The 1950 Coppa Acerbo (also known as the 1950 Pescara Grand Prix) was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 15 August 1950 at the Pescara Circuit, in Italy.[1]

1950 Coppa Acerbo
Non-championship race in the 1950 Formula One season
Race details
Date 15 August 1950
Official name XIX Coppa Acerbo
Location Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy
Course Pescara Circuit
Course length 25.802 km (16.030 miles)
Distance 16 laps, 412.826 km (256.518 miles)
Pole position
Driver Alfa Romeo
Time 10:37.6
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo
Time 10:37.6
Podium
First Alfa Romeo
Second Talbot-Lago
Third Alfa Romeo

Classification edit

Qualifying edit

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Time Gap
1   Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 10'37.6 -
2   Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo 10'58.0 +20.4
3   Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 11'26.0 +48.4
4   Henri Louveau Talbot-Lago 11'32.6 +55.0
5   Philippe Étançelin Talbot-Lago 11'42.4 +1'4.8
6   Georges Grignard Talbot-Lago 12'17.8 +1'40.2
7   Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 12'23.2 +1'45.6
8   Prince Bira Maserati 13'14.2 +2'36.6
9   Luigi de Filippis Maserati 14'06.8 +3'29.2
10   Franco Rol Maserati 14'53.8 +4'16.2
11   Franco Comotti Maserati-Milano 20'43.2 +10'5.6
12   Felice Bonetto Maserati 21'02.4 +10'24.8
13   Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati No time
14   Clemente Biondetti Ferrari-Jaguar No time
15   Adolfo Schwelm Cruz Jaguar No time
Source:[2]


Race edit

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid
1   Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 16 3:02:51.4 1
2   Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 16 + 17.6 3
3   Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo 16 + 23.6 2
4   Philippe Étançelin Talbot-Lago 16 + 6:49.0 5
5   Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 15 + 1 lap 7
6   Luigi de Filippis Maserati 14 + 2 laps 9
7   Felice Bonetto Maserati 10 + 6 laps 12
Ret   Prince Bira Maserati 2 Mechanical 8
Ret   Georges Grignard Talbot-Lago 1 Accident 6
Ret   Henri Louveau Talbot-Lago 1 Fuel pipe 4
Ret   Franco Rol Maserati 0 Supercharger 10
Ret   Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 0 13
Ret   Adolfo Schwelm Cruz Jaguar 0 15
Ret   Clemente Biondetti Ferrari-Jaguar 0 14
DNS   Franco Comotti Maserati-Milano 0 11

References edit

  1. ^ "1950 Pescara Circuit". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. ^ "1950 Non-World Championship Grands Prix".

External links edit


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