Belgian Grand Prix 1950

 Belgian Grand Prix 1950

Racing data
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
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
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
01.	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	4: 37,000	1
02.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	4: 37,000	1
03.	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	4: 41,000	1
04th	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	4: 47,000	2
05.	Raymond Summers	Lago Talbot	4: 47,000	2
06th	Philippe Étancelin	Lago Talbot	4: 49,000	3
07th	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	4: 52,000	3
08th.	Louis Rosier	Lago Talbot	4: 53,000	3
09.	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
01.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	35	2: 47: 26.0	177.10		22nd
02.	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	35	2: 48: 14.0	177.31		1
03.	Louis Rosier	Lago Talbot	35	2: 49: 45.0	174.68
04th	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	35	2: 51: 31.0	172.88	4: 34,100	7th
05.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	34	2: 49: 09.0	170.29
06th	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	33	2: 49: 43.0	164.73
07th	Pierre Levegh	Lago Talbot	33	2: 51: 35.0	162.94
08th.	Johnny Claes	Lago Talbot	32	2: 52: 06.0	157.53
09.	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
01.	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	*9 *			*9 *	*4 *			22nd
02.	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	6th			6th	6th			18th
03.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo		*9 *			8th			17th
04th	Louis Rosier	Talbot	2			4th	4th			10
05.	Johnnie Parsons	Kurti's power			*9 *					09
06th	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari		6th			2			08th
07th	Bill Holland	Deidt			6th					06th
08th.	B.Bira	Maserati		2		3				05
09.	Reg Parnell	Alfa Romeo	4th							04th
	Louis Chiron	Maserati		4th						04th
	Mauri Rose	Deidt			4th					04th
12.	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot	3							03
	Raymond Summers	Ferrari		3						03
	Cecil Green	Kurti's power			3					03
15th	Felice Bonetto	Maserati				2				02
16.	Joie Chitwood	Kurti's power			1					01
	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurti's power			1					01

literature

• Mike Lang: Grand Prix! Volume 1: 1950-1965. Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Sommerset 1981, ISBN 0-85429-276-4 (English).

Web links

• http://www.motorsportarchiv.de/f1/saison/1950/5/