1950 Italian Grand Prix

 1950 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
7th of 7 races in the 1950 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	XXI Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	3rd September 1950
Place:	Monza
Course:	Monza
Length:	504 km in 80 laps of 6.3 km
Weather:	warm, sunny
Pole position
Driver:	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
Time:	1: 58.6 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
Time:	2: 00.0 min (lap 7)
Podium
First:	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo
Second:	Dorino Serafini / Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Third:	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo

The 1950 Italian Grand Prix took place on the Monza circuit on September 3rd and was the seventh and final race of the 1950 World Automobile Championship .

background

In the two months between the French and the Italian Grand Prix, Ferrari was able to almost reach the level of the Alfa Romeo with its new model, which had a non-supercharged engine, in Formula 1 races that were not part of the World Cup . However, Villoresi was injured in such a race and was not yet in full force when he was out in Italy. Alfa Romeo entered with two new Tipo 159s for Fangio and Farina .

Before the race, all three Alfa Romeo drivers had the chance to become the first Formula 1 world champion. Since only the four best results of the seven races were counted, Fagioli, who was second before the race, had the worst chances. Since the 24 points he had reached up to then resulted from 4 second places with 6 points each, he could have made up a maximum of 3 points and reached 27 points with a win and the fastest lap. In addition, Fangio should not have achieved any and Farina only a maximum of 4 points (3rd place).

In the event of a win (with the fastest race lap), Farina had to hope that Fangio would be third at most, then he would be world champion. Fangio had to make sure to finish at least second (or third with the fastest race lap) if Farina managed to win, otherwise every result in front of his teammates was enough for him.

training

As had already become apparent in the previous races, Ferrari was almost on par with the Alfa Romeo. Fangio achieved pole position with 1: 58.6 minutes, but Ascari in the Ferrari was only 2 tenths slower. These two were the only ones to break the 2 minute wall. Farina and Sanesi completed the front row.

run

The three Alfa Romeos in row 1 had the best start, but Ascari managed to move up to second place at the end of the first lap. Up to the 14th lap he followed Farina closely, then pushed him out of the lead for two laps. Farina managed to take the lead again, but he was never able to shake off Ascari until his engine failed on lap 22. Fangio, on the other hand, was robbed of almost all title chances by a gearbox damage on lap 24. Although he was able to take over Taruffi's car two laps later and was thus in second place, he also had to retire with Taruffi's car on the 35th lap. In the meantime Ascari had taken over Serafini's car and was able to fight his way back to second place, but this did not change the victory of 45-year-old Farina, who thus became the first world champion in Formula 1 history.

For Raymond Sommer it was the last Grand Prix. A week later he had a fatal accident in a Formula 2 race in France due to a steering defect.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Ecurie Belge	2	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot	D.
Maserati	4th	Franco Rol	Maserati 4CLT	Maserati	P
	6th	Louis Chiron
Team Peter Whitehead	8th	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 125F1	Ferrari	D.
Team Raymond Sommer	12	Raymond Summers	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot	D.
Ferrari	16	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari 375F1	Ferrari	P
	48	Dorino Serafini	Ferrari 375F1
Alfa Romeo	10	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo Type 159	Alfa Romeo	P
	18th	Juan Manuel Fangio
	36	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo Tipo 158
	46	Consalvo Sanesi
	60	Piero Taruffi
Team Clemente Biondetti	22nd	Clemente Biondetti	Ferrari 166F2	jaguar	P
Team Philippe Etancelin	24	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot	D.
Team Paul Pietsch	28	Paul Pietsch	Maserati 4CLT	Maserati	P
Enrico Platé	30th	B. Bira	Maserati 4CLT	Maserati	P
	38	Emmanuel de Graffenried |
Team T. Cuthbert Harrison	32	Cuth Harrison	ERA B-Type	ERA	D.
Team Guy Mairesse	40	Guy Mairesse	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot	D.
Gordini	42	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini T15 GC	Gordini	E.
	44	Robert Manzon
Scuderia Ambrosiana	50	David Murray	Maserati 4CL	Maserati	D.
Scuderia Milano	52	Felice Bonetto	Maserati Milano	Maserati	P
	62	Gianfranco Comotti
Team Philippe Etancelin	56	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot	D.
Ecurie Rosier	58	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot	D.
	64	Henri Louveau

