France

French Grand Prix 1951

1 July 1951

Round 4 of 8

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Reims-Gueux, France

Location
Reims, France
Laps
77
Previous winners
  • 1966Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco
  • 1963Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
  • 1961Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari
  • 1960Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
  • 1959Tony BrooksFerrari

Qualifying

#DriverTeamQ1Q2Q3
Luigi FagioliAlfa Romeo
Juan FangioAlfa Romeo
Alberto AscariFerrari
José Froilán GonzálezFerrari
Luigi VilloresiFerrari
Reg ParnellFerrari
Nino FarinaAlfa Romeo
Louis ChironTalbot-Lago
Yves CabantousTalbot-Lago
Eugène ChaboudTalbot-Lago
Guy MairesseTalbot-Lago
Consalvo SanesiAlfa Romeo
Juan FangioAlfa Romeo
Luigi FagioliAlfa Romeo
Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago
Louis RosierTalbot-Lago
Philippe ÉtancelinTalbot-Lago
Aldo GordiniSimca
Harry SchellMaserati
Maurice TrintignantSimca
Alberto AscariFerrari
André SimonSimca
Robert ManzonSimca
Onofre MarimónMaserati
Toulo de GraffenriedMaserati
Peter WhiteheadFerrari

1st

pole

Luigi Fagioli

9th

pole

Alfa Romeo

2nd

consecutive pole

Alfa Romeo

Starting Grid

  1. 1

    Juan Fangio

    Alfa Romeo

    No time set

  2. 1

    Luigi Fagioli

    Alfa Romeo

    No time set

  3. 2

    Nino Farina

    Alfa Romeo

    No time set

  4. 3

    Alberto Ascari

    Ferrari

    No time set

  5. 4

    Luigi Villoresi

    Ferrari

    No time set

  6. 5

    Consalvo Sanesi

    Alfa Romeo

    No time set

  7. 6

    Alberto Ascari

    Ferrari

    No time set

  8. 6

    José Froilán González

    Ferrari

    No time set

  9. 7

    Luigi Fagioli

    Alfa Romeo

    No time set

  10. 7

    Juan Fangio

    Alfa Romeo

    No time set

  11. 8

    Louis Chiron

    Talbot-Lago

    No time set

  12. 9

    Reg Parnell

    Ferrari

    No time set

  13. 10

    Philippe Étancelin

    Talbot-Lago

    No time set

  14. 11

    Yves Cabantous

    Talbot-Lago

    No time set

  15. 12

    Johnny Claes

    Talbot-Lago

    No time set

  16. 13

    Louis Rosier

    Talbot-Lago

    No time set

  17. 14

    Eugène Chaboud

    Talbot-Lago

    No time set

  18. 15

    Onofre Marimón

    Maserati

    No time set

  19. 16

    Toulo de Graffenried

    Maserati

    No time set

  20. 17

    Aldo Gordini

    Simca

    No time set

  21. 18

    Maurice Trintignant

    Simca

    No time set

  22. 19

    Guy Mairesse

    Talbot-Lago

    No time set

  23. 20

    Peter Whitehead

    Ferrari

    No time set

  24. 21

    André Simon

    Simca

    No time set

  25. 22

    Harry Schell

    Maserati

    No time set

  26. 23

    Robert Manzon

    Simca

    No time set

As it happened

Laps Lead

    Results

    1+6 Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo77 laps3:22:11.04pts
    1+6 Juan Fangio Alfa Romeo77 laps3:22:11.05pts
    2+4 Alberto Ascari Ferrari77 laps+58.23pts
    2+4 José Froilán González Ferrari77 laps+58.23pts
    3+1 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari74 laps4pts
    4+5 Reg Parnell Ferrari73 laps3pts
    5-3 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo73 laps2pts
    6+2 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago71 laps
    7+4 Yves Cabantous Talbot-Lago71 laps
    8+6 Eugène Chaboud Talbot-Lago69 laps
    9+10 Guy Mairesse Talbot-Lago66 laps
    10-5 Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo58 laps
    11-10 Juan Fangio Alfa Romeo55 laps
    11-10 Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo55 laps
    R- Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago54 laps
    R- Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago43 laps
    R- Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago37 laps
    R- Aldo Gordini Simca27 laps
    R- Harry Schell Maserati23 laps
    R- Maurice Trintignant Simca11 laps
    R- Alberto Ascari Ferrari10 laps
    R- André Simon Simca7 laps
    R- Robert Manzon Simca3 laps
    R- Onofre Marimón Maserati2 laps
    R- Toulo de Graffenried Maserati1 laps
    R- Peter Whitehead Ferrari1 laps

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