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 |
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1 | S 2.0 | 11 |
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Ferrari 166MM | 55 |
2 | S 2.0 | 10 |
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Ferrari 166MM | 55 |
3 | S 2.0 | 2 |
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Veritas RS | 52 |
4th | S 2.0 |
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Ferrari 166MM | 52 | |
5 | S 2.0 |
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OBM | 52 | ||
6th | S 2.0 |
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Veritas | 51 | ||
7th | S 2.0 |
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Frazer-Nash | 49 | ||
8th | S 2.0 |
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Bugatti | 42 | ||
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9 | S 2.0 |
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BMW | |||
10 | S 2.0 |
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Veritas RS | |||
11 | S 2.0 |
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Veritas RS | |||
12 | S 2.0 |
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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 |
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S 2.0 |
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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