Season 1951 · Round 3

Belgian Grand Prix

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1951-06-17 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 36Lap · 508.320km
20 Nino Farina
Alfa Romeo 2:45:46.200
2 Alberto Ascari
Ferrari +2:51.000
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 · P12 2-3
4 Luigi Villoresi
Ferrari +4:21.900
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
4
Louis Chiron L28 Consalvo Sanesi L11 Piero Taruffi L8 Philippe Étancelin L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/59 37.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
36Lap 508.320km 59 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:44.701 · Sergio Pérez (2024)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P6 Juan Fangio 3 wins · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P10 Alberto Ascari 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 Nino Farina 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P16 Alberto Ascari 3 · → Damon Hill -1
P16 Juan Fangio 3 · → Damon Hill -1
P16 Nino Farina 3 · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P68 Maurice Trintignant 7 starts · → Ralf Schumacher -1
P68 Stirling Moss 7 starts · → Ralf Schumacher -1
P81 Juan Fangio 6 starts · → Adrian Sutil -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L36 Farina · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Farina FAR 1 Farina FAR Ascari · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Ascari ASC 2 Ascari ASC Villoresi · P3 → P3 3 Villoresi VIL 3 Villoresi VIL Rosier · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Rosier ROS 4 Rosier ROS Cabantous · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Cabantous CAB 5 Cabantous CAB Pilette · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Pilette PIL 6 Pilette PIL Claes · P11 → P7 · +4 11 Claes CLA 7 Claes CLA Levegh · P13 → P8 · +5 13 Levegh LEV 8 Levegh LEV Fangio · P1 → P9 · -8 1 Fangio FAN 9 Fangio FAN Chiron · P9 → retired L28 Chiron · retired L28 9 Chiron CHI R Chiron CHI Sanesi · P6 → retired L11 Sanesi · retired L11 6 Sanesi SAN R Sanesi SAN Taruffi · P5 → retired L8 Taruffi · retired L8 5 Taruffi TAR R Taruffi TAR Étancelin · P10 → retired L0 Étancelin · retired L0 10 Étancelin ÉTA R Étancelin ÉTA
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 20 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 2 36 2:45:46.200 8
2 2 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 4 36 +2:51.000 6
3 4 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 3 36 +4:21.900 4
4 28 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 7 34 +2 Laps 3
5 32 Yves Cabantous Talbot-Lago 8 34 +2 Laps 2
6 24 André Pilette Talbot-Lago 12 33 +3 Laps
7 36 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago 11 33 +3 Laps
8 22 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 13 32 +4 Laps
9 22 Juan Fangio Alfa Romeo 1 32 +4 Laps 1
R 30 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago 9 28 Engine
R 3 Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 6 11 Radiator
R 8 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 5 8 Transmission
R 34 Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago 10 0 Transmission
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
22 Juan Fangio
2
20 Nino Farina
3
4 Luigi Villoresi
4
2 Alberto Ascari
5
8 Piero Taruffi
6
3 Consalvo Sanesi
7
28 Louis Rosier
8
32 Yves Cabantous
9
30 Louis Chiron
10
34 Philippe Étancelin
11
36 Johnny Claes
12
24 André Pilette
13
22 Pierre Levegh
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