1950 Formula One season

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The 1950 Formula One season was the first edition of the championship. The champion was Giussepe Farina in a close battle.

[change] Grands Prix

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Tyre	Report
1	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	May 13	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	P	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	May 21	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	P	Report
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	May 30	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	F	Report
4	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	June 4	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	P	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	June 18	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	P	Report
6	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	July 2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	P	Report
7	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	September 3	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	P	Report

[change] 1950 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos. Driver GBR MON 500 SUI BEL FRA ITA Pts. 1 Nino Farina 1* Ret 1* 4* 7 1 30 2 Juan Manuel Fangio Ret 1* Ret 1 1* Ret* / Ret† 27 3 Luigi Fagioli 2 Ret 2 2 2 3 24 (28) 4 Louis Rosier 5 Ret 3 3 6† 4 13 5 Alberto Ascari 2 Ret 5 2† 11 6 Johnnie Parsons 1* 9 7 Bill Holland 2 6 8 Prince Bira Ret 5 4 Ret 5 9 Peter Whitehead 3 7 4 10 Louis Chiron Ret 3 9 Ret Ret 4 11 Reg Parnell 3 Ret 4 12 Mauri Rose 3 4 13 Dorino Serafini 2† 3 14 Yves Giraud Cabantous 4 Ret Ret 8 3 15 Raymond Sommer 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 16 Robert Manzon Ret 4 Ret 3 17 Cecil Green 4 3 18 Philippe Etancelin 8 Ret Ret Ret 5† 5 3 19 Felice Bonetto 5 Ret Ret 2 20 Eugene Chaboud Ret 5† 1 21 Joie Chitwood 5† 1 22 Tony Bettenhausen 5† 1 23 Toulo de Graffenried Ret Ret 6 6 0 24 Bob Gerard 6 6 0 25 Luigi Villoresi Ret Ret 6 0 26 Lee Wallard 6 0 27 Charles Pozzi 6† 0 28 Johnny Claes 11 7 10 8 Ret Ret 0 29 Cuth Harrison 7 Ret Ret 0 30 Pierre Levegh 7 Ret Ret 0 31 Walt Faulkner 7 0 32 Nello Pagani 7 0 33 Harry Schell Ret 8 0 34 George Connor 8 0 35 Geoff Crossley NC 9 0 36 David Hampshire 9 Ret 0 37 Paul Russo 9 0 38 Toni Branca 11 10 0 39 Pat Flaherty 10 0 40 Brian Shawe Taylor 10† 0 41 Joe Fry 10† 0 42 Myron Fohr 11 0 43 Duane Carter 12 0 44 Mack Hellings 13 0 45 Jack McGrath 14 0 46 Troy Ruttman 15 0 47 Gene Hartley 16 0 48 Jimmy Davies 17 0 49 Johnny McDowell 18 0 50 Walt Brown 19 0 51 Spider Webb 20 0 52 Jerry Hoyt 21 0 53 Walt Ader 22 0 54 Jackie Holmes 23 0 55 Jim Rathmann 24 0 — Joe Kelly NC 0 — Franco Rol Ret Ret Ret 0 — Eugene Martin Ret Ret 0 — José Froilán González Ret Ret 0 — David Murray Ret Ret 0 — Maurice Trintignant Ret Ret 0 — Leslie Johnson Ret 0 — Peter Walker Ret† 0 — Tony Rolt Ret† 0 — Bill Schindler Ret 0 — Fred Agabashian Ret 0 — Jimmy Jackson Ret 0 — Sam Hanks Ret 0 — Dick Rathmann Ret 0 — Duke Dinsmore Ret 0 — Bayliss Levrett Ret† 0 — Bill Cantrell Ret† 0 — Guy Mairesse Ret 0 — Paul Pietsch Ret 0 — Clemente Biondetti Ret 0 — Henri Louveau Ret 0 — Franco Comotti Ret 0 — Consalvo Sanesi Ret 0 — Piero Taruffi Ret† 0 Pos. Driver GBR MON 500 SUI BEL FRA ITA Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Withdrawn during race (WD/Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Withdrawn before qualifying (WD/DNQ) or pre-qualifying (WD/DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrawn before start (WD/DNS) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) - from 2003 onwards Blank Did not practice (DNP) Withdrawn, thus DNP (WD/DNP) Injured or ill (Inj) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Did not have a car (DNC)

• * Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
• † Position shared between more drivers of the same car
• Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

[change] Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races, which did not count towards the World Championship, also held in 1950.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
XI Grand Prix de Pau	Pau	April 10	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
II Richmond Trophy	Goodwood	April 10	Reg Parnell	Maserati	Report
V San Remo Grand Prix	Sanremo	April 16	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Report
IV Grand Prix de Paris	Paris	April 30	Georges Grignard	Talbot-Lago	Report
XII British Empire Trophy	Douglas	June 15	Bob Gerard	ERA	Report
IV Gran Premio di Bari	Bari	July 9	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	Report
IV J.C.C. Jersey Road Race	Jersey	July 13	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	Report
XII Circuit de l'Albigeois	Albi	July 16	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	Report
I Grote Prijs van Nederland	Zandvoort	July 23	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	Report
III Grand Prix des Nations	Geneve	July 30	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Report
I Nottingham Trophy	Gamston	August 7	David Hampshire	Maserati	Report
IV Ulster Trophy	Dundrod	August 12	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	Report
XIX Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	August 15	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Report
II BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	August 26	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	Report
III Goodwood Trophy	Goodwood	September 30	Reg Parnell	BRM	Report
X Gran Premio de Penya Rhin	Pedralbes	October 29	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Report

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