1951 Formula One season

The 1951 Formula One season was the second edition of the championship. The champion was Juan Manuel Fangio in a close battle.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Tyres
1	Swiss Grand Prix	May 27	Bremgarten	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	P
2	Indianapolis 500	May 30	Indianapolis	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	F
3	Belgian Grand Prix	June 17	Spa-Francorchamps	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	P
4	French Grand Prix	July 1	Reims	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	P
5	British Grand Prix	July 14	Silverstone	José Froilán González	Ferrari	P
6	German Grand Prix	July 29	Nürburgring	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	P
7	Italian Grand Prix	September 16	Monza	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	P
8	Spanish Grand Prix	October 28	Pedralbes	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	P

1951 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	ESP	Pts.
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1*		9*	1*† / 11†	2	2*	Ret	1*	31 (37)
2	Alberto Ascari	6		2	2†	Ret	1	1	4	25 (28)
3	José Froilán González	Ret			2†	1	3	2	2	24 (27)
4	Nino Farina	3		1	5	Ret*	Ret	3† / Ret*	3	19 (22)
5	Luigi Villoresi	Ret		3	3	3	4	4	Ret	15 (18)
6	Piero Taruffi	2		Ret			5	5	Ret	10
7	Lee Wallard		1*							9
8	Felice Bonetto					4	Ret	3†	5	7
9	Mike Nazaruk		2							6
10	Reg Parnell				4	5		DNS		5
11	Luigi Fagioli				1† / 11†					4
12	Consalvo Sanesi	4		Ret	10	6				3
13	Louis Rosier	9		4	Ret	10	8	7	7	3
14	Andy Linden		4							3
15	Manny Ayulo		3†							2
16	Jack McGrath		3†							2
17	Toulo de Graffenried	5			Ret		Ret	Ret	6	2
18	Yves Giraud Cabantous	Ret		5	7		Ret	8	Ret	2
19	Bobby Ball		5							2
20	Louis Chiron	7		Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
21	Rudi Fischer	11					6			0
22	Andre Simon				Ret		Ret	6	Ret	0
23	Henry Banks		6							0
24	Andre Pilette			6						0
25	Robert Manzon				Ret		7	Ret	9	0
26	Johnny Claes	13		7	Ret	13	11	Ret	Ret	0
27	Carl Forberg		7							0
28	Peter Walker					7				0
29	Pierre Levegh			8			9	Ret		0
30	Philippe Etancelin	10		Ret	Ret		Ret		8	0
31	Stirling Moss	8								0
32	Duane Carter		8							0
33	Eugene Chaboud				8					0
34	Brian Shawe Taylor					8				0
35	Guy Mairesse	14			9					0
36	Peter Whitehead	Ret			Ret	9		Ret		0
37	Franco Rol							9		0
38	Jacques Swaters						10	Ret		0
39	Paco Godia								10	0
40	Bob Gerard					11				0
41	Harry Schell	12			Ret					0
42	Duncan Hamilton					12	Ret			0
—	Maurice Trintignant				Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	Henri Louveau	Ret								0
—	George Abecassis	Ret								0
—	Peter Hirt	Ret								0
—	Tony Bettenhausen		Ret							0
—	Duke Nalon		Ret							0
—	Gene Force		Ret							0
—	Sam Hanks		Ret							0
—	Bill Schindler		Ret							0
—	Mauri Rose		Ret							0
—	Walt Faulkner		Ret							0
—	Jimmy Davies		Ret							0
—	Fred Agabashian		Ret							0
—	Carl Scarborough		Ret							0
—	Bill Mackey		Ret							0
—	Chuck Stevenson		Ret							0
—	Johnnie Parsons		Ret							0
—	Cecil Green		Ret							0
—	Troy Ruttman		Ret							0
—	Duke Dinsmore		Ret							0
—	Chet Miller		Ret							0
—	Walt Brown		Ret							0
—	Rodger Ward		Ret							0
—	Cliff Griffith		Ret							0
—	Bill Vukovich		Ret							0
—	George Connor		Ret							0
—	Mack Hellings		Ret							0
—	Joe James		Ret							0
—	Johnny McDowell		Ret							0
—	Aldo Gordini				Ret					0
—	Onofre Marimon				Ret					0
—	Joe Kelly					Ret				0
—	Philip Fotheringham-Parker					Ret				0
—	David Murray					Ret				0
—	John James					Ret				0
—	Paul Pietsch						Ret			0
—	Toni Branca						Ret			0
—	Chico Landi							Ret		0
—	Georges Grignard								Ret	0
—	Prince Bira								Ret	0
—	Ken Richardson							DNS		0
Pos.	Driver	SUI	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	ESP	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

* Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
† Position shared between more drivers of the same car
Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races, which did not count towards the World Championship, also held in 1951.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
I Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	March 11	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	Report
XII Grand Prix de Pau	Pau	March 26	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	Report
III Richmond Trophy	Goodwood	March 26	B. Bira	Maserati	Report
VI Gran Premio di Sanremo	Ospedaletti	April 22	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Report
I Grand Prix de Bordeaux	Bordeaux	April 29	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	Report
III BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	May 5	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	Report
V Grand Prix de Paris	Bois de Boulogne	May 20	Giuseppe Farina	Maserati	Report
V Ulster Trophy	Dundrod	June 2	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	Report
I Scottish Grand Prix	Winfield	July 21	Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Maserati	Report
II Grote Prijs van Nederland	Zandvoort	July 22	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	Report
XIII Grand Prix de l'Albigeois	Albi	August 5	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini	Report
XX Circuito di Pescara	Pescara	August 15	José Froilán González	Ferrari	Report
V Gran Premio di Bari	Bari	September 2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Report
IV Goodwood Trophy	Goodwood	September 29	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	Report

1951 Formula One Season Media

Argentinian Juan Manuel Fangio won the first of his five World Championships in 1951 driving for Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo won four of the eight World Championship races in 1951 with the Type 159