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1951 Season - Overview



The 1951 season constituted eight races as against seven the year before Monaco was dropped from the 1951 F1 Calendar At 53 years, Italy's Luigi Fagioli became the oldest recorded GP winner (he holds that title to this day) by winning the 1951 French GP. He is the only driver over 50 to have won an F1 race Germany and Spain staged an F1 Grand Prix for the first time in 1951 14 others races ran to F1 rules but did not count towards the 1951 Championship At the 1951 French GP at Reims, Fangio became the first driver to win a GP consecutively Juan Manuel Fangio went on to win his first World Title in 1951 and became the first Argentine champion in history

FACTFILE

No. of teams: 24
No. of Drivers: 85
No. of Races: 8
No. of Race Winners: 6
Most no. of Fastest Laps: Juan Manuel Fangio - 5 times

winning driver

1

winning constructor

Championship Points were not awarded to constructors till 1958

1951 FORMULA ONE - Calendar

NO
DATE
GRAND PRIX
Winning Driver
Winning Constructor





6
Jul 29
Germany
 A.Ascari
 Ferrari

7
Sep 16
Italy
 A.Ascari
 Ferrari


1951 FORMULA ONE - TEAMS & DRIVERS

Alfa Romeo
Consalvo Sanesi
Felice Bonetto
Giuseppe Farina
Juan Manuel Fangio
Luigi Fagioli
Paul Pietsch
Toulo de Graffenried
Alta
Joe Kelly
BRM
Peter Walker
Reg Parnell
Bromme
Rodger Ward
Deidt
Duane Carter
Mack Hellings
Mauri Rose
Tony Bettenhausen
ERA
Bob Gerard
Brian Shawe-Taylor
Ferrari
Alberto Ascari
Chico Landi
Jose Froilan Gonzalez
Luigi Villoresi
Peter Whitehead
Piero Taruffi
Reg Parnell
Rudi Fischer
Hall
Bill Mackey
HWM
George Abecassis
Stirling Moss
Kurtis Kraft
Bill Schindler
Carl Forberg
Carl Scarborough
Cecil Green
Chet Miller
Cliff Griffith
Duke Nalon
Fred Agabashian
Gene Force
Jack McGrath
Johnnie Parsons
Lee Wallard
Manny Ayulo
Mike Nazaruk
Sam Hanks
Troy Ruttman
Walt Brown
Kuzma
Walt Faulkner
Lesovsky
George Connor
Marchese
Chuck Stevenson
Maserati
David Murray
Harry Schell
John James
Johnny McDowell
Louis Chiron
Onofre Marimon
Paco Godia
Philip Fotheringham-Parker
Prince Bira
Toni Branca
Toulo de Graffenried
Moore
Henry Banks
Osca
Franco Rol
Pawl
Jimmy Davies
Schroeder
Bobby Ball
Duke Dinsmore
Sherman
Andy Linden
Simca-Gordini
Aldo Gordini
Andre Simon
Maurice Trintignant
Robert Manzon
Talbot-Lago
Andre Pilette
Duncan Hamilton
Eugene Chaboud
Georges Grignard
Guy Mairesse
Henri Louveau
Jacques Swaters
Johnny Claes
Jose Froilan Gonzalez
Louis Chiron
Louis Rosier
Philippe Etancelin
Pierre Levegh
Yves Giraud-Cabantous
Trevis
Bill Vukovich
Veritas
Peter Hirt
Watson
Joe James
 

TOP PERFORMERS IN 1951

According to stats...

  • The 1951 season constituted eight races as against seven the year before Monaco was dropped from the 1951 F1 Calendar At 53 years, Italy's Luigi Fagioli became the oldest recorded GP winner (he holds that title to this day) by winning the 1951 French GP. He is the only driver over 50 to have won an F1 race Germany and Spain staged an F1 Grand Prix for the first time in 1951 14 others races ran to F1 rules but did not count towards the 1951 Championship At the 1951 French GP at Reims, Fangio became the first driver to win a GP consecutively Juan Manuel Fangio went on to win his first World Title in 1951 and became the first Argentine champion in history



DRIVER TRIVIA

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Drivers with most retirements in the 1951 season.
Louis Chiron
Louis
Chiron (5)
Maurice Trintignant
Maurice
Trintignant (4)
Andre Simon
Andre
Simon (3)
Johnny Claes
Johnny
Claes (3)
Giuseppe Farina
Giuseppe
Farina (3)
Peter Whitehead
Peter
Whitehead (3)