1950 F1 Championship Standings

1950 F1 season & championship standings

Nino Farina

See all final 1950 F1 results for each race, driver and team. The 1950 Grand Prix season was the inaugural round of the F1 World Championship of Drivers as we know it today.

For the first season of what is now Formula One racing, the calendar was constructed by seven Grands Prix, six in Europe and the Indianapolis 500, which was run with AAA regulations and not the Formula 1 specifications.

The main Formula 1 specifications dictated that supercharged or turbocharged engines could not exceed the 1.5-litre engine displacement, while the naturally aspirated ones could have a 4.5-litre size.

 

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 Italy Nino Farina
Switzerland Alfa Romeo 70 02:13:23.600
2 1950 Monaco F1 GP May 21 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
Switzerland Alfa Romeo 100 03:13:18.700
3 1950 Indianapolis 500 May 30 United States Johnnie Parsons
United States Kurtis Kraft 138 02:46:55.970
4 1950 Swiss F1 GP June 4 Italy Nino Farina
Switzerland Alfa Romeo 42 02:02:53.700
5 1950 Belgian F1 GP June 18 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
Switzerland Alfa Romeo 35 02:47:26.000
6 1950 French F1 GP July 2 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
Switzerland Alfa Romeo 64 02:57:52.800
7 1950 Italian F1 GP September 3 Italy Nino Farina
Switzerland 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

