1950 Formula One season

The 1950 Formula One season was the first edition of the championship. The champion was Giussepe Farina in a close battle.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1950 FIA World Championship of Drivers.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Driver	Rounds
Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo	158 159	Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8 s	P	Juan Manuel Fangio	1–2, 4–7
					Giuseppe Farina	1–2, 4–7
					Luigi Fagioli	1–2, 4–7
					Reg Parnell	1
					Consalvo Sanesi	7
					Piero Taruffi	7
Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4 s	D	David Murray	1, 7
					David Hampshire	1, 6
					Reg Parnell	6
T.A.S.O. Mathieson	ERA	E	ERA 1.5 L6 s	D	Leslie Johnson	1
Peter Walker	ERA	E	ERA 1.5 L6 s	D	Peter Walker	1
Peter Walker	ERA	E	ERA 1.5 L6 s	D	Tony Rolt	1
Joe Fry	Maserati	4CL	Maserati 4CL 1.5 L4 s	D	Joe Fry	1
Joe Fry	Maserati	4CL	Maserati 4CL 1.5 L4 s	D	Brian Shawe-Taylor	1
Cuth Harrison	ERA	B	ERA 1.5 L6 s	D	Cuth Harrison	1–2, 7
Bob Gerard	ERA	B A	ERA 1.5 L6 s	D	Bob Gerard	1–2
Automobiles Talbot-Darracq	Talbot-Lago	T26C-DA T26C T26C-GS	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	D	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	1, 4–6
					Louis Rosier	1, 4–6
					Philippe Étancelin	1, 5
					Eugène Martin	1, 4
					Raymond Sommer	6
Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	D	Johnny Claes	1–2, 4–7
Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4 s	P	Louis Chiron	1–2, 4, 6–7
Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4 s	P	Franco Rol	2, 6–7
Enrico Platé	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4 s	P	Toulo de Graffenried	1–2, 4, 7
Enrico Platé	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4 s	P	Birabongse Bhanudej	1–2, 4, 7
Joe Kelly	Alta	GP	Alta 1.5 L4 s	D	Joe Kelly	1
Geoffrey Crossley	Alta	GP	Alta 1.5 L4 s	D	Geoffrey Crossley	1, 5
Scuderia Achille Varzi	Maserati	4CLT/48 4CL	Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4 s Maserati 4CL 1.5 L4 s	P	José Froilán González	2, 6
					Alfredo Pián	2
					Nello Pagani	4
					Toni Branca	4
Horschell Racing Corporation	Cooper-JAP	T12	JAP 1.1 V2	D	Harry Schell	2
Equipe Gordini	Simca-Gordini	T15	Simca-Gordini 15C 1.5 L4 s	E	Robert Manzon	2, 6–7
Equipe Gordini	Simca-Gordini	T15	Simca-Gordini 15C 1.5 L4 s	E	Maurice Trintignant	2, 7
Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago	T26C T26C-DA	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	D	Philippe Étancelin	2, 4, 6–7
Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago	T26C T26C-DA	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	D	Eugène Chaboud	6
Ecurie Rosier	Talbot-Lago	T26C T26C-GS	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	D	Louis Rosier	2, 7
Ecurie Rosier	Talbot-Lago	T26C T26C-GS	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	D	Henri Louveau	7
Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	125	Ferrari 125 F1 1.5 V12 s	D P	Peter Whitehead	2, 6–7
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	125 166F2-50 275 375	Ferrari 125 F1 1.5 V12 s Ferrari 166 F2 2.0 V12 Ferrari 275 F1 3.3 V12 Ferrari 375 F1 4.5 V12	P	Luigi Villoresi	2, 4–5
					Alberto Ascari	2, 4–5, 7
					Raymond Sommer	2, 4
					Dorino Serafini	7
Scuderia Milano	Maserati-Speluzzi	4CLT/50	Speluzzi 1.5 L4^[1]	P	Felice Bonetto	4, 6
	Maserati-Speluzzi	4CLT/50			Franco Comotti	7
	Milano-Speluzzi^[2]	1^[2]			Felice Bonetto	7
Ecurie Bleue	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	D	Harry Schell	4
Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	D	Pierre Levegh	5–7
Raymond Sommer	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	D	Raymond Sommer	5, 7
Ecurie Lutetia	Talbot-Lago	T26C-DA	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	D	Eugène Chaboud^{[N 1]}	5–6
Antonio Branca	Maserati	4CL	Maserati 4CL 1.5 L4 s	P	Toni Branca	5
Charles Pozzi	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	D	Charles Pozzi	6
Charles Pozzi	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	D	Louis Rosier	6
Clemente Biondetti	Ferrari-Jaguar	166S	Jaguar XK 3.4 L6	P	Clemente Biondetti	7
Paul Pietsch	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4 s	P	Paul Pietsch	7
Guy Mairesse	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	D	Guy Mairesse	7

