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25px Belgium  1951 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 8 in the 1951 Formula One season
Spa 1950
Date 17 June 1951
Official name XIII GROTE PRIJS VAN BELGIE
Location Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
Course Grand Prix Circuit
14.12 km (8.774 mi)
Distance 36 laps, 508.320 km (315.864 mi)
Weather Sunny, Mild, Dry
Pole position
Driver 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo
Time 4:25.0
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo
Time 4:22.1
Podium
First 25px Italy Nino Farina Alfa Romeo
Second 25px Italy Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari
Third 25px Italy Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari

The 1951 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on June 17, 1951 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. It was the third round of the 1951 World Drivers' Championship.

Race report[]

Despite there being just 13 starters representing 3 makes of car, the race attracted a record crowd. Fangio had a new suspension with special wheels, which had to be concave to make room for the brake drums. These proved an expensive novelty. At his first pit stop, they jammed and his stop lasted over 14 minutes. Farina's Alfa Romeo dominated, holding off the Ferraris of Ascari and Villoresi. A lightning stop of 39 seconds for wheel change and refuelling preserved his lead until the finish.

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 2 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 4:25.0 -
2 4 25px Italy Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 4:28.0 + 3.0
3 10 25px Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 4:29.0 + 4.0
4 8 25px Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 4:30.0 + 5.0
5 12 25px Italy Piero Taruffi Ferrari 4:32.0 + 7.0
6 6 25px Italy Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 4:36.0 + 11.0
7 14 25px France Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago-Talbot 4:45.0 + 20.0
8 22 25px France Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago-Talbot 4:52.0 + 27.0
9 18 25px Monaco Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago-Talbot 5:01.0 + 36.0
10 20 25px France Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago-Talbot 5:04.0 + 39.0
11 16 25px Belgium Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago-Talbot 5:09.0 + 44.0
12 24 25px Belgium André Pilette Talbot-Lago-Talbot 5:16.0 + 51.0
13 26 25px France Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago-Talbot 5:17.0 + 52.0
DNA 28 25px Flag of Thailand Prince Bira Maserati
DNA 30 25px Argentina José Froilán González Maserati
DNA 32 25px UK Reg Parnell Ferrari

Race[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 25px Italy Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 36 2:45:46.2 2 8
2 8 25px Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 36 + 2:51.0 4 6
3 10 25px Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 36 + 4:21.9 3 4
4 14 25px France Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago-Talbot 34 + 2 Laps 7 3
5 22 25px France Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago-Talbot 34 + 2 Laps 8 2
6 24 25px Belgium André Pilette Talbot-Lago-Talbot 33 + 3 Laps 12  
7 16 25px Belgium Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago-Talbot 33 + 3 Laps 11  
8 26 25px France Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago-Talbot 32 + 4 Laps 13  
9 2 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 32 + 4 Laps 1 1
Ret 18 25px Monaco Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago-Talbot 28 Engine 9  
Ret 6 25px Italy Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 11 Radiator 6  
Ret 12 25px Italy Piero Taruffi Ferrari 8 Transmission 5  
Ret 20 25px France Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago-Talbot 0 Transmission 10  

Notes[]

  • First Grand Prix: André Pilette

Drivers' Championship standings after the race[]

Pos Driver Points
1 25px Italy Nino Farina 12
2 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 10
3 25px United States Lee Wallard 9
4 25px Italy Alberto Ascari 6
5 25px Italy Piero Taruffi 6
  • Note: Only the top five positions are listed. Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship.

References[]

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1951/574/. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 


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