Grand Prix of Luxembourg 1950
The 1950 Grand Prix of Luxembourg , also known as the GP de Luxembourg , took place on May 18 at Findel Airport near Luxembourg . The race was not part of any racing series.
The race
As in the previous year , a factory Ferrari won the Grand Prix of Luxembourg in 1950 . After the success of Luigi Villoresi in 1949, Alberto Ascari won this sports car race in 1950 . Behind Ascari and Villoresi, the Belgian Jacques Swaters finished third in the overall standings.
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S 2.0 | 11 |
 Scuderia Ferrari
|
Alberto Ascari
|
Ferrari 166MM | 55 |
| 2 | S 2.0 | 10 |
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Luigi Villoresi
|
Ferrari 166MM | 55 |
| 3 | S 2.0 | 2 |
 Ecurie Belgique
|
Jacques Swaters
|
Veritas RS | 52 |
| 4th | S 2.0 |
Herman Roosdorp
|
Herman Roosdorp
|
Ferrari 166MM | 52 | |
| 5 | S 2.0 |
 Oscar Moore
|
OBM | 52 | ||
| 6th | S 2.0 |
 Marcel Balsa
|
Veritas | 51 | ||
| 7th | S 2.0 |
André Pilette
|
Frazer-Nash | 49 | ||
| 8th | S 2.0 |
 Paul Ries
|
Bugatti | 42 | ||
| Failed | ||||||
| 9 | S 2.0 |
Ron Willis
|
BMW | |||
| 10 | S 2.0 |
Emile Cornet
|
Veritas RS | |||
| 11 | S 2.0 |
Honoré Wagner
|
Veritas RS | |||
| 12 | S 2.0 |
Roger Laurent
|
Veritas RS | |||
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
| class | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2.0 |
Alberto Ascari
|
Ferrari 166 | Overall victory |
Racing data
- Registered: 12
- Started: 12
- Rated: 8
- Race classes: 1
- Spectator: unknown
- Weather on race day: unknown
- Route length: 3.763 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 1:41: 23,800 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 55
- Total distance of the winning team: 207,000 km
- Winner's average: 122.517 km / h
- Fastest practice time: Alberto Ascari - Ferrari 166MM (10 #)
- Fastest race lap: Alberto Ascari - Ferrari 166MM (10 #) and Luigi Villoresi - Ferrari 166MM (11 #) - 1.43.000 = 131.560 km / h
- Racing series: did not belong to any racing series
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Grand Prix de Luxembourg in the daily newspaper of May 10, 1950
- ^ Grand-Prix Motocycliste et Automobiliste 1950 in the Luxemburger Wort from May 19, 1950