↑ Chaboud originally entered his own Talbot for the French Grand Prix but did not start the race, and instead co drove with Philippe Étancelin^[3]

Calendar

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Type
1	XI Pau Grand Prix	Pau	April 10	Type 2
2	II Richmond Trophy	Goodwood	April 10	Type 2
3	V San Remo Grand Prix	Sanremo	April 16	Type 2
4	IV Grand Prix de Paris	Paris	April 30	Type 2
5	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	13 May	Type 1
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	21 May	Type 1
7	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway	30 May^[a]	Type 1
8	Swiss Grand Prix	Circuit Bremgarten, Bern	4 June	Type 1
9	XII British Empire Trophy	Douglas	June 15	Type 2
10	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	18 June	Type 1
11	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux, Gueux	2 July	Type 1
12	IV Gran Premio di Bari	Bari	July 9	Type 2
13	IV J.C.C. Jersey Road Race	Jersey	July 13	Type 2
14	XII Circuit de l'Albigeois	Albi	July 16	Type 2
15	I Grote Prijs van Nederland	Zandvoort	July 23	Type 2
16	III Grand Prix des Nations	Geneve	July 30	Type 2
17	I Nottingham Trophy	Gamston	August 7	Type 2
18	IV Ulster Trophy	Dundrod	August 12	Type 2
19	XIX Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	August 15	Type 2
20	I Sheffield Telegraph Trophy	Gamston	August 19	Type 2
21	II BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	August 26	Type 2
22	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	3 September	Type 1
23	III Goodwood Trophy	Goodwood	September 30	Type 2
24	X Gran Premio de Penya Rhin	Pedralbes	October 29	Type 2

↑ The Indianapolis 500 also counted towards the 1950 AAA Championship Car season, and was run for AAA Championship cars.

1950 Drivers Championship final standings

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Type 1 Race	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Type 2 Race	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	0	0

