Race · Round 5 of 8 · 14 July 1951

1951 British Grand Prix

Jose Froilan Gonzalez won for Ferrari from pole at Silverstone Circuit. 7 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for Jose Froilan Gonzalez and for Ferrari.

Circuit: Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Winner: Jose Froilan GonzalezFerrari
Pole: Jose Froilan Gonzalez
Fastest lap: Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina
Entries: 2013 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	375	1	90	Finished	8
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	159	2	90	Finished	6
3	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	375	5	88	Finished	4
4	Felice Bonetto	Alfa Romeo	159	7	87	Finished	3
5	Reg Parnell	BRM	P15	20	85	Finished	2
6	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	159	6	84	Finished	0
7	Peter Walker	BRM	P15	19	84	Finished	0
8	Brian Shawe-Taylor	ERA	B	12	84	Finished	0
9	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	375	8	83	Finished	0
10	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	T26C	9	83	Finished	0
11	Bob Gerard	ERA	B	10	82	Finished	0
12	Duncan Hamilton	Talbot-Lago	T26C	11	81	Finished	0
13	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago	T26C	14	80	Finished	0
DNF	Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	Alfa Romeo	159	3	75	Clutch	1	fastest lap
NC	Joe Kelly	Alta	GP	18	75	NC	0
DNF	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	375	4	56	Gearbox	0
DNF	Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Maserati	4CL	16	46	Oil leak	0
DNF	David Murray	Maserati	4CLT/48	15	45	Engine	0
DNF	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago	T26C	13	41	Brakes	0
DNF	John James	Maserati	4CLT/48	17	23	Radiator	0

F1DB layout silverstone-1 · 4.649 km · 8 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.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Jose Froilan Gonzalez	1	1	90
Juan Manuel Fangio	2	2	90
Luigi Villoresi	5	3	88
Felice Bonetto	7	4	87
Reg Parnell	20	5	85
Consalvo Sanesi	6	6	84
Peter Walker	19	7	84
Brian Shawe-Taylor	12	8	84
Peter Whitehead	8	9	83
Louis Rosier	9	10	83
Bob Gerard	10	11	82
Duncan Hamilton	11	12	81
Johnny Claes	14	13	80
Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	3	DNF	75
Joe Kelly	18	NC	75
Alberto Ascari	4	DNF	56
Philip Fotheringham-Parker	16	DNF	46
David Murray	15	DNF	45
Louis Chiron	13	DNF	41
John James	17	DNF	23

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	12	1:43.400	—	—
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	2	1:44.400	+1.000	+1.000
3	Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	Alfa Romeo	1	1:45.000	+1.600	+0.600
4	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	11	1:45.400	+2.000	+0.400
5	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	10	1:45.800	+2.400	+0.400
6	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	3	1:50.200	+6.800	+4.400
7	Felice Bonetto	Alfa Romeo	4	1:52.000	+8.600	+1.800
8	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	14	1:54.600	+11.200	+2.600
9	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	22	1:56.000	+12.600	+1.400
10	Bob Gerard	ERA	8	1:57.000	+13.600	+1.000
11	Duncan Hamilton	Talbot-Lago	18	1:57.200	+13.800	+0.200
12	Brian Shawe-Taylor	ERA	9	1:58.200	+14.800	+1.000
13	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago	23	2:00.200	+16.800	+2.000
14	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago	25	2:05.800	+22.400	+5.600
15	David Murray	Maserati	15	2:06.000	+22.600	+0.200
16	Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Maserati	17	2:13.200	+29.800	+7.200
17	John James	Maserati	16	2:17.000	+33.600	+3.800
18	Joe Kelly	Alta	5	2:18.400	+35.000	+1.400
19	Peter Walker	BRM	7	—	—	—
20	Reg Parnell	BRM	6	—	—	—

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.

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: 5 of 1951
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 14 Jul 1951
Layout raced: Airfield perimeter · 4.649 km
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.