Season 1950 · Round 1

British Grand Prix

1950 Season R2 →
1950-05-13 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 70Lap · 325.430km
10 Nino Farina
Alfa Romeo 2:13:23.600
Team win 19pt P1 · P2 · P3 · P12 1-2
36 Luigi Fagioli
Alfa Romeo +2.600
32 Reg Parnell
Alfa Romeo +52.000
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Juan Fangio L62 Joe Kelly L57 Prince Bira L49 David Murray L44 Geoff Crossley L43 Toulo de Graffenried L36 Louis Chiron L26 Eugène Martin L8 Tony Rolt L5 Peter Walker L5 +1
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
70Lap 325.430km 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
P83 Juan Fangio 7 starts · → Damon Hill -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L70 Farina · P1 → P1 1 Farina FAR 1 Farina FAR Fagioli · P2 → P2 2 Fagioli FAG 2 Fagioli FAG Parnell · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Parnell PAR 3 Parnell PAR Cabantous · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Cabantous CAB 4 Cabantous CAB Rosier · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Rosier ROS 5 Rosier ROS Gerard · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Gerard GER 6 Gerard GER Harrison · P15 → P7 · +8 15 Harrison HAR 7 Harrison HAR Étancelin · P14 → P8 · +6 14 Étancelin ÉTA 8 Étancelin ÉTA Hampshire · P16 → P9 · +7 16 Hampshire HAM 9 Hampshire HAM Fry · P20 → P10 · +10 20 Fry FRY 10 Fry FRY Shawe Taylor · P20 → P10 · +10 20 Shawe Taylor SHA 10 Shawe Taylor SHA Claes · P21 → P11 · +10 21 Claes CLA 11 Claes CLA Fangio · P3 → retired L62 Fangio · retired L62 3 Fangio FAN R Fangio FAN Kelly · P19 → retired L57 Kelly · retired L57 19 Kelly KEL R Kelly KEL Bira · P5 → retired L49 Bira · retired L49 5 Bira BIR R Bira BIR Murray · P18 → retired L44 Murray · retired L44 18 Murray MUR R Murray MUR Crossley · P17 → retired L43 Crossley · retired L43 17 Crossley CRO R Crossley CRO de Graffenried · P8 → retired L36 de Graffenried · retired L36 8 de Graffenried DE R de Graffenried DE Chiron · P11 → retired L26 Chiron · retired L26 11 Chiron CHI R Chiron CHI Martin · P7 → retired L8 Martin · retired L8 7 Martin MAR R Martin MAR Rolt · P10 → retired L5 Rolt · retired L5 10 Rolt ROL R Rolt ROL Walker · P10 → retired L5 Walker · retired L5 10 Walker WAL R Walker WAL Johnson · P12 → retired L2 Johnson · retired L2 12 Johnson JOH R Johnson JOH
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 10 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 1 70 2:13:23.600 9
2 36 Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo 2 70 +2.600 6
3 32 Reg Parnell Alfa Romeo 4 70 +52.000 4
4 18 Yves Cabantous Talbot-Lago 6 68 +2 Laps 3
5 58 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 9 68 +2 Laps 2
6 26 Bob Gerard ERA 13 67 +3 Laps
7 32 Cuth Harrison ERA 15 67 +3 Laps
8 24 Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago 14 65 +5 Laps
9 34 David Hampshire Maserati 16 64 +6 Laps
10 10 Joe Fry Maserati 20 64 +6 Laps
10 10 Brian Shawe Taylor Maserati 20 64 +6 Laps
11 2 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago 21 64 +6 Laps
R 18 Juan Fangio Alfa Romeo 3 62 Oil leak
R 23 Joe Kelly Alta 19 57 Not classified
R 30 Prince Bira Maserati 5 49 Out of fuel
R 50 David Murray Maserati 18 44 Engine
R 26 Geoff Crossley Alta 17 43 Transmission
R 38 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 8 36 Engine
R 6 Louis Chiron Maserati 11 26 Clutch
R 8 Eugène Martin Talbot-Lago 7 8 Oil pressure
R 9 Tony Rolt ERA 10 5 Gearbox
R 9 Peter Walker ERA 10 5 Gearbox
R 8 Leslie Johnson ERA 12 2 Supercharger
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
10 Nino Farina
2
36 Luigi Fagioli
3
18 Juan Fangio
4
32 Reg Parnell
5
30 Prince Bira
6
18 Yves Cabantous
7
8 Eugène Martin
8
38 Toulo de Graffenried
9
58 Louis Rosier
10
9 Tony Rolt
10
9 Peter Walker
11
6 Louis Chiron
12
8 Leslie Johnson
13
26 Bob Gerard
14
24 Philippe Étancelin
15
32 Cuth Harrison
16
34 David Hampshire
17
26 Geoff Crossley
18
50 David Murray
19
23 Joe Kelly
20
10 Joe Fry
20
10 Brian Shawe Taylor
21
2 Johnny Claes
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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
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