Season 1951 · Round 5

British Grand Prix

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1951-07-14 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 90Lap · 408.410km
6 José Froilán González
Ferrari 2:42:18.200
Team win 12pt P1 · P3 · P9 · P16 1-3
22 Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo +51.000
4 Luigi Villoresi
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
7
Nino Farina L75 Joe Kelly L75 Alberto Ascari L56 Philip Fotheringham-Parker L46 David Murray L45 Louis Chiron L41 John James L23
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
90Lap 408.410km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Starts
P40 Maurice Trintignant 10 starts · → Nico Rosberg -1
P69 Harry Schell 8 starts · → Romain Grosjean -1
P69 Stirling Moss 8 starts · → Romain Grosjean -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 L90 González · P1 → P1 1 González GON 1 González GON Fangio · P2 → P2 2 Fangio FAN 2 Fangio FAN Villoresi · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Villoresi VIL 3 Villoresi VIL Bonetto · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Bonetto BON 4 Bonetto BON Parnell · P20 → P5 · +15 20 Parnell PAR 5 Parnell PAR Sanesi · P6 → P6 6 Sanesi SAN 6 Sanesi SAN Walker · P19 → P7 · +12 19 Walker WAL 7 Walker WAL Shawe Taylor · P12 → P8 · +4 12 Shawe Taylor SHA 8 Shawe Taylor SHA Whitehead · P8 → P9 · -1 8 Whitehead WHI 9 Whitehead WHI Rosier · P9 → P10 · -1 9 Rosier ROS 10 Rosier ROS Gerard · P10 → P11 · -1 10 Gerard GER 11 Gerard GER Hamilton · P11 → P12 · -1 11 Hamilton HAM 12 Hamilton HAM Claes · P14 → P13 · +1 14 Claes CLA 13 Claes CLA Farina · P3 → retired L75 Farina · retired L75 3 Farina FAR R Farina FAR Kelly · P18 → retired L75 Kelly · retired L75 18 Kelly KEL R Kelly KEL Ascari · P4 → retired L56 Ascari · retired L56 4 Ascari ASC R Ascari ASC Fotheringham-Parker · P16 → retired L46 Fotheringham-Parker · retired L46 16 Fotheringham-Parker FOT R Fotheringham-Parker FOT Murray · P15 → retired L45 Murray · retired L45 15 Murray MUR R Murray MUR Chiron · P13 → retired L41 Chiron · retired L41 13 Chiron CHI R Chiron CHI James · P17 → retired L23 James · retired L23 17 James JAM R James JAM
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 6 José Froilán González Ferrari 1 90 2:42:18.200 8
2 22 Juan Fangio Alfa Romeo 2 90 +51.000 6
3 4 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 5 88 +2 Laps 4
4 24 Felice Bonetto Alfa Romeo 7 87 +3 Laps 3
5 30 Reg Parnell BRM 20 85 +5 Laps 2
6 3 Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 6 84 +6 Laps
7 7 Peter Walker BRM 19 84 +6 Laps
8 9 Brian Shawe Taylor ERA 12 84 +6 Laps
9 16 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 8 83 +7 Laps
10 28 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 9 83 +7 Laps
11 8 Bob Gerard ERA 10 82 +8 Laps
12 88 Duncan Hamilton Talbot-Lago 11 81 +9 Laps
13 36 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago 14 80 +10 Laps
R 20 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 3 75 Clutch 1
R 5 Joe Kelly Alta 18 75 Not classified
R 2 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 4 56 Gearbox
R 17 Philip Fotheringham-Parker Maserati 16 46 Oil leak
R 15 David Murray Maserati 15 45 Engine
R 30 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago 13 41 Brakes
R 16 John James Maserati 17 23 Radiator
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
6 José Froilán González
2
22 Juan Fangio
3
20 Nino Farina
4
2 Alberto Ascari
5
4 Luigi Villoresi
6
3 Consalvo Sanesi
7
24 Felice Bonetto
8
16 Peter Whitehead
9
28 Louis Rosier
10
8 Bob Gerard
11
88 Duncan Hamilton
12
9 Brian Shawe Taylor
13
30 Louis Chiron
14
36 Johnny Claes
15
15 David Murray
16
17 Philip Fotheringham-Parker
17
16 John James
18
5 Joe Kelly
19
7 Peter Walker
20
30 Reg Parnell
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15