1950 F1 Championship Standings

Overview & Report

1950 F1 Championship Overview

1950 F1 World Championship

NO	Grand Prix	Date	Winner	Team	Laps	Time
1	1950 British F1 GP	May 13	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	70	02:13:23.600
2	1950 Monaco F1 GP	May 21	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	100	03:13:18.700
3	1950 Indianapolis 500	May 30	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	138	02:46:55.970
4	1950 Swiss F1 GP	June 4	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	42	02:02:53.700
5	1950 Belgian F1 GP	June 18	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	35	02:47:26.000
6	1950 French F1 GP	July 2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	64	02:57:52.800
7	1950 Italian F1 GP	September 3	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	80	02:51:17.400

1950 F1 Championship Report

The championship was dominated by the Alfa Romeo cars, with Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina winning three Grands Prix and Juan Manuel Fangio dominating the other three European rounds. Ultimately, Farina’s fourth place at Belgium was the difference in a closely-fought World Championship. Alfa Romeo’s Luigi Fagioli finished third and was the driver with the most podiums in the season, though he did not win a single event.

Only the four best results of the six races counted for the World Drivers’ Championship and the points-allocation was established with an 8-6-4-3-2 format for the first five finishers and one point for the driver with the Fastest Lap of the race, regardless if that driver finished the race or not.

The Battle of The Alfettas

Farina dominated the first-ever Grand Prix, held at Silverstone. Then, the Italian crashed at Monaco as Fangio reigned supreme and Ferrari made its World Championship debut with a second-place from Alberto Ascari in the 125 F1 with a V12 supercharged engine. The Indy 500 was celebrated on 30 May 1950 without participation from the European drivers and Johnnie Parsons took the win.

Engine woes for Pole-sitter Fangio meant Farina won the 1950 Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten on 4 June 1950. Fangio struck back at Belgium after winning from second on the grid on the 14.120-kilometre Spa-Francorchamps.

Then, the Argentine maestro won again in France. Fangio qualified almost two seconds ahead of everyone at Reims-Gueux and then won with a 25-second gap over Fagioli and three laps ahead of the third-placed Peter Whitehead, driving a Ferrari. Fuel pump failure for Farina meant Fangio led the championship heading to the final showdown at Monza with two points over Fagioli and four over ‘Nino’.

Farina needed a series of results to win the crown at his home country. The Italian driver needed at least third place to have a chance if Fangio had a difficult afternoon. The worst possible result that could’ve given the title to the Italian racer was third place with the Fastest Lap of the race. Fangio was in a good spot since he could’ve earned the championship even without scoring any points.

Championship Climax at Monza

For the race at the 6.300-kilometre Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Fangio qualified on Pole two tenths ahead of Ferrari’s first superstar in the World Championship, Ascari. Farina was third, 1.6 seconds off of Fangio’s lap.

Farina took the lead at the start and lost it briefly on lap 14 to Ascari, who was driving the Ferrari 375 with the new 4.5-litre V12 engine without a supercharger. Fangio, on the other hand, had gearbox issue in his car and borrowed Piero Taruffi’s Alfetta, only to retire again with engine issues.

Farina won comfortably ahead of the Ferrari driven by Dorino Serafini and Ascari. Ascari’s car had reliability issues, but he managed to get a podium place at home for Ferrari after finishing in Serafini’s own 375. It was Serafini’s only Grand Prix and he finished second. In third place was Fagioli in one of the other Alfa Romeos.

‘Nino’ Farina, the “Gentleman of Turin”, became the first World Drivers’ Champion in history and 70 years later, he is still the only driver to seal the Formula 1 championship in his home race.

The first Formula 1 season will be remembered forever, due to the utter dominance of the Alfettas, the battle between Farina and Fangio and because it gave way to the mega-sport the Formula 1 championship is today.

The beginning of a great sport, the origin of golden history.

Here you can find the 1950 F1 teams overview.

