Season 1950 · Round 6

French Grand Prix

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1950-07-02 · Reims-Gueux · France · French Grand Prix · 64Lap · 500.160km
18 Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo 2:57:52.800
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 · P7 1-2
36 Luigi Fagioli
Alfa Romeo +25.700
8 Peter Whitehead
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Pierre Levegh L36 Felice Bonetto L14 Johnny Claes L11 Louis Rosier L10 Reg Parnell L9 Franco Rol L6 Louis Chiron L6 David Hampshire L5 Raymond Sommer L4 José Froilán González L3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 6/10 60%
Closest finish · all-time P6
Circuit Info
Reims-Gueux Reims, France
64Lap 500.160km 11 races held (1950–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Juan Fangio 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P15 Alberto Ascari 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Pole Position
P1 Juan Fangio 5 · GP #1
P8 Alberto Ascari 2 · → Damon Hill -1
P14 Luigi Fagioli 1 · → Ralf Schumacher -1
Starts
P6 Maurice Trintignant 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P48 Harry Schell 8 starts · → Nick Heidfeld -1
P58 Juan Fangio 7 starts · → Pierluigi Martini -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L64 Fangio · P1 → P1 1 Fangio FAN 1 Fangio FAN Fagioli · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Fagioli FAG 2 Fagioli FAG Whitehead · P18 → P3 · +15 18 Whitehead WHI 3 Whitehead WHI Manzon · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Manzon MAN 4 Manzon MAN Étancelin · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Étancelin ÉTA 5 Étancelin ÉTA Chaboud · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Chaboud CHA 5 Chaboud CHA Pozzi · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Pozzi POZ 6 Pozzi POZ Farina · P2 → P7 · -5 2 Farina FAR 7 Farina FAR Cabantous · P5 → P8 · -3 5 Cabantous CAB 8 Cabantous CAB Levegh · P9 → retired L36 Levegh · retired L36 9 Levegh LEV R Levegh LEV Bonetto · P10 → retired L14 Bonetto · retired L14 10 Bonetto BON R Bonetto BON Claes · P14 → retired L11 Claes · retired L11 14 Claes CLA R Claes CLA Rosier · P6 → retired L10 Rosier · retired L10 6 Rosier ROS R Rosier ROS Parnell · P11 → retired L9 Parnell · retired L9 11 Parnell PAR R Parnell PAR Rol · P7 → retired L6 Rol · retired L6 7 Rol ROL R Rol ROL Chiron · P13 → retired L6 Chiron · retired L6 13 Chiron CHI R Chiron CHI Hampshire · P17 → retired L5 Hampshire · retired L5 17 Hampshire HAM R Hampshire HAM Sommer · P16 → retired L4 Sommer · retired L4 16 Sommer SOM R Sommer SOM González · P8 → retired L3 González · retired L3 8 González GON R González GON
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 18 Juan Fangio Alfa Romeo 1 64 2:57:52.800 9
2 36 Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo 3 64 +25.700 6
3 8 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 18 61 +3 Laps 4
4 44 Robert Manzon Simca 12 61 +3 Laps 3
5 24 Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago 4 59 +5 Laps 1
5 16 Eugène Chaboud Talbot-Lago 4 59 +5 Laps 1
6 26 Charles Pozzi Talbot-Lago 15 56 +8 Laps
7 10 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 2 55 Fuel pump
8 18 Yves Cabantous Talbot-Lago 5 52 +12 Laps
R 56 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 9 36 Engine
R 52 Felice Bonetto Maserati 10 14 Engine
R 2 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago 14 11 Overheating
R 58 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 6 10 Overheating
R 32 Reg Parnell Maserati 11 9 Engine
R 4 Franco Rol Maserati 7 6 Engine
R 6 Louis Chiron Maserati 13 6 Engine
R 34 David Hampshire Maserati 17 5 Engine
R 12 Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago 16 4 Overheating
R 36 José Froilán González Maserati 8 3 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
18 Juan Fangio
2
10 Nino Farina
3
36 Luigi Fagioli
4
24 Philippe Étancelin
4
16 Eugène Chaboud
5
18 Yves Cabantous
6
58 Louis Rosier
7
4 Franco Rol
8
36 José Froilán González
9
56 Pierre Levegh
10
52 Felice Bonetto
11
32 Reg Parnell
12
44 Robert Manzon
13
6 Louis Chiron
14
2 Johnny Claes
15
26 Charles Pozzi
16
12 Raymond Sommer
17
34 David Hampshire
18
8 Peter Whitehead
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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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