1950 British Grand Prix

The Grand Prix of Great Britain on 13 May 1950 was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone was the first race of the Formula 1 season in 1950 and the first race of the Formula 1 at all. The race also had the FIA honorary title of European Grand Prix.

4.1 race

Race course

Farina was the fastest in qualifying and was on pole and his 3 teammates beside him in the front row. The second series consisted of Prince Bira in his Maserati and the two factory cars by Talbot -Lago. Felice Bonetto was the only rider who had not participated in the qualification and therefore not qualified for the race. On 13 May, 21 drivers were on the old Silverstone airport from a total of 9 countries. The host of the first Formula 1 race was represented with 9 riders. The race attracted 200,000 spectators. At the start of the race took Farina the lead, followed closely by Fagioli and Fangio. In the early rounds, the lead changed hands several times, so that hinted at the outset that it would be a fun race. Fangio retired with engine trouble and Farina as his lead to 2.5 seconds before Fagioli from. Parnell held up very well to the delight of his home crowd, despite a collision with a hare during the race, to place 2 The next challenger was Giraud - Cabantous had two laps down after Bira failed due to gasoline problems. Nothing changed more and Farina won the first Formula 1 races by a margin of 2.6 seconds before Fagioli and Parnell at the top.

Message list

Classifications

Qualifying

Line-up

Race results

Race

Standings after the race

The first five were 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 points; one point there was for the fastest lap. There are only the four best results from seven races. *) Contains the point for the fastest lap.

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Grand Prix of Great Britain
Race of the Formula 1 season 1950
Grand Prix of Europe

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