1951 Formula One season facts for kids

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|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1*† / 11† 2 2|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret 1|align="right"| 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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret 3† / Ret|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) 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

Images for kids

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  Argentinian Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1951 World Championship of Drivers, driving for Alfa Romeo

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  Alfa Romeo won four of the eight World Championship races in 1951 with the Type 159

See also

In Spanish: Temporada 1951 de Fórmula 1 para niños