1950 Italian Grand Prix
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Race details | ||
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Race 7 of 7 in the 1950 Formula One season. | ||
Date | 3 September 1950 | |
Official name | XXI GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA | |
Location | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | |
Course | Permanent racing facility 3.915 mi / 6.300 km |
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Distance | 80 laps, 313.171 mi / 504.000 km | |
Weather | Warm, hot and sunny | |
Pole position | ||
Driver | Juan Manuel Fangio[1] | Alfa Romeo |
Time | 1:58.6 | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver | Juan Manuel Fangio[2] | Alfa Romeo |
Time | 2:00.0 | |
Podium | ||
First | Nino Farina | Alfa Romeo |
Second | Alberto Ascari/Dorino Serafini | Ferrari |
Third | Luigi Fagioli | Alfa Romeo |
The 1950 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 3, 1950 at Monza. It was the seventh and final event of the 1950 World Drivers Championship. In this race, Nino Farina became the first World Drivers' Champion.
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[edit] Qualifying
[edit] Report
Ferrari pulled out all the stops to impress at their home circuit, producing a new unsupercharged 4 1/2 litre engine to try and end the Alfa monopoly. Ascari gained a stunning 2nd place on the grid to Fangio and then in the race leading Farina. Sadly, the pace was too punishing for the new car and a porous block broke on lap 20 and the battle returned as usual to the Alfas. Fangio retired twice-once in his own car and a second time after taking over Taruffi's. Farina led to the finish from Ascari who was now in team-mate Serafini's car. Only seven cars finished out of the 25 starters and with Farina's win, he became the first recipient of the World Driver's Championship crown.
[edit] Classification
[edit] Notes
- Shared Drives:
- Car #48: Dorino Serafini (first 47 laps) then Alberto Ascari (33 laps). They shared the points for 2nd place.
- Car #60: Piero Taruffi (25 laps) then Juan Manuel Fangio (9 laps)
- Leaders:
- Nino Farina (laps 1-13, 16-80)
- Alberto Ascari (laps 14-15)
- Fangio scored 1 championship point for setting the fastest race lap.
- Luigi Fagioli's 4 points were not counted in the World Championship standings. Only the best 4 results during the season were counted.
- Philippe Etancelin finishing fifth, remains the oldest driver to score championship points.
- Going into this race, three drivers had championship hopes.
- Fangio needed either
- 2nd place
- 3rd, 4th or 5th, with Farina in 2nd.
- If he didn't finish inside the top 5, but got fastest lap, he needed Farina to finish 3rd or lower (without fastest lap)
- If he didn't finish inside the top 5, but didn't get fastest lap, he needed Farina to finish 3rd or lower (without fastest lap), and for Fagioli not to win with fastest lap
- Farina needed either
- 1st with fastest lap, and Fangio 3rd or lower
- 3rd with fastest lap or higher, with Fangio out of the points
- Fagioli needed
- to win with fastest lap, with Farina 3rd or lower, and Fangio outside the top 5
- Fangio needed either
[edit] References
- ^ Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group, p22. ISBN 0-85429-276-4.
- ^ Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group, p23. ISBN 0-85429-276-4.
Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from The Official Formula 1 website. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
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