Season 1951 · Round 6

German Grand Prix

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1951-07-29 · Nürburgring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 20Lap · 456.200km
2 Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 3:23:03.300
Team win 17pt P1 · P3 · P4 · P5 · P6 1-3
22 Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo +30.500
6 José Froilán González
Ferrari +4:39.000
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Yves Cabantous L17 Maurice Trintignant L13 Felice Bonetto L12 Duncan Hamilton L12 Paul Pietsch L11 André Simon L11 Nino Farina L8 Philippe Étancelin L4 Louis Chiron L3 Toni Branca L3 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
20Lap 456.200km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Juan Fangio 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 Alberto Ascari 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P15 Nino Farina 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
Starts
P40 Maurice Trintignant 9 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P63 Stirling Moss 7 starts · → Pierluigi Martini -1
P74 Harry Schell 6 starts · → Pedro de la Rosa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 L20 Ascari · P1 → P1 1 Ascari ASC 1 Ascari ASC Fangio · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Fangio FAN 2 Fangio FAN González · P2 → P3 · -1 2 González GON 3 González GON Villoresi · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Villoresi VIL 4 Villoresi VIL Taruffi · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Taruffi TAR 5 Taruffi TAR Fischer · P8 → P6 · +2 8 Fischer FIS 6 Fischer FIS Manzon · P9 → P7 · +2 9 Manzon MAN 7 Manzon MAN Rosier · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Rosier ROS 8 Rosier ROS Levegh · P19 → P9 · +10 19 Levegh LEV 9 Levegh LEV Swaters · P22 → P10 · +12 22 Swaters SWA 10 Swaters SWA Claes · P18 → P11 · +7 18 Claes CLA 11 Claes CLA Cabantous · P11 → retired L17 Cabantous · retired L17 11 Cabantous CAB R Cabantous CAB Trintignant · P14 → retired L13 Trintignant · retired L13 14 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Bonetto · P10 → retired L12 Bonetto · retired L12 10 Bonetto BON R Bonetto BON Hamilton · P20 → retired L12 Hamilton · retired L12 20 Hamilton HAM R Hamilton HAM Pietsch · P7 → retired L11 Pietsch · retired L11 7 Pietsch PIE R Pietsch PIE Simon · P12 → retired L11 Simon · retired L11 12 Simon SIM R Simon SIM Farina · P4 → retired L8 Farina · retired L8 4 Farina FAR R Farina FAR Étancelin · P21 → retired L4 Étancelin · retired L4 21 Étancelin ÉTA R Étancelin ÉTA Chiron · P13 → retired L3 Chiron · retired L3 13 Chiron CHI R Chiron CHI Branca · P17 → retired L3 Branca · retired L3 17 Branca BRA R Branca BRA de Graffenried · P16 → retired L2 de Graffenried · retired L2 16 de Graffenried DE R de Graffenried DE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1 20 3:23:03.300 8
2 22 Juan Fangio Alfa Romeo 3 20 +30.500 7
3 6 José Froilán González Ferrari 2 20 +4:39.000 4
4 4 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 5 20 +5:50.200 3
5 8 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 6 20 +7:49.100 2
6 91 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 8 19 +1 Lap
7 14 Robert Manzon Simca 9 19 +1 Lap
8 28 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 15 19 +1 Lap
9 22 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 19 18 +2 Laps
10 28 Jacques Swaters Talbot-Lago 22 18 +2 Laps
11 36 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago 18 17 +3 Laps
R 32 Yves Cabantous Talbot-Lago 11 17 Accident
R 12 Maurice Trintignant Simca 14 13 Engine
R 24 Felice Bonetto Alfa Romeo 10 12 Magneto
R 88 Duncan Hamilton Talbot-Lago 20 12 Oil pressure
R 78 Paul Pietsch Alfa Romeo 7 11 Accident
R 16 André Simon Simca 12 11 Engine
R 20 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 4 8 Overheating
R 34 Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago 21 4 Gearbox
R 30 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago 13 3 Ignition
R 92 Toni Branca Maserati 17 3 Engine
R 26 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 16 2 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Alberto Ascari
2
6 José Froilán González
3
22 Juan Fangio
4
20 Nino Farina
5
4 Luigi Villoresi
6
8 Piero Taruffi
7
78 Paul Pietsch
8
91 Rudi Fischer
9
14 Robert Manzon
10
24 Felice Bonetto
11
32 Yves Cabantous
12
16 André Simon
13
30 Louis Chiron
14
12 Maurice Trintignant
15
28 Louis Rosier
16
26 Toulo de Graffenried
17
92 Toni Branca
18
36 Johnny Claes
19
22 Pierre Levegh
20
88 Duncan Hamilton
21
34 Philippe Étancelin
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.
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 21:39