The 1950 Pau Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 10 April 1950 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. It was the second race of the 1950 Formula One season, and was conducted on the same day as the 1950 Richmond Trophy. The 110-lap race was won by Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio after starting from pole position. Luigi Villoresi finished second in a Ferrari, and Louis Rosier third in a Talbot-Lago.

1950 Pau Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1950 Formula One season
Race details
Date 10 April 1950
Official name XI Grand Prix Automobile de Pau[1]
Location Pau, France
Course Street Circuit
Course length 2.769 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 110 laps, 304.590 km (189.263 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Time 1:43.1
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati
Time 1:42.8
Podium
First Maserati
Second Ferrari
Third Talbot-Lago

Classification

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Race

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Pos No Driver Entrant Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 10   Juan Manuel Fangio Scuderia Achille Varzi Maserati 110 3:14:20.0 1
2 2   Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 110 + 30.5 2
3 14   Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago 110 + 1:02.2 4
4 6   Raymond Sommer Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 109 + 1 Lap 3
5 22   Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Simca-Gordini 106 + 4 Laps 8
6 28   Pierre Levegh Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 104 + 6 Laps 10
7 20   Maurice Trintignant Equipe Gordini Simca-Gordini 103 + 7 Laps 11
8 16   Charles Pozzi
  Georges Grignard
Charles Pozzi Talbot-Lago 100 + 10 Laps 13
Ret 18   Louis Chiron Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 56 Rear axle 7
Ret 8   Philippe Étancelin Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago 53 Drive shaft 12
Ret 24   André Simon Equipe Gordini Simca-Gordini 32 Crash 9
Ret 12   José Froilán González Scuderia Achille Varzi Maserati 25 Differential 5
Ret 4   Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 10 Rear axle 6
DNA 26   Felice Bonetto Scuderia Milano Maserati Car not ready


Previous race:
1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (III)
Formula One non-championship races
1950 season
Next race:
1950 Richmond Trophy
Previous race:
1949 Pau Grand Prix
Pau Grand Prix Next race:
1951 Pau Grand Prix

References

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  1. ^ "XI Grand Prix Automobile de Pau". STATS F1. Retrieved 2017-03-10.