Drivers Standings

1950 Formula 1 Drivers Championship Table

Pos	Driver	Pts	BRI	MON	INDY	SWI	BEL	FRE	ITA
1	Nino Farina	30	1*	DNF		1*	4*	7	1
2	Luigi Fagioli	24 (28)	2	DNF		2	2	2	3
3	Juan Manuel Fangio	27	DNF	1*		DNF	1	1*	DNF
4	Louis Rosier	13	5	DNF		3	3	6	4
5	Alberto Ascari	11		2		DNF	5	DNQ	2
6	Johnnie Parsons	9			1*
7	Bill Holland	6			2
8	Prince Bira	5	DNF	5		4			DNF
9	Louis Chiron	4	DNF	3		9		DNF	DNF
10	Mauri Rose	4			3
11	Peter Whitehead	4		DNS				3	7
12	Reg Parnell	4	3					DNF
13	Cecil Green	3			4
14	Dorino Serafini	3							2
15	Philippe Étancelin	3	8	DNF		DNF	DNF	5	5
16	Raymond Sommer	3		4		DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
17	Robert Manzon	3		DNF				4	DNF
18	Yves Giraud Cabantous	3	4			DNF	DNF	8
19	Felice Bonetto	2				5		DNF	DNS
20	Eugène Chaboud	1					DNF	5
21	Joie Chitwood	1			5
22	Tony Bettenhausen	1			5
23	Alfredo Piàn	0		DNS
24	Bayliss Levrett	0			27
25	Bill Cantrell	0			27
26	Bill Schindler	0			26
27	Bob Gerard	0	6	6
28	Brian Shawe Taylor	0	10
29	Charles Pozzi	0						6
30	Clemente Biondetti	0							DNF
31	Consalvo Sanesi	0							DNF
32	Cuth Harrison	0	7	DNF					DNF
33	David Hampshire	0	9					DNF
34	David Murray	0	DNF						DNF
35	Dick Rathmann	0			32
36	Duane Carter	0			12
37	Duke Dinsmore	0			33
38	Eugène Martin	0	DNF			DNF
39	Franco Comotti	0						DNP	DNF
40	Franco Rol	0		DNF				DNF	DNF
41	Fred Agabashian	0			28
42	Gene Hartley	0			16
43	Geoff Crossley	0	DNF				9
44	George Connor	0			8
45	Guy Mairesse	0							DNF
46	Harry Schell	0		DNF		8
47	Henri Louveau	0							DNF
48	Henry Banks	0			25
49	Jack McGrath	0			14
50	Jackie Holmes	0			23
51	Jerry Hoyt	0			21
52	Jim Rathmann	0			24
53	Jimmy Davies	0			17
54	Jimmy Jackson	0			29
55	Joe Fry	0	10
56	Joe Kelly	0	NC
57	Johnny Claes	0	11	7		10	8	DNF	DNF
58	Johnny McDowell	0			18
59	José Froilán González	0		DNF				DNF
60	Lee Wallard	0			6
61	Leslie Johnson	0	DNF
62	Luigi Villoresi	0		DNF		DNF	6	DNQ
63	Mack Hellings	0			13
64	Maurice Trintignant	0		DNF					DNF
65	Myron Fohr	0			11
66	Nello Pagani	0				7
67	Pat Flaherty	0			10
68	Paul Pietsch	0							DNF
69	Paul Russo	0			9
70	Peter Walker	0	DNF
71	Piero Taruffi	0							DNF
72	Pierre Levegh	0					7	DNF	DNF
73	Sam Hanks	0			30
74	Spider Webb	0			20
75	Toni Branca	0				11	10
76	Tony Rolt	0	DNF
77	Toulo de Graffenried	0	DNF	DNF		6			6
78	Troy Ruttman	0			15
79	Walt Ader	0			22
80	Walt Brown	0			19
81	Walt Faulkner	0			7

1950 F1 results distribution of points: 1st = 9, 2nd = 6, 3rd = 4, 4th = 3, 5th = 2 point

DNQ = Did Not Qualify, DNS = Did Not Start, Ret = Retired, DSQ = Disqualified, NC = Not Classified

