Season 1951 · Round 7

Italian Grand Prix

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1951-09-16 · Autodromo Nazionale di Monza · Italy · Italian Grand Prix · 80Lap · 504.000km
2 Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 2:42:39.300
Team win 19pt P1 · P2 · P4 · P5 · P19 · P20 1-2
6 José Froilán González
Ferrari +24.600
24 Felice Bonetto
Alfa Romeo
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Juan Fangio L39 Maurice Trintignant L29 Robert Manzon L29 Louis Chiron L23 Pierre Levegh L9 Jacques Swaters L7 Nino Farina L6 Johnny Claes L4 Toulo de Graffenried L1 Peter Whitehead L1 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Nelson Piquet 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 26/75 34.7%
Most DNFs · all-time P2
Closest finish · all-time P1
Circuit Info
80Lap 504.000km 76 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:20.901 · Lando Norris (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Juan Fangio 3 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
P4 Stirling Moss 3 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
P11 Alberto Ascari 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P16 Maurice Trintignant 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P45 Stirling Moss 9 starts · → Mika Häkkinen -1
P73 Juan Fangio 7 starts · → Pierluigi Martini -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Ascari · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Ascari ASC 1 Ascari ASC González · P4 → P2 · +2 4 González GON 2 González GON Bonetto · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Bonetto BON 3 Bonetto BON Villoresi · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Villoresi VIL 4 Villoresi VIL Taruffi · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Taruffi TAR 5 Taruffi TAR Simon · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Simon SIM 6 Simon SIM Rosier · P15 → P7 · +8 15 Rosier ROS 7 Rosier ROS Cabantous · P14 → P8 · +6 14 Cabantous CAB 8 Cabantous CAB Rol · P18 → P9 · +9 18 Rol ROL 9 Rol ROL Fangio · P1 → retired L39 Fangio · retired L39 1 Fangio FAN R Fangio FAN Trintignant · P12 → retired L29 Trintignant · retired L29 12 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Manzon · P13 → retired L29 Manzon · retired L29 13 Manzon MAN R Manzon MAN Chiron · P17 → retired L23 Chiron · retired L23 17 Chiron CHI R Chiron CHI Levegh · P20 → retired L9 Levegh · retired L9 20 Levegh LEV R Levegh LEV Swaters · P22 → retired L7 Swaters · retired L7 22 Swaters SWA R Swaters SWA Farina · P2 → retired L6 Farina · retired L6 2 Farina FAR R Farina FAR Claes · P21 → retired L4 Claes · retired L4 21 Claes CLA R Claes CLA de Graffenried · P9 → retired L1 de Graffenried · retired L1 9 de Graffenried DE R de Graffenried DE Whitehead · P19 → retired L1 Whitehead · retired L1 19 Whitehead WHI R Whitehead WHI Landi · P16 → retired L0 Landi · retired L0 16 Landi LAN R Landi LAN Parnell · P8 → P21 · -13 8 Parnell PAR 21 Parnell PAR Richardson · P10 → P22 · -12 10 Richardson RIC 22 Richardson RIC
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 3 80 2:42:39.300 8
2 6 José Froilán González Ferrari 4 80 +24.600 6
3 24 Felice Bonetto Alfa Romeo 7 79 +1 Lap 2
4 4 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 5 79 +1 Lap 3
5 8 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 6 78 +2 Laps 2
6 16 André Simon Simca 11 74 +6 Laps
7 28 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 15 73 +7 Laps
8 32 Yves Cabantous Talbot-Lago 14 72 +8 Laps
9 44 Franco Rol OSCA 18 67 +13 Laps
R 22 Juan Fangio Alfa Romeo 1 39 Engine
R 12 Maurice Trintignant Simca 12 29 Engine
R 14 Robert Manzon Simca 13 29 Engine
R 30 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago 17 23 Ignition
R 22 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 20 9 Engine
R 28 Jacques Swaters Talbot-Lago 22 7 Overheating
R 20 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 2 6 Engine
R 36 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago 21 4 Oil pump
R 26 Toulo de Graffenried Alfa Romeo 9 1 Supercharger
R 16 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 19 1 Magneto
R 12 Chico Landi Ferrari 16 0 Transmission
W 30 Reg Parnell BRM 8 0 Withdrew
W 32 Ken Richardson BRM 10 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
22 Juan Fangio
2
20 Nino Farina
3
2 Alberto Ascari
4
6 José Froilán González
5
4 Luigi Villoresi
6
8 Piero Taruffi
7
24 Felice Bonetto
8
30 Reg Parnell
9
26 Toulo de Graffenried
10
32 Ken Richardson
11
16 André Simon
12
12 Maurice Trintignant
13
14 Robert Manzon
14
32 Yves Cabantous
15
28 Louis Rosier
16
12 Chico Landi
17
30 Louis Chiron
18
44 Franco Rol
19
16 Peter Whitehead
20
22 Pierre Levegh
21
36 Johnny Claes
22
28 Jacques Swaters
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.
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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