1951 Italian Grand Prix
Going Into This Race
Pre-Race Report
Championship standings
Fangio leads the championship by ten points over Ascari heading to Monza.
Previous race
At the Nürburgring, Ascari took his maiden World Championship race victory, leading from lap five after the Alfas struggled with overheating and gearbox failures. Fangio lost first and second gears and was unable to hold off Ascari in his second stint. González completed the podium; Ferrari’s Villoresi and Taruffi took fourth and fifth in a clean sweep of the points for the Scuderia.
Entrants
Toulo de Graffenried returns to Alfa Romeo’s four-car line-up in place of Paul Pietsch, having raced privately in France and Germany. He joins Fangio, Farina and Bonetto. Ferrari retain Ascari, Villoresi, González and Taruffi.
Brazilian Chico Landi makes his World Championship debut in a privately entered Ferrari. Works teams from BRM, Simca-Gordini and OSCA also compete, alongside the usual Talbot-Lago entries. Reg Parnell is listed for the BRM entry but is unable to start due to lubrication problems.
The front row sees Fangio, Farina, Ascari and González share the four fastest qualifying times between the two works teams.
Adapted by AI summarisation from “1951 Italian Grand Prix” on Wikipedia . This adapted text is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0 . Modifications: summarised and spoiler-trimmed.
Last 5 Races
Full season →| # | Date | Grand Prix | Pole | P1 | P2 | P3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 30 May | 🇺🇸 Indianapolis 500 | Nalon | Wallard | Nazaruk | Ayulo |
| 3 | 17 Jun | 🇧🇪 Belgian Grand Prix | Fangio | Farina | Ascari | Villoresi |
| 4 | 1 Jul | 🇫🇷 French Grand Prix | Fagioli | Ascari | Villoresi | |
| 5 | 14 Jul | 🇬🇧 British Grand Prix | González | González | Fangio | Villoresi |
| 6 | 29 Jul | 🇩🇪 German Grand Prix | Ascari | Ascari | Fangio | González |
Drivers' Championship
Full standings →| Pos | Driver | Team | Pts | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Fangio | Alfa Romeo | 27 | 2 |
| 2 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 17 | 1 |
| 3 | José Froilán González | Ferrari | 15 | 1 |
| 4 | Nino Farina | Alfa Romeo | 15 | 1 |
| 5 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | Lee Wallard | Kurtis Kraft | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Mike Nazaruk | Kurtis Kraft | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Reg Parnell | BRM | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Luigi Fagioli | Alfa Romeo | 4 | 1 |
Constructors' Championship
Full standings →First race of the season — championship not yet started.