Misplaced Pages

1951 Albi Grand Prix

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
1951 Albi Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1951 Formula One season
Race details
Date 5 August 1951
Official name XIII Grand Prix d'Albi
Location Circuit Les Planques, Albi
Course Temporary road circuit
Course length 8.954 km (5.564 mi)
Distance 34 laps, 304.429 km (189.163 mi)
Pole position
Driver Gordini
Time 3:08.8
Fastest lap
Driver France Maurice Trintignant Gordini
Time 3:11.6
Podium
First Gordini
Second Talbot-Lago
Third Talbot-Lago
Motor car race

The XIII Grand Prix d'Albi was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 5 August 1951 at the Circuit Les Planques, Albi. The race was run over 34 laps of the circuit, and was won by French driver Maurice Trintignant in a Simca-Gordini Type 15. Trintignant also set pole and fastest lap. Louis Rosier and Louis Chiron were second and third in their Talbot-Lago T26Cs.

Results

Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Position Grid
1 16 France Maurice Trintignant Equipe Gordini Simca-Gordini Type 15 1:51:23.1, 163.96kph 1
2 2 France Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C +2:46.1 2
3 4 Monaco Louis Chiron Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C +1 lap 8
4 10 France André Simon Equipe Gordini Simca-Gordini Type 15 +2 laps 3
5 12 Belgium Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago T26C +2 laps 5
6 22 France Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Simca-Gordini Type 15 +2 laps 10
7 14 Belgium Roger Laurent Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago T26C +3 laps 11
8 24 United Kingdom Lance Macklin Hersham and Walton Motors HWM=Alta +3 laps 14
Ret 32 Brazil Francisco Landi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 375 15 laps, oil pipe 7
Ret 8 France Pierre Levegh Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T26C 5 laps, piston 9
Ret 10 France Pierre Meyrat Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago T26C 5 laps, brakes 12
Ret 18 France Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Simca-Gordini Type 15 4 laps, suspension 6
Ret 6 France Philippe Étancelin Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago T26C 4 laps, magneto 4
Ret 28 Italy Gianfranco Comotti Scuderia Marzotto Ferrari 166 F2 3 laps, iginition/carburation 15

References

  1. "1951 Albi Grand Prix". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  2. "Non World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-05-21.


Previous race:
1951 Dutch Grand Prix 		Formula One non-championship races
1951 season 		Next race:
1951 Circuit of Pescara
Previous race:
1950 Albi Grand Prix 		Albi Grand Prix Next race:
1952 Albi Grand Prix
Categories: