1950 Belgian Grand Prix

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Race details
Date18 June 1950
Official name Grand Prix Automobile de Belgique
Location Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
Course Permanent racing circuit
Course length 14.120 km (8.825 miles)
Distance 35 laps, 494.2 km (308.875 miles)
Weather Warm, dry and sunny
Pole position
Driver
 Alfa Romeo
Time 4:37.0
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Nino Farina Alfa Romeo
Time 4:34.1 on lap 18 [1]
Podium
First
 Alfa Romeo
Second
 Alfa Romeo
Third
 Talbot-Lago-Talbot
Lap leaders
  • 1950 Belgian Grand Prix

The 1950 Belgian Grand Prix, formally titled the Grand Prix Automobile de Belgique, [2] was a Formula One motor race held on 18 June 1950 at Spa-Francorchamps. It was race five of seven in the 1950 World Championship of Drivers. The 35-lap race was won by Alfa Romeo driver Juan Manuel Fangio after he started from second position. His teammate Luigi Fagioli finished second and Talbot-Lago driver Louis Rosier came in third.

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By the time of the Belgian Grand Prix, the pace of the season was beginning to tell, with only 14 cars arriving at the Spa circuit. These included the dominant Alfa Romeos of Nino Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli. Scuderia Ferrari was down to two 125s for Luigi Villoresi and Alberto Ascari, although Ascari had a new V12 engine to try out. The factory Talbot-Lago team had three cars for Louis Rosier, Yves Giraud-Cabantous and Philippe Étancelin (standing in for the injured Eugène Martin). The rest of the field was made up of Talbot-Lagos (notably one for Raymond Sommer), a single Alta and one Maserati for Toni Branca. This race was the final entry for Geoffrey Crossley, the sport's high costs forcing him, like many privateers, to retire after just a handful of races.

Farina and Fangio were fastest as usual in qualifying with Fagioli unable to match them. Sommer split the Ferraris in his old Talbot-Lago. The race would be a similar story. The Alfas went off on their own and Sommer battled with the two Ferraris. When the Alfa stopped for fuel, Sommer found himself in the unlikely position of being race leader. Unfortunately his engine blew up. Ascari took the lead but he had to stop for fuel and that meant that the Alfas went ahead again with Fangio leading Farina and Fagioli. Farina suffered transmission trouble in the closing laps and dropped to fourth behind the best of the surviving Talbot-Lagos being driven by Rosier. Ascari finished fifth.

Entries

NoDriverEntrantConstructorChassisEngineTyre
2 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari 125 F1 1.5 V12 s P
4 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Ascari Ferrari Ferrari 275 Ferrari 275 F1 3.3 V12 P
6 Flag of France.svg Raymond Sommer Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D
8 Flag of Italy.svg Nino Farina Alfa Romeo SpA Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 158 Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8 s P
10 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 158 Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8 s P
12 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 158 Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8 s P
14 Flag of France.svg Louis Rosier Automobiles Talbot-Darracq Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C-DA Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D
16 Flag of France.svg Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C-DA Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D
18 Flag of France.svg Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C-DA Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D
20 Flag of France.svg Eugène Chaboud Ecurie Lutetia Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C-DA Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D
22 Flag of France.svg Pierre Levegh Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D
24 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6 D
26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoffrey Crossley Geoffrey Crossley Alta Alta GP Alta 1.5 L4 s D
30 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Toni Branca Antonio Branca Maserati Maserati 4CL Maserati 4CL 1.5 L4 s P
Sources: [3] [4]

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
18 Flag of Italy.svg Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 4:37–
210 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 4:37+ 0
312 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo 4:41+ 4
42 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 4:47+ 10
56 Flag of France.svg Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago-Talbot 4:47+ 10
616 Flag of France.svg Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago-Talbot 4:49+ 12
74 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Ascari Ferrari 4:52+ 15
814 Flag of France.svg Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago-Talbot 4:53+ 16
918 Flag of France.svg Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago-Talbot 4:56+ 19
1022 Flag of France.svg Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago-Talbot 5:01+ 24
1120 Flag of France.svg Eugène Chaboud Talbot-Lago-Talbot 5:13+ 36
1226 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoffrey Crossley Alta 5:44+ 1:07
1330 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Toni Branca Maserati 5:45+ 1:08
1424 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago-Talbot No time–
Source: [5]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
110 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 352:47:2628
212 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo 35+ 1436
314 Flag of France.svg Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago-Talbot 35+ 2:1984
48 Flag of Italy.svg Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 35+ 4:0514 1
54 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Ascari Ferrari 34+ 1 Lap72
62 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 33+ 2 Laps4 
722 Flag of France.svg Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago-Talbot 33+ 2 Laps10 
824 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago-Talbot 32+ 3 Laps14 
926 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoffrey Crossley Alta 30+ 5 Laps12 
1030 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Toni Branca Maserati 29+ 6 Laps11 
Ret20 Flag of France.svg Eugène Chaboud Talbot-Lago-Talbot 22Oil Pipe13 
Ret6 Flag of France.svg Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago-Talbot 20Oil Pressure5 
Ret16 Flag of France.svg Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago-Talbot 15Overheating6 
Ret18 Flag of France.svg Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago-Talbot 2Oil Pipe9 
Source: [6]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 Flag of Italy.svg Nino Farina 22
1rightarrow blue.svg 2 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Fagioli 18
1rightarrow blue.svg 3 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio 17
1uparrow green.svg 24 Flag of France.svg Louis Rosier 10
1downarrow red.svg 15 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Johnnie Parsons 9
Source: [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ Grand Prix Automobile de Belgique. Royal Automobile Club of Belgium. 1950. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "1950 Belgian Grand Prix - Race Entries". manipef1.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
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  5. ↑ "Belgium 1950 - Qualifications • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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  7. ↑ "Belgium 1950 - Championship". statsf1.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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