1950 Formula One season

1950 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1950 Formula One season included the inaugural FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on May 13, 1950, and ended on September 3 after 7 races. The championship consisted of six Formula One races in Europe plus the Indianapolis 500, which was run to AAA/USAC regulations.

Numerous other Formula One races, which did not count towards the Championship, were also held during the year.

Season summary

The inaugural World Championship, to a formula which specified engine capacity of 1.5 litres supercharged or 4.5 litres unsupercharged, saw Alfa Romeo dominate with their supercharged 158, a well-developed pre-war design, which won all six European Grands Prix. Alfa drivers consequently dominated the championship with Farina edging out Fangio by virtue of his fourth place in Belgium. Although the Indianapolis 500, which ran to different regulations, was included in the championship series until 1960, it attracted very little European participation and, conversely, very few American Indianapolis drivers entered any grand prix.

Championship points were given to top 5 finishers (8, 6, 4, 3, 2). 1 point was given for the fastest lap. Only the best four of seven scores counted towards the World Championship. Points for shared drives were divided equally between the drivers, regardless of how many laps each driver drove.

Season review

In this first World Championship season, 14 teams (4 works and 10 independent) participated, alongside a number of privately entered cars, in the 6 European Grands Prix. Only US teams, constructors and drivers participated in the Indianapolis 500. The chassis, engine and car numbers varied from race to race.

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

Teams and Drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1950 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Driver line-ups

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Driver
Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158/50	Alfa Romeo 1.5 L8 Supercharged	P	Giuseppe Farina
					Juan Manuel Fangio
					Luigi Fagioli
					Reg Parnell
					Consalvo Sanesi
					Piero Taruffi
Scuderia Achille Varzi	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 1.5 L4 Supercharged	P	José Froilán González
					Nello Pagani
		Maserati 4CL			Toni Branca
Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot-Lago 4.5 L6	D	Johnny Claes
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 125	Ferrari 1.5 V12 Supercharged	P	Luigi Villoresi
		Ferrari 275	Ferrari 3.3 V12		Alberto Ascari
		Ferrari 375	Ferrari 4.5 V12		Dorino Serafini
Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 1.5 L4 Supercharged	P	Franco Rol
					Louis Chiron
Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 1.5 L4 Supercharged	D	David Hampshire
					David Murray
					Reg Parnell
Automobiles Talbot-Darracq	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot-Lago 4.5 L6	D	Yves Giraud-Cabantous
					Eugene Martin
					Louis Rosier
					Philippe Etancelin
					Raymond Sommer
Raymond Sommer	Ferrari	Ferrari 125	Ferrari 1.5 V12 Supercharged	P	Raymond Sommer
		Ferrari 166/F2/50	Ferrari 2.0 V12
	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot-Lago 4.5 L6	D
English Racing Automobiles	ERA	ERA E-Type	ERA 1.5 L6 Supercharged	D	Leslie Johnson
Horschell Racing Corporation	Cooper	Cooper T12	JAP 1.1 V2	D	Harry Schell
Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	Ferrari 125	Ferrari 1.5 V12 Superchrged	D	Peter Whitehead
Peter Walker	ERA	ERA E-Type	ERA 1.5 L6 Superchrged	D	Peter Walker
					Tony Rolt
Joe Fry	Maserati	Maserati 4CL	Maserati 1.5 L4 Supercharged	D	Joe Fry
					Brian Shawe-Taylor
Equipe Simca-Gordini	Simca-Gordini	Simca-Gordini 15	Gordini 1.5 L4	E	Robert Manzon
					Maurice Trintignant
TC Harrison	ERA	ERA C-Type	ERA 1.5 L6 Supercharged	D	Cuth Harrison
FR Gerard	ERA	ERA B-Type	ERA 1.5 L6 Supercharged	D	Bob Gerard
		ERA A-Type
Philippe Etancelin	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot-Lago 4.5 L6	D	Philippe Etancelin
					Eugene Chaboud
Ecurie Rosier	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot-Lago 4.5 L6	D	Louis Rosier
					Henri Louveau
Ecurie Lutetia	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot-Lago 4.5 L6	D	Eugene Chaboud
Enrico Plate	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 1.5 L4 Supercharged	P	Toulo de Graffenried
					B. Bira
Clemente Biondetti	Ferrari	Ferrari 166I	Jaguar 3.4 L6	?	Clemente Biondetti
Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot-Lago 4.5 L6	D	Pierre Levegh
Joe Kelly	Alta	Alta GP	Alta 1.5 L4 Supercharged	D	Joe Kelly
Geoffrey Crossley	Alta	Alta GP	Alta 1.5 L4 Supercharged	D	Geoff Crossley
Charles Pozzi	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot-Lago 4.5 L6	D	Charles Pozzi
					Louis Rosier
Paul Pietsch	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 1.5 L4 Supercharged	P	Paul Pietsch
Antonio Branca	Maserati	Maserati 4CL	Maserati 1.5 L4 Superchrged	P	Toni Branca

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.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Thursday/Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap Superscript Sprint race result Abbreviation Meaning WDC World Drivers' Championship position WCC World Constructors' Championship position NC Not classified

• * 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.

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