# 1951 Formula 1 season

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World Champion: **Juan Fangio** (Alfa Romeo, Argentina).

## Specs and regulations
- Engine: 4.5 L naturally aspirated or 1.5 L supercharged
- Points: 8 points for a win (8-6-4-3-2), plus one for the fastest lap until 1958
- Races: 8

## Calendar and winners
| Round | Grand Prix | Date | Circuit | Winner | Team |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Swiss Grand Prix | 1951-05-27 | Circuit Bremgarten | Juan Fangio | Alfa Romeo |
| 2 | Indianapolis 500 | 1951-05-30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Lee Wallard | Kurtis Kraft |
| 3 | Belgian Grand Prix | 1951-06-17 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Nino Farina | Alfa Romeo |
| 4 | French Grand Prix | 1951-07-01 | Reims-Gueux | Juan Fangio | Alfa Romeo |
| 5 | British Grand Prix | 1951-07-14 | Silverstone Circuit | José Froilán González | Ferrari |
| 6 | German Grand Prix | 1951-07-29 | Nürburgring | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
| 7 | Italian Grand Prix | 1951-09-16 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
| 8 | Spanish Grand Prix | 1951-10-28 | Circuit de Pedralbes | Juan Fangio | Alfa Romeo |

## Drivers' standings (final)
| Pos | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Juan Fangio](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/fangio.md) | Alfa Romeo | 31 | 3 |
| 2 | [Alberto Ascari](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ascari.md) | Ferrari | 25 | 2 |
| 3 | [José Froilán González](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gonzalez.md) | Ferrari | 24 | 1 |
| 4 | [Nino Farina](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/farina.md) | Alfa Romeo | 19 | 1 |
| 5 | [Luigi Villoresi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/villoresi.md) | Ferrari | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | [Piero Taruffi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/taruffi.md) | Ferrari | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | [Lee Wallard](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/wallard.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 9 | 1 |
| 8 | [Felice Bonetto](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bonetto.md) | Alfa Romeo | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | [Mike Nazaruk](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/nazaruk.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | [Reg Parnell](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/reg-parnell.md) | BRM | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | [Luigi Fagioli](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/fagioli.md) | Alfa Romeo | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | [Consalvo Sanesi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/sanesi.md) | Alfa Romeo | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | [Louis Rosier](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/rosier.md) | Talbot-Lago | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | [Andy Linden](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/linden.md) | Sherman | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | [Jack McGrath](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mcgrath.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | [Manny Ayulo](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ayulo.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | [Toulo de Graffenried](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/graffenried.md) | Maserati | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | [Yves Cabantous](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/cabantous.md) | Talbot-Lago | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | [Bobby Ball](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ball.md) | Schroeder | 2 | 0 |
| - | [Louis Chiron](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/chiron.md) | Talbot-Lago | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Rudi Fischer](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/fischer.md) | Ferrari | 0 | 0 |
| - | [André Simon](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/simon.md) | Simca | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Henry Banks](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/banks.md) | Moore | 0 | 0 |
| - | [André Pilette](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/andre-pilette.md) | Talbot-Lago | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Robert Manzon](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/manzon.md) | Simca | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Johnny Claes](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/claes.md) | Talbot-Lago | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Carl Forberg](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/forberg.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Peter Walker](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/peter-walker.md) | BRM | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Pierre Levegh](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/levegh.md) | Talbot-Lago | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Philippe Étancelin](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/etancelin.md) | Talbot-Lago | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Stirling Moss](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/moss.md) | HWM | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Duane Carter](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/darter.md) | Deidt | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Eugène Chaboud](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/chaboud.md) | Talbot-Lago | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Brian Shawe Taylor](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/shawe-taylor.md) | ERA | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Guy Mairesse](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/guy-mairesse.md) | Talbot-Lago | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Peter Whitehead](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/whitehead.md) | Ferrari | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Franco Rol](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/rol.md) | OSCA | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jacques Swaters](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/swaters.md) | Talbot-Lago | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Paco Godia](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/godia.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bob Gerard](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gerard.md) | ERA | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Duncan Hamilton](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/duncan-hamilton.md) | Talbot-Lago | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Harry Schell](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/schell.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Tony Bettenhausen](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bettenhausen.md) | Deidt | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Duke Nalon](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/nalon.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Maurice Trintignant](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/trintignant.md) | Simca | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Gene Force](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/force.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Sam Hanks](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hanks.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bill Schindler](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/schindler.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Mauri Rose](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/rose.md) | Deidt | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Walt Faulkner](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/faulkner.md) | Kuzma | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Aldo Gordini](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gordini.md) | Simca | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Joe Kelly](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/kelly.md) | Alta | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Henri Louveau](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/louveau.md) | Talbot-Lago | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jimmy Davies](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/davies.md) | Pawl | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Paul Pietsch](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/pietsch.md) | Alfa Romeo | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Georges Grignard](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/grignard.md) | Talbot-Lago | 0 | 0 |
| - | [George Abecassis](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/abecassis.md) | HWM | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Fred Agabashian](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/agabashian.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Philip Fotheringham-Parker](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/parker.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Carl Scarborough](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/scarborough.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [David Murray](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/murray.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bill Mackey](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mackey.md) | Hall | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Prince Bira](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bira.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Chuck Stevenson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/stevenson.md) | Marchese | 0 | 0 |
| - | [John James](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/john-james.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Chico Landi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/landi.md) | Ferrari | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Juan Jover](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/jover.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Peter Hirt](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hirt.md) | Veritas | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Johnnie Parsons](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/parsons.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Onofre Marimón](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/marimon.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Toni Branca](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/branca.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Cecil Green](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/green.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ken Richardson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/richardson.md) | BRM | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Troy Ruttman](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ruttman.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Duke Dinsmore](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/dinsmore.md) | Schroeder | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Chet Miller](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/miller.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Walt Brown](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/walt-brown.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Rodger Ward](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ward.md) | Bromme | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Cliff Griffith](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/griffith.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bill Vukovich](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/vukovich.md) | Trevis | 0 | 0 |
| - | [George Connor](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/george-connor.md) | Lesovsky | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Mack Hellings](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hellings.md) | Deidt | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Johnny McDowell](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mcdowell.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Joe James](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/james.md) | Watson | 0 | 0 |

## Constructors' standings (final)
The Constructors' Championship started in 1958.

[1950 season](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/1950.md) · [1952 season](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/1952.md)