PosDriverPtsBRIMONINDYSWIBELFREITA
1Italy Nino Farina301*DNF 1*4*71
2Italy Luigi Fagioli24 (28)2DNF 2223
3Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio27DNF1* DNF11*DNF
4France Louis Rosier135DNF 3364
5Italy Alberto Ascari11 2 DNF5DNQ2
6United States Johnnie Parsons9 1*
7United States Bill Holland6 2
8Thailand Prince Bira5DNF5 4 DNF
9Monaco Louis Chiron4DNF3 9 DNFDNF
10United States Mauri Rose4 3
11United Kingdom Peter Whitehead4 DNS 37
12United Kingdom Reg Parnell43 DNF
13United States Cecil Green3 4
14Italy Dorino Serafini3 2
15France Philippe Étancelin38DNF DNFDNF55
16France Raymond Sommer3 4 DNFDNFDNFDNF
17France Robert Manzon3 DNF 4DNF
18France Yves Giraud Cabantous34 DNFDNF8
19Italy Felice Bonetto2 5 DNFDNS
20France Eugène Chaboud1 DNF5
21United States Joie Chitwood1 5
22United States Tony Bettenhausen1 5
23Argentina Alfredo Piàn0 DNS
24United States Bayliss Levrett0 27
25United States Bill Cantrell0 27
26United States Bill Schindler0 26
27United Kingdom Bob Gerard066
28United Kingdom Brian Shawe Taylor010
29France Charles Pozzi0 6
30Italy Clemente Biondetti0 DNF
31Italy Consalvo Sanesi0 DNF
32United Kingdom Cuth Harrison07DNF DNF
33United Kingdom David Hampshire09 DNF
34United Kingdom David Murray0DNF DNF
35United States Dick Rathmann0 32
36United States Duane Carter0 12
37United States Duke Dinsmore0 33
38France Eugène Martin0DNF DNF
39Italy Franco Comotti0 DNPDNF
40Italy Franco Rol0 DNF DNFDNF
41United States Fred Agabashian0 28
42United States Gene Hartley0 16
43United Kingdom Geoff Crossley0DNF 9
44United States George Connor0 8
45France Guy Mairesse0 DNF
46United States Harry Schell0 DNF 8
47France Henri Louveau0 DNF
48United States Henry Banks0 25
49United States Jack McGrath0 14
50United States Jackie Holmes0 23
51United States Jerry Hoyt0 21
52United States Jim Rathmann0 24
53United States Jimmy Davies0 17
54United States Jimmy Jackson0 29
55United Kingdom Joe Fry010
56Ireland Joe Kelly0NC
57Belgium Johnny Claes0117 108DNFDNF
58United States Johnny McDowell0 18
59Argentina José Froilán González0 DNF DNF
60United States Lee Wallard0 6
61United Kingdom Leslie Johnson0DNF
62Italy Luigi Villoresi0 DNF DNF6DNQ
63United States Mack Hellings0 13
64France Maurice Trintignant0 DNF DNF
65United States Myron Fohr0 11
66Italy Nello Pagani0 7
67United States Pat Flaherty0 10
68Germany Paul Pietsch0 DNF
69United States Paul Russo0 9
70United Kingdom Peter Walker0DNF
71Italy Piero Taruffi0 DNF
72France Pierre Levegh0 7DNFDNF
73United States Sam Hanks0 30
74United States Spider Webb0 20
75Switzerland Toni Branca0 1110
76United Kingdom Tony Rolt0DNF
77Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried0DNFDNF 6 6
78United States Troy Ruttman0 15
79United States Walt Ader0 22
80United States Walt Brown0 19
81United States Walt Faulkner0 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
Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 7 3 0 0 3 4 350 3 4 27
France Louis Rosier 7 0 0 2 2 0 285 0 2 13
Italy Nino Farina 6 3 0 0 3 2 282 3 2 30
Italy Luigi Fagioli 6 0 4 1 5 0 291 0 1 28
Italy Alberto Ascari 6 0 2 0 2 0 238 0 2 11
France Philippe Étancelin 6 0 0 0 0 0 277 0 3 3
Belgium Johnny Claes 6 0 0 0 0 0 251 0 2 0
Monaco Louis Chiron 5 0 0 1 1 0 182 0 3 4
France Raymond Sommer 5 0 0 0 0 0 188 0 4 3
Thailand Prince Bira 4 0 0 0 0 0 185 0 2 5
France Yves Giraud Cabantous 4 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 2 3
Italy Luigi Villoresi 4 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 2 0
Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried 4 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 2 0
United Kingdom Peter Whitehead 3 0 0 1 1 0 133 0 1 4
France Robert Manzon 3 0 0 0 0 0 68 0 2 3
Italy Felice Bonetto 3 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 2 2
France Eugène Chaboud 3 0 0 0 0 0 81 0 1 1
France Pierre Levegh 3 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 2 0
Italy Franco Rol 3 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 3 0
United Kingdom Cuth Harrison 3 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 2 0
United Kingdom Reg Parnell 2 0 0 1 1 0 79 0 1 4
United States Tony Bettenhausen 2 0 0 0 0 0 166 0 1 1
Italy Franco Comotti 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 0
France Maurice Trintignant 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2 0
United Kingdom Bob Gerard 2 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0
United Kingdom David Murray 2 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 2 0
Argentina José Froilán González 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0
Switzerland Toni Branca 2 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 0 0
United States Harry Schell 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 1 0
United Kingdom Geoff Crossley 2 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 1 0
France Eugène Martin 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 2 0
United Kingdom David Hampshire 2 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 1 0
United States Johnnie Parsons 1 1 0 0 1 0 138 1 0 9
United States Bill Holland 1 0 1 0 1 0 137 0 0 6
United States Mauri Rose 1 0 0 1 1 0 137 0 0 4
Italy Dorino Serafini 1 0 1 0 1 0 80 0 0 3
United States Cecil Green 1 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 3
United States Joie Chitwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 1
Argentina Alfredo Piàn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
United States Pat Flaherty 1 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0
United States Bill Schindler 1 0 0 0 0 0 111 0 1 0
United States Walt Faulkner 1 0 0 0 0 1 135 0 0 0
United States Jackie Holmes 1 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 1 0
United States Spider Webb 1 0 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0
France Charles Pozzi 1 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0
Italy Clemente Biondetti 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1 0
United States Jimmy Davies 1 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0
United Kingdom Peter Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0
United States Duke Dinsmore 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0
United States Jack McGrath 1 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 1 0
United Kingdom Brian Shawe Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0
United States Jimmy Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 1 0
Italy Nello Pagani 1 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0
United States Myron Fohr 1 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0
Italy Consalvo Sanesi 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 0
United States Bill Cantrell 1 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 1 0
United States George Connor 1 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0
Italy Piero Taruffi 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 1 0
United States Jim Rathmann 1 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 0
United States Jerry Hoyt 1 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 0
United States Johnny McDowell 1 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0
United Kingdom Tony Rolt 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0
United States Troy Ruttman 1 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0
Ireland Joe Kelly 1 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 1 0
United States Sam Hanks 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 1 0
United States Duane Carter 1 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0
Germany Paul Pietsch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
United States Bayliss Levrett 1 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 1 0
United States Paul Russo 1 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0
France Henri Louveau 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1 0
United States Henry Banks 1 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 1 0
United States Lee Wallard 1 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0
United States Walt Ader 1 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 0
United States Walt Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 127 0 0 0
United Kingdom Leslie Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
France Guy Mairesse 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 1 0
United States Gene Hartley 1 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0
United States Dick Rathmann 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 1 0
United States Mack Hellings 1 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0
United Kingdom Joe Fry 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0
United States 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.


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