1951 Belgium Grand Prix in Formula 1 at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Full information

1951 Belgium Grand Prix poster

1951 Belgium Grand Prix poster

1951 Belgium Grand Prix

1951 Belgium Grand Prix is 10th Formula 1 race. Passed at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Juan Manuel Fangio won the pole position, Giuseppe Farina won this race. Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 36 laps (508 km).

Previous race: 1951 Indianapolis 500
Next race: 1951 France Grand Prix
Race Start: 17th June 1951

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1951 Belgium Grand Prix

8th victory for the Alfa Romeo team
4th victory for the Giuseppe Farina
5th podium for the Giuseppe Farina
3rd podium for the Alberto Ascari
1st podium for the Luigi Villoresi

1951 Belgium Grand Prix

1951 Belgium Grand Prix

Alfa Romeo 159 - 1951 Belgium Grand Prix winner

Alfa Romeo 159 #4 - 1951 Belgium Grand Prix winner

1951 Belgium Grand Prix results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo 159, #4 8.00  2h 45m 46.2s  ( 183.985 km/h ) 36 SA Alfa Romeo
2 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 375, #8 6.00  2h 48m 37.2s  ( +2m 51.0s ) 36 Scuderia Ferrari
3 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 375, #10 4.00  2h 50m 08.1s  ( +4m 21.8s ) 36 Scuderia Ferrari
4 Louis Rosier Talbot Lago T26C-DA, #14 3.00   34 Ecurie Rosier
5 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot Lago T26C, #22 2.00   34 Privé
6 André Pilette Talbot Lago T26C, #24 0   33 Ecurie Belgique
7 Johnny Claes Talbot Lago T26C-DA, #16 0   33 Ecurie Belge
8 Pierre Levegh Talbot Lago T26C, #26 0   32 Privé
9 Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 159, #2 1.00   32 SA Alfa Romeo
ab Louis Chiron Talbot Lago T26C, #18 0  Engine 28 Ecurie Rosier
ab Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 159, #6 0  Radiator 11 SA Alfa Romeo
ab Piero Taruffi Ferrari 375, #12 0  Transmission 8 Scuderia Ferrari
ab Philippe Etancelin Talbot Lago T26C-DA, #20 0  Transmission 0 Privé
f Prince Bira Maserati 4CLT/48, #28 0  Car unavailable   Ecurie Siam
f Jose-Froilan Gonzalez Maserati 4CLT/48, #30 0  Not present   Enrico Platé
f Reg Parnell Ferrari 375 tw, #32 0  Not present   GA Vandervell

List of all cars for the 1951 Belgium Grand Prix on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit

Alfa Romeo 159

Alfa Romeo 158 L8 c 1.5

Ferrari 375

Ferrari 375 V12 4.5

Ferrari 375 tw

Ferrari 375 V12 4.5

Maserati 4CLT/48

Maserati 4CLT L4 c 1.5

Talbot Lago T26C

Talbot 23CV L6 4.5

Talbot Lago T26C-DA

Talbot 23CV L6 4.5

Maserati 4CLT/48

OSCA 4500 V12 4.5