ferrari with a supercharger was 2 seconds faster and secured a place in the second row.
run
As expected, Fangio and Farina immediately took the lead at the start. However, Villoresi managed to oust Fagioli from third place for one lap. Raymond Sommer was the best non-Alfa Romeo and initially displaced Villoresi from fourth place and even took the lead for 5 laps when the Alfa Romeo had to pit one after the other to refuel. The high fuel consumption was the Achilles heel of the otherwise vastly superior vehicles; unlike the competition, they had to refuel twice during a Grand Prix. So it happened that Sommer was still ahead of the third Alfa Romeo when his engine broke on lap 20. However, the triple success believed to be certain was lost in the final laps when Farina had to start the pit with falling oil pressure and was caught by Rosier.
Registration list
team | No. | driver | chassis | engine | tires |
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Ferrari | 2 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari 125F1 | Ferrari | P |
4th | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari 275F1 | |||
Team Raymond Sommer | 6th | Raymond Summers | Talbot-Lago T26 C | Talbot | D. |
Alfa Romeo | 8th | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo Tipo 158 | Alfa Romeo | P |
10 | Juan Manuel Fangio | ||||
12 | Luigi Fagioli | ||||
Automobiles Talbot-Darracq | 14th | Louis Rosier | Lago-Talbot T26C-DA | Talbot | D. |
16 | Philippe Étancelin | ||||
18th | Yves Giraud-Cabantous | ||||
Ecurie Lutetia | 20th | Eugène Chaboud | Talbot-Lago T26 C | Talbot | D. |
Team Pierre Levegh | 22nd | Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago T26 C | Talbot | D. |
Ecurie Belge | 24 | Johnny Claes | Talbot-Lago T26 C | Talbot | D. |
Team Geoffrey Crossley | 26th | Geoffrey Crossley | Alta GP | Alta | D. |
Team Antonio Branca | 30th | Antonio Branca | Maserati 4CL | Maserati | P |
classification
Starting grid
Item | driver | constructor | time | Starting row |
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1. | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo | 4: 37,000 | 1 |
2. | Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo | 4: 37,000 | 1 |
3. | Luigi Fagioli | Alfa Romeo | 4: 41,000 | 1 |
4th | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 4: 47,000 | 2 |
5. | Raymond Summers | Lago Talbot | 4: 47,000 | 2 |
6th | Philippe Étancelin | Lago Talbot | 4: 49,000 | 3 |
7th | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 4: 52,000 | 3 |
8th. | Louis Rosier | Lago Talbot | 4: 53,000 | 3 |
9. | Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Lago Talbot | 4: 56,000 | 4th |
10. | Pierre Levegh | Lago Talbot | 5: 01,000 | 4th |
11. | Eugène Chaboud | Lago Talbot | 5: 13,000 | 5 |
12. | Geoffrey Crossley | Alta | 5: 44,000 | 5 |
13. | Antonio Branca | Maserati | 5: 45,000 | 5 |
14th | Johnny Claes | Lago Talbot | no time | 6th |
run
Item | driver | constructor | Round | time | km / h | s. Rd. | guide |
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1. | Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo | 35 | 2: 47: 26.0 | 177.10 | 22nd | |
2. | Luigi Fagioli | Alfa Romeo | 35 | 2: 48: 14.0 | 177.31 | 1 | |
3. | Louis Rosier | Lago Talbot | 35 | 2: 49: 45.0 | 174.68 | ||
4th | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo | 35 | 2: 51: 31.0 | 172.88 | 4: 34,100 | 7th |
5. | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 34 | 2: 49: 09.0 | 170.29 | ||
6th | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 33 | 2: 49: 43.0 | 164.73 | ||
7th | Pierre Levegh | Lago Talbot | 33 | 2: 51: 35.0 | 162.94 | ||
8th. | Johnny Claes | Lago Talbot | 32 | 2: 52: 06.0 | 157.53 | ||
9. | Geoffrey Crossley | Alta | 30th | 2: 47: 56.0 | 151.35 | ||
10. | Antonio Branca | Maserati | 29 | 2: 47: 59.0 | 146.26 | ||
DNF | Eugène Chaboud | Lago Talbot | 22nd | engine | |||
DNF | Raymond Summers | Lago Talbot | 20th | engine | 5 | ||
DNF | Philippe Étancelin | Lago Talbot | 15th | engine | |||
DNF | Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Lago Talbot | 2 | engine |
World Cup stand after the race
The first five got 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2 points respectively; there was a point for the fastest lap. Only the four best results from seven races count. *) contains the point for the fastest lap, fields marked in the same color represent pick-up of the vehicle (divided points) and values in brackets are deleted results.
Item | driver | constructor | Points | |||||||
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1. | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo | 9 * | 9 * | 4 * | 22nd | ||||
2. | Luigi Fagioli | Alfa Romeo | 6th | 6th | 6th | 18th | ||||
3. | Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo | 9 * | 8th | 17th | |||||
4th | Louis Rosier | Talbot | 2 | 4th | 4th | 10 | ||||
5. | Johnnie Parsons | Kurti's power | 9 * | 9 | ||||||
6th | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 6th | 2 | 8th | |||||
7th | Bill Holland | Deidt | 6th | 6th | ||||||
8th. | B.Bira | Maserati | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
9. | Reg Parnell | Alfa Romeo | 4th | 4th | ||||||
Louis Chiron | Maserati | 4th | 4th | |||||||
Mauri Rose | Deidt | 4th | 4th | |||||||
12. | Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Talbot | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Raymond Summers | Ferrari | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Cecil Green | Kurti's power | 3 | 3 | |||||||
15th | Felice Bonetto | Maserati | 2 | 2 | ||||||
16. | Joie Chitwood | Kurti's power | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Tony Bettenhausen | Kurti's power | 1 | 1 |
literature
- Mike Lang: Grand Prix! Volume 1: 1950-1965. Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Sommerset 1981, ISBN 0-85429-276-4 (English).