Pos.	Driver	PAU	GBR	MON	500	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA	Pts.
1	Giuseppe Farina		1	Ret		1	4	7	1	30
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	1	Ret	1		Ret	1	1	Ret / Ret	27
3	Luigi Fagioli		2	Ret		2	2	2	3	28
4	Louis Rosier	3	5	Ret		3	3	6†	4	13
5	Alberto Ascari	Ret		2		Ret	5	DNS	2†	11
6	Johnnie Parsons				1					9
7	Bill Holland				2					6
8	Birabongse Bhanudej		Ret	5		4			Ret	5
9	Peter Whitehead			DNS				3	7	4
=	Louis Chiron	Ret	Ret	3		9		Ret	Ret	4
—	André Simon	Ret								0
=	Reg Parnell		3					Ret		4
=	Mauri Rose				3					4
13	Dorino Serafini								2†	3
=	Yves Giraud-Cabantous		4			Ret	Ret	8		3
=	Raymond Sommer	4		4		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
=	Robert Manzon	5		Ret				4	Ret	3
=	Cecil Green				4					3
=	Philippe Étancelin		8	Ret		Ret	Ret	5†	5	3
19	Felice Bonetto	DNS				5		Ret	DNS	2
20	Eugène Chaboud						Ret	5†		1
=	Joie Chitwood				5†					1
=	Tony Bettenhausen				5†					1
—	Toulo de Graffenried		Ret	Ret		6			6	0
—	Bob Gerard		6	6						0
—	Luigi Villoresi	2		Ret		Ret	6	DNS		0
—	Lee Wallard				6					0
—	Charles Pozzi	8†						6†		0
—	Georges Grignard	8†								0
—	Johnny Claes		11	7		10	8	Ret	Ret	0
—	Cuth Harrison		7	Ret					Ret	0
—	Pierre Levegh	6					7	Ret	Ret	0
—	Walt Faulkner				7					0
—	Nello Pagani					7				0
—	Harry Schell			Ret		8				0
—	George Connor				8					0
—	Geoffrey Crossley		Ret				9			0
—	David Hampshire		9					Ret		0
—	Paul Russo				9					0
—	Toni Branca					11	10			0
—	Pat Flaherty				10					0
—	Brian Shawe-Taylor		10†							0
—	Joe Fry		10†							0
—	Myron Fohr				11					0
—	Duane Carter				12					0
—	Mack Hellings				13					0
—	Jack McGrath				14					0
—	Troy Ruttman				15					0
—	Gene Hartley				16					0
—	Jimmy Davies				17					0
—	Johnny McDowell				18					0
—	Walt Brown				19					0
—	Spider Webb				20					0
—	Jerry Hoyt				21					0
—	Walt Ader				22					0
—	Jackie Holmes				23					0
—	Jim Rathmann				24					0
—	Joe Kelly		NC							0
—	Franco Rol			Ret				Ret	Ret	0
—	Eugène Martin		Ret			Ret				0
—	José Froilán González	Ret		Ret				Ret		0
—	David Murray		Ret						Ret	0
—	Maurice Trintignant	7		Ret					Ret	0
—	Leslie Johnson		Ret							0
—	Peter Walker		Ret†							0
—	Tony Rolt		Ret†							0
—	Henry Banks				Ret					0
—	Bill Schindler				Ret					0
—	Fred Agabashian				Ret					0
—	Jimmy Jackson				Ret					0
—	Sam Hanks				Ret					0
—	Dick Rathmann				Ret					0
—	Duke Dinsmore				Ret					0
—	Bayliss Levrett				Ret†					0
—	Bill Cantrell				Ret†					0
—	Guy Mairesse								Ret	0
—	Paul Pietsch								Ret	0
—	Clemente Biondetti								Ret	0
—	Henri Louveau								Ret	0
—	Franco Comotti								Ret	0
—	Consalvo Sanesi								Ret	0
—	Piero Taruffi								Ret†	0
—	Alfredo Pián			DNS						0
Pos.	Driver		GBR	MON	500	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)

Italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded)
Bold indicates pole position
† Position shared between more drivers of the same car

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races, which did not count towards the World Championship, also held in 1950.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
XI Pau Grand Prix	Pau	April 10	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
II Richmond Trophy	Goodwood	April 10	Reg Parnell	Maserati	Report
V San Remo Grand Prix	Sanremo	April 16	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Report
IV Grand Prix de Paris	Paris	April 30	Georges Grignard	Talbot-Lago	Report
XII British Empire Trophy	Douglas	June 15	Bob Gerard	ERA	Report
IV Gran Premio di Bari	Bari	July 9	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	Report
IV J.C.C. Jersey Road Race	Jersey	July 13	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	Report
XII Circuit de l'Albigeois	Albi	July 16	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	Report
I Grote Prijs van Nederland	Zandvoort	July 23	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	Report
III Grand Prix des Nations	Geneve	July 30	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Report
I Nottingham Trophy	Gamston	August 7	David Hampshire	Maserati	Report
IV Ulster Trophy	Dundrod	August 12	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	Report
XIX Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	August 15	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Report
I Sheffield Telegraph Trophy	Gamston	August 19	Cuth Harrison	ERA	Report
II BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	August 26	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	Report
III Goodwood Trophy	Goodwood	September 30	Reg Parnell	BRM	Report
X Gran Premio de Penya Rhin	Pedralbes	October 29	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Report

References

↑ "Formula 1 1950". OldRacingCars. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
1 2 "Data Search Results". ChicaneF1.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
↑ "Grand Prix de l'ACF (French Grand Prix) -Reims, 2 Jul 1950". OldRacingCars. Retrieved June 15, 2019.

[4] Chaboud originally entered his own Talbot for the French Grand Prix but did not start the race, and instead co drove with Philippe Étancelin^[3]

[5] The Indianapolis 500 also counted towards the 1950 AAA Championship Car season, and was run for AAA Championship cars.

[1] "Formula 1 1950". OldRacingCars. Retrieved June 25, 2019.

[milano-2] 1 2 "Data Search Results". ChicaneF1.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[3] "Grand Prix de l'ACF (French Grand Prix) -Reims, 2 Jul 1950". OldRacingCars. Retrieved June 15, 2019.

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