1950 San Remo Grand Prix

The 1950 San Remo Grand Prix was a non-Championship Formula One motor race held on 16 April 1950 at the Autodromo di Ospedaletti, in Sanremo, Liguria, Italy. It was the third race of the 1950 Formula One season. The 90-lap race was won by Alfa Romeo driver Juan Manuel Fangio after starting from second position. Luigi Villoresi finished second in a Ferrari, and Alfredo Piàn third in a Maserati.

1950 San Remo Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1950 Formula One season
Race details
Date 16 April 1950
Official name V Gran Premio di San Remo
Location San Remo, Liguria, Italy
Course Ospedaletti
Course length 3.331 km (2.070 miles)
Distance 90 laps, 299.790 km (186.281 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:52.2
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari
Time 2:01.2
Podium
First Alfa Romeo
Second Ferrari
Third Maserati

Classification edit

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 18   Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 90 3:10:08.3 2
2 24   Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 90 + 1.1 3
3 6   Alfredo Piàn Maserati 88 + 2 laps 7
4 2   Roberto Vallone Ferrari 86 + 4 Laps 8
5 20   Franco Rol Maserati 84 + 6 Laps 12
6 10   Louis Chiron Maserati 84 + 6 Laps 11
Ret 30   José Froilán González Maserati 70 Fuel pipe 5
Ret 32   Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 51 Oil loss 18
Ret 28   Raymond Sommer Ferrari 39 Fuel pump 4
Ret 12   Alberto Ascari Ferrari 32 Crash 1
Ret 34   Giovanni Bracco Ferrari 28 Spin/Stall 9
Ret 40   Piero Carini Maserati 25 Spin/Stall 10
Ret 14   B. Bira Maserati 11 Head gasket 15
Ret 44   Felice Bonetto Maserati 8 Brakes/Suspension 6
Ret 16   Clemente Biondetti Maserati 8 Gearbox 13
Ret 26   Leslie Brooke Maserati 8 Mechanical 14
Ret 4   Peter Whitehead Ferrari 8 Head gasket 16
Ret 36   Reg Parnell Maserati 8 Engine 17
Ret 38   Dorino Serafini Ferrari 0 Oil pressure 19
Ret 8   Rudi Fischer SVA-Fiat 0 Oil pipe 20
DNA 22   Eugène Chaboud Talbot-Lago Did not arrive
DNA 42   Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago Did not arrive
DNA   Harry Schell Talbot-Lago

References edit

Ospedaletti Circuit blog

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "OldRacingCars.com". Retrieved 2009-01-10. or "1950 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2009-01-10.


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