Drivers Stats

1950 F1 Drivers Statistics Table

Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	Laps	FL	RET	PTS
Juan Manuel Fangio	7	3	0	0	3	4	350	3	4	27
Louis Rosier	7	0	0	2	2	0	285	0	2	13
Nino Farina	6	3	0	0	3	2	282	3	2	30
Luigi Fagioli	6	0	4	1	5	0	291	0	1	28
Alberto Ascari	6	0	2	0	2	0	238	0	2	11
Philippe Étancelin	6	0	0	0	0	0	277	0	3	3
Johnny Claes	6	0	0	0	0	0	251	0	2	0
Louis Chiron	5	0	0	1	1	0	182	0	3	4
Raymond Sommer	5	0	0	0	0	0	188	0	4	3
Prince Bira	4	0	0	0	0	0	185	0	2	5
Yves Giraud Cabantous	4	0	0	0	0	0	122	0	2	3
Luigi Villoresi	4	0	0	0	0	0	105	0	2	0
Toulo de Graffenried	4	0	0	0	0	0	148	0	2	0
Peter Whitehead	3	0	0	1	1	0	133	0	1	4
Robert Manzon	3	0	0	0	0	0	68	0	2	3
Felice Bonetto	3	0	0	0	0	0	54	0	2	2
Eugène Chaboud	3	0	0	0	0	0	81	0	1	1
Pierre Levegh	3	0	0	0	0	0	98	0	2	0
Franco Rol	3	0	0	0	0	0	45	0	3	0
Cuth Harrison	3	0	0	0	0	0	118	0	2	0
Reg Parnell	2	0	0	1	1	0	79	0	1	4
Tony Bettenhausen	2	0	0	0	0	0	166	0	1	1
Franco Comotti	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0
Maurice Trintignant	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	2	0
Bob Gerard	2	0	0	0	0	0	161	0	0	0
David Murray	2	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	2	0
José Froilán González	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0
Toni Branca	2	0	0	0	0	0	64	0	0	0
Harry Schell	2	0	0	0	0	0	39	0	1	0
Geoff Crossley	2	0	0	0	0	0	73	0	1	0
Eugène Martin	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	2	0
David Hampshire	2	0	0	0	0	0	69	0	1	0
Johnnie Parsons	1	1	0	0	1	0	138	1	0	9
Bill Holland	1	0	1	0	1	0	137	0	0	6
Mauri Rose	1	0	0	1	1	0	137	0	0	4
Dorino Serafini	1	0	1	0	1	0	80	0	0	3
Cecil Green	1	0	0	0	0	0	137	0	0	3
Joie Chitwood	1	0	0	0	0	0	136	0	0	1
Alfredo Piàn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Pat Flaherty	1	0	0	0	0	0	135	0	0	0
Bill Schindler	1	0	0	0	0	0	111	0	1	0
Walt Faulkner	1	0	0	0	0	1	135	0	0	0
Jackie Holmes	1	0	0	0	0	0	123	0	1	0
Spider Webb	1	0	0	0	0	0	126	0	0	0
Charles Pozzi	1	0	0	0	0	0	56	0	0	0
Clemente Biondetti	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	0
Jimmy Davies	1	0	0	0	0	0	128	0	0	0
Peter Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
Duke Dinsmore	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0
Jack McGrath	1	0	0	0	0	0	131	0	1	0
Brian Shawe Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	0	0
Jimmy Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0	52	0	1	0
Nello Pagani	1	0	0	0	0	0	39	0	0	0
Myron Fohr	1	0	0	0	0	0	133	0	0	0
Consalvo Sanesi	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0
Bill Cantrell	1	0	0	0	0	0	108	0	1	0
George Connor	1	0	0	0	0	0	135	0	0	0
Piero Taruffi	1	0	0	0	0	0	34	0	1	0
Jim Rathmann	1	0	0	0	0	0	122	0	0	0
Jerry Hoyt	1	0	0	0	0	0	125	0	0	0
Johnny McDowell	1	0	0	0	0	0	128	0	0	0
Tony Rolt	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
Troy Ruttman	1	0	0	0	0	0	130	0	0	0
Joe Kelly	1	0	0	0	0	0	57	0	1	0
Sam Hanks	1	0	0	0	0	0	42	0	1	0
Duane Carter	1	0	0	0	0	0	133	0	0	0
Paul Pietsch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bayliss Levrett	1	0	0	0	0	0	108	0	1	0
Paul Russo	1	0	0	0	0	0	135	0	0	0
Henri Louveau	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0
Henry Banks	1	0	0	0	0	0	112	0	1	0
Lee Wallard	1	0	0	0	0	0	136	0	0	0
Walt Ader	1	0	0	0	0	0	123	0	0	0
Walt Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0	127	0	0	0
Leslie Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
Guy Mairesse	1	0	0	0	0	0	42	0	1	0
Gene Hartley	1	0	0	0	0	0	128	0	0	0
Dick Rathmann	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	1	0
Mack Hellings	1	0	0	0	0	0	132	0	0	0
Joe Fry	1	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	0	0
Fred Agabashian	1	0	0	0	0	0	64	0	1	0

Teams Standings

1950 F1 Constructors Championship Table

The World Constructors Championship did not exist until 1958.