1950 Belgian Grand Prix
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| Date | 18 June 1950 |
| Location | Spa-Francorchamps |
| Course | 14.120km |
| Distance | 35 laps, 494.200km |
| Weather | Warm, dry and sunny |
| Pole Position | Nino Farina, 4'37.0 |
| Fastest Lap | Nino Farina, 4'34.1 |
| Winner | Juan Manuel Fangio, 2:47'26.0 |
| 2nd Place | Luigi Fagioli |
| 3rd Place | Louis Rosier |
The 1950 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on June 18, 1950 at Spa-Francorchamps. It was the fifth round of the 1950 Formula One season.
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[edit] Report
The 1950 Belgian Grand Prix was beginning to tell with only 14 cars arriving at Spa circuit. These included the dominant Alfa Romeo's of Nino Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli. Ferrari was down to two 125's for Luigi Villoresi and Alberto Ascari, although Ascari had a new V12 engine to try out. The factory Talbot-Lago team had three cars for Louis Rosier, Yves Giraud-Cabantous and Philippe Étancelin (standing in for the injured Eugène Martin). The rest of the field was made up of Talbot-Lagos (notably one for Raymond Sommer), a single Alta and one Maserati for Toni Branca.
Farina and Fangio were fastest as usual in qualifying with Fagioli unable to match them. Sommer split the Ferraris in his old Talbot-Lago. The race would be a similar story. The Alfa's went off on their own and Sommer battled with the two Ferrari's. When the Alfa stopped for fuel Sommer found himself in the unlikely position of being race leader. Unfortunately his engine blew up. Ascari took the lead but he had to stop for fuel and that meant that the Alfas went ahead again with Fangio leading farina and Fagioli. Farina suffered transmission trouble in the closing laps and dropped to fourth behind the best of the surviving Talbot-Lagos being driven by Rosier. Ascari finished fifth.
[edit] Drivers and contructors competing
[edit] Classification
[edit] Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |  Nino Farina |
Alfa Romeo | 4'37.0 | - |
| 2 | 10 |  Juan Manuel Fangio |
Alfa Romeo | 4'37.0 | 0.000 |
| 3 | 12 | Luigi Fagioli |
Alfa Romeo | 4'41.0 | + 4.000 |
| 4 | 2 | Luigi Villoresi |
Ferrari | 4'47.0 | + 10.000 |
| 5 | 6 |  Raymond Sommer |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 4'47.0 | + 10.000 |
| 6 | 16 | Philippe Étancelin |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 4'49.0 | + 12.000 |
| 7 | 4 | Alberto Ascari |
Ferrari | 4'52.0 | + 15.000 |
| 8 | 14 | Louis Rosier |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 4'53.0 | + 16.000 |
| 9 | 18 | Yves Giraud Cabantous |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 4'56.0 | + 19.000 |
| 10 | 22 | Pierre Levegh |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 5'01.0 | + 24.000 |
| 11 | 20 | Eugène Chaboud |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 5'13.0 | + 36.000 |
| 12 | 26 |  Geoff Crossley |
Alta | 5'44.0 | + 1'07.000 |
| 13 | 30 |  Toni Branca |
Maserati | 5'45.0 | + 1'08.000 |
| 14 | 24 |  Johnny Claes |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | No time | - |
[edit] Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Juan Manuel Fangio |
Alfa Romeo | 35 | 2:47'26 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 12 | Luigi Fagioli |
Alfa Romeo | 35 | + 14 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 14 | Louis Rosier |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 35 | + 2'19 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | Nino Farina |
Alfa Romeo | 35 | + 4'05 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | Alberto Ascari |
Ferrari | 34 | + 1 Lap | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | Luigi Villoresi |
Ferrari | 33 | + 2 Laps | 4 | |
| 7 | 22 | Pierre Levegh |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 33 | + 2 Laps | 10 | |
| 8 | 24 | Johnny Claes |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 22 | + 3 Laps | 14 | |
| 9 | 26 | Geoff Crossley |
Alta | 30 | + 5 Laps | 12 | |
| 10 | 30 | Toni Branca |
Maserati | 29 | + 6 Laps | 11 | |
| Ret | 20 | Eugène Chaboud |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 22 | Oil Pipe | 13 | |
| Ret | 6 | Raymond Sommer |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 20 | Oil Pressure | 5 | |
| Ret | 16 | Philippe Étancelin |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 15 | Overheating | 6 | |
| Ret | 18 | Yves Giraud Cabantous |
Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 2 | Oil Pipe | 9 |
[edit] Notes
- Drivers: 14 competing, 14 qualified for race, 10 classified.
- Cars: 28 not assigned.
- Pole position: Nino Farina – 4'37.0
- Fastest Lap: Nino Farina – 4'34.1
- Leaders:
- Juan Manuel Fangio (laps 1-6, 20-35)
- Nino Farina (laps 7-11, 18-19)
- Luigi Fagioli (lap 12)
- Raymond Sommer (laps 13-17)
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