Race · Round 4 of 8 · 1 July 1951

1951 French Grand Prix

Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli shared the win for Alfa Romeo at Reims-Gueux. It was the first championship race win for Luigi Fagioli, and the first championship podium for Jose Froilan Gonzalez.

Circuit: Reims-GueuxGueux, France
Winner: Juan Manuel Fangio / Luigi FagioliAlfa Romeo
Pole: Juan Manuel Fangio
Fastest lap: Juan Manuel Fangio
Entries: 2312 classified

This race includes a shared drive. Two drivers took turns in one car and both are classified in the same position, so a position below appears twice. That is correct, not a duplicated row.

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Juan Manuel Fangio shared	Alfa Romeo	159	1	55	Finished	5	fastest lap
1	Luigi Fagioli shared	Alfa Romeo	159	7	77	Finished	4
2	Jose Froilan Gonzalez shared	Ferrari	375	6	77	Finished	3
2	Alberto Ascari shared	Ferrari	375	3	10	Gearbox	3
3	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	375	4	74	Finished	4
4	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	375	9	73	Finished	3
5	Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	Alfa Romeo	159	2	73	Finished	2
6	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago	T26C	8	71	Finished	0
7	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago	T26C	11	71	Finished	0
8	Eugène Chaboud	Talbot-Lago	T26C	14	69	Finished	0
9	Guy Mairesse	Talbot-Lago	T26C	19	66	Finished	0
10	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	159	5	58	Finished	0
DNF	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago	T26C	12	54	Accident	0
DNF	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	T26C	13	43	Transmission	0
DNF	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago	T26C	10	37	Engine	0
DNF	Aldo Gordini	Simca-Gordini	—	17	27	Engine	0
DNF	Harry Schell	Maserati	4CLT/48	22	24	Overheating	0
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini	—	18	11	Engine	0
DNF	André Simon	Simca-Gordini	—	21	7	Engine	0
DNF	Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini	—	23	3	Engine	0
DNF	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	4CLT/50	15	2	Engine	0
DNF	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	4CLT/48	16	1	Transmission	0
DNF	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	125	20	1	Engine	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout reims-1 · 7.815 km · 5 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap. Drivers who shared a car have a line each.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Juan Manuel Fangio shared	1	1	55
Luigi Fagioli shared	7	1	77
Jose Froilan Gonzalez shared	6	2	77
Alberto Ascari shared	3	2	10
Luigi Villoresi	4	3	74
Reg Parnell	9	4	73
Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	2	5	73
Louis Chiron	8	6	71
Yves Giraud-Cabantous	11	7	71
Eugène Chaboud	14	8	69
Guy Mairesse	19	9	66
Consalvo Sanesi	5	10	58
Johnny Claes	12	DNF	54
Louis Rosier	13	DNF	43
Philippe Étancelin	10	DNF	37
Aldo Gordini	17	DNF	27
Harry Schell	22	DNF	24
Maurice Trintignant	18	DNF	11
André Simon	21	DNF	7
Robert Manzon	23	DNF	3
Onofre Marimon	15	DNF	2
Emmanuel de Graffenried	16	DNF	1
Peter Whitehead	20	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	4	2:25.700	—	—
2	Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	Alfa Romeo	2	2:27.400	+1.700	+1.700
3	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	12	2:28.100	+2.400	+0.700
4	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	10	2:28.500	+2.800	+0.400
5	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	6	2:28.900	+3.200	+0.400
6	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	14	2:30.800	+5.100	+1.900
7	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	8	2:33.100	+7.400	+2.300
8	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago	42	2:43.700	+18.000	+10.600
9	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	26	2:44.000	+18.300	+0.300
10	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago	38	2:44.800	+19.100	+0.800
11	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago	46	2:45.700	+20.000	+0.900
12	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago	28	2:46.600	+20.900	+0.900
13	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	40	2:48.000	+22.300	+1.400
14	Eugène Chaboud	Talbot-Lago	44	2:49.600	+23.900	+1.600
15	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	50	2:49.800	+24.100	+0.200
16	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	18	2:50.100	+24.400	+0.300
17	Aldo Gordini	Simca-Gordini	36	2:50.300	+24.600	+0.200
18	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini	32	2:50.300	+24.600	+0.000
19	Guy Mairesse	Talbot-Lago	48	2:58.400	+32.700	+8.100
20	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	24	2:59.000	+33.300	+0.600
21	André Simon	Simca-Gordini	34	2:59.500	+33.800	+0.500
22	Harry Schell	Maserati	20	3:02.000	+36.300	+2.500
23	Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini	30	3:06.000	+40.300	+4.000

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Photographs from this race

Filed on Wikimedia Commons under this race's own category, each shown with the photographer and licence its terms require. The filing is the Commons editors' and has not been checked here.

Everything filed under 1951 French Grand Prix on Wikimedia Commons

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta
Alfa-Romeo-159-(1951) · Lennart Coopmans · CC BY-SA 2.5

Where this comes from

Round: 4 of 1951
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 1 Jul 1951
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Alfa Romeo
Entrant: Alfa Romeo
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.