classification

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Starting row
1.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1: 58.600	1
2.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1: 58.800	1
3.	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	2: 00,200	1
4th	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	2: 00.400	1
5.	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	2: 04,000	2
6th	Dorino Serafini	Ferrari	2: 05.200	2
7th	Piero Taruffi	Alfa Romeo	2: 05.800	2
8th.	Raymond Summers	Talbot-Lago	2: 08.600	2
9.	Franco Rol	Maserati	2: 10,000	3
10.	Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini	2: 12,400	3
11.	Guy Mairesse	Talbot-Lago	2: 13,200	3
12.	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini	2: 13,400	3
13.	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	2: 13,400	4th
14th	Henri Louveau	Talbot-Lago	2: 13,800	4th
15th	B.Bira	Maserati	2: 14,000	4th
16.	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago	2: 14,400	4th
17th	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	2: 14,400	5
18th	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	2: 16,200	5
19th	Louis Chiron	Maserati	2: 17,200	5
20th	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago	2: 17,200	5
21st	Cuthbert Harrison	ERA	2: 18,400	6th
22nd	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago	2: 18,600	6th
23.	David Murray	Maserati	2: 22,000	6th
24.	Clemente Biondetti	Ferrari	2: 30,600	6th
25th	Gianfranco Comotti	Maserati	2: 33,600	7th
26th	Paul Pietsch	Maserati	3: 00.400	7th
	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	2: 19.800	DNS

Race result

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	km / h	s. Rd.	guide
1.	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	80	2: 51: 17.4	176.55		78
2.	Dorino Serafini	Ferrari	47	2: 52: 36.0	175.20
	Alberto Ascari		33
3.	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	80	2: 52: 36.0	175.20
4th	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	75	2: 52: 33.0	164.30	2: 13.1
5.	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago	75	2: 53: 00.0	163.87	2: 13.3
6th	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	72	2: 51: 53.2	158.34
7th	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	72	2: 53: 02.8	157.29
DNF	David Murray	Maserati	56	transmission
DNF	Cuthbert Harrison	ERA	51	engine
DNF	Raymond Summers	Talbot-Lago	48	transmission		2: 10.2
DNF	Guy Mairesse	Talbot-Lago	42	Oil pipe		2: 22.0
DNF	Franco Rol	Maserati	39	engine
DNF	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago	29	transmission		2: 15.3
DNF	Piero Taruffi	Alfa Romeo	25th	handing over
	Juan Manuel Fangio		9	engine
DNF	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago	22nd	engine		2: 19.0
DNF	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	23	transmission		2: 00.0
DNF	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	21st	engine			2
DNF	Clemente Biondetti	Ferrari	17th	engine
DNF	Henri Louveau	Talbot-Lago	16	Brakes
DNF	Gianfranco Comotti	Maserati	15th	engine
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini	13	cooling
DNF	Louis Chiron	Maserati	13	handing over
DNF	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	11	engine
DNF	Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini	7th	transmission
DNF	B. Bira	Maserati	1	engine
DNF	Paul Pietsch	Maserati	0	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 *		8th	30th
02.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo		*9 *			8th	*9 *	*1*	27
03.	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	6th			6th	6th	6th	(4)	24 (30)
04th	Louis Rosier	Talbot	2			4th	4th		3	13
05.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari		6th			2		3	11
06th	Johnnie Parsons	Kurti's power			*9 *					09
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
	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari						4th		04th
13.	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot	3							03
	Raymond Summers	Ferrari		3						03
	Cecil Green	Kurti's power			3					03
	Robert Manzon	Gordini	3							03
	Dorino Serafini	Ferrari							3	03
19th	Felice Bonetto	Maserati				2				02
20th	Joie Chitwood	Kurti's power			1					01
	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurti's power			1					01
	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot						1		01
	Eugène Chaboud	Talbot						1		01

literature

• Lang, Mike; Grand Prix 1950-1965; Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Sommerset 1981 (English)

Web links

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