A1 Grand Prix 1950 Season

The 1950 A1 Grand Prix season was the debut season for the A1 Grand Prix Championship, also known as the 'World Cup of Motorsport. 33 nations were entered to compete.

Pre Season Test

A pre season test was held at Brands Hatch to prepare the drivers for the inaugural championship. All drivers that had been entered by their nations took part with drivers from the same team sharing their car throughout the 90 minute session.

Date	Circuit	Leader	Result
March 19	Brand Hatch GP	José Froilán González	Results

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner	Results
1	April 9	British A1 Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	Louis Chiron	José Froilán González	Louis Chiron	Results
2	April 30	Dutch A1 Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	Peter Whitehead	Desmond Titterington	Robert Manzon	Results
3	May 20	Monaco A1 Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	Piero Taruffi	Toulo de Graffenried	Toulo de Graffenried	Results
4	June 24	French A1 Grand Prix	Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans	Maurice Trintignant	Piero Taruffi	Maurice Trintignant	Results
5	July 16	German A1 Grand Prix	Nürburgring, Nürburg	Maurice Trintignant	Maurice Trintignant	José Froilán González	Results
6	August 27	Belgian A1 Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	Alberto Ascari	Tony Gaze	Alberto Ascari	Results
7	September 17	United States A1 Grand Prix	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio	Results
8	October 8	Australian A1 Grand Prix	Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maurice Trintignant	Alberto Ascari	Results
9	October 29	Italian A1 Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	Joe Kelly	Jack Tutton	Juan Manuel Fangio	Results

Teams

Italy won the 1950 championship with Alberto Ascari's win at Mount Panorama.

Team	Race Team	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds
Argentina	Automovil Club Argentino	1	José Froilán González	1, 3, 5-6
			Alfredo Pián	2
			Marcos Ciani	4
			Juan Manuel Fangio	7-9
Australia	Team Australia	2	Tony Gaze	All
Belgium	Ecurie Belge	3	Johnny Claes	All
Brasil	Automóvel Clube do Brasil	4	Chico Landi	All
Canada	Maple Leaf Racing	5	Al Pease	All
Colombia	Equipo Latino	6	Arcesio Paz	1, 4-5, 8-9
			Gabriel Herrera	2-3, 6-7
Czechoslovakia	Apollonia Racing	7	Eliška Junková	1-3, 6-9
			Zdeněk Pohl	4-5
Denmark	Danish Motorsports	8	Robert Nelleman	All
Dominican Republic	República Dominicana	9	Porfirio Rubirosa	All
East Germany	VSFK Racing Department	10	Willy Lehmann	1-6
			Edgar Barth	7-9
England	Sussex Racing	11	Peter Whitehead	1-4, 7-9
			Reg Parnell	5-6
Finland	Leijona-Autot	12	Asser Wallenius	All
France	Gordini-Team Ultimate	13	Robert Manzon	1-3, 6
			Maurice Trintignant	4-5, 7-9
West Germany	Douglas-Cliff Racing	14	Paul Pietsch	1-6
			Hans Stuck	7-9
Ireland	Douglas-Cliff Racing	15	Joe Kelly	All
Italy	Scuderia Internazionale Milano	16	Piero Taruffi	1-5
			Alberto Ascari	6-9
Mexico	Hispanoamérica	17	Luis Leal Solares	1-4
			Leo Almanza	5-6
			Jesus Nava Gonzales	7-9
Monaco	Equipe Monaco	18	Louis Chiron	All
Netherlands	Racing for Holland	19	Dries van der Lof	1, 3-9
			Jan Flinterman	2
New Zealand	Kiwi All-Blacks WSR	20	Jack Tutton	All
Northern Ireland	Ecurie Ecosse	21	Desmond Titterington	All
Peru	Hispanoamérica	22	Luis Asteñgo Albizuri	1-6, 9
			Henry Bradley	7-8
Scotland	Ecurie Ecosse	23	Alex McGlashan	1-4
			Comish Hunter	5-9
South Africa	Racing For Holland	24	Ernest Geering	1, 3, 5, 7, 9
			Arthur Mackenzie	2, 4, 6, 8
Spain	Spanish Racing Team	25	Paco Godia	1-6
			Antonio Creus	7
			Joaquin Palacio	8
			Juan Jover	9
Sweden	EL Motorsport	26	Erik Lundgren	All
Switzerland	Tax Exiles Elite	27	Toulo de Graffenried	All
Thailand	Asia Racing	28	B. Bira	All
United States	American Motor Racing	29	Johnnie Parsons	1-3, 5, 7-9
			Harry Schell	4, 6
Uruguay	Escuderia Bandeirantes	30	Eitel Cantoni	All
U.S.S.R.	VSFK Racing Department	31	Mikhail Metelev	All
Venezuela	Equipo Latino	32	Attilio Cagnasso	1, 3, 5, 7, 9
			Ramón López	2, 4, 6, 8
Wales	Newport Racing	33	Charles Headland	1-3
			Jack Niell	4-9

Standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. The driver has to finish at least 90% of the race distance to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Championship Standings

Pos	Nation	GBR	NED	MON	FRA	GER	BEL	USA	AUS	ITA	Pts
1	Italy	Ret	2	2	4	6	1	2	1	18	133
2	Argentina	2	7	Ret	10	1	4	1	Ret	1	123
3	France	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	Ret	3	Ret	4	99
4	Switzerland	3	8	1	5	5	Ret	8	4	9	99
5	Monaco	1	5	Ret	6	Ret	2	6	5	5	98
6	Brasil	4	16	Ret	7	11†	Ret	Ret	3	7	52
7	West Germany	12†	Ret	6†	3	NC	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	50
8	England	Ret	4	Ret	2	NC	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	46
9	Thailand	10	3	Ret	14	3	Ret	16	Ret	12	44
10	Ireland	6	Ret	5	11	7	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	41
11	Australia	Ret	19	Ret	15	Ret	3	11	Ret	3	38
12	Netherlands	5	21	3	13	NC	Ret	14	12	19	36
13	Dominican Republic	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	10	5	7	8	34
14	Czechoslovakia	8	14	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	22	Ret	10	29
15	Denmark	13	13	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	13	29
16	East Germany	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	6	28
17	United States	14	22	Ret	8	12	Ret	9	Ret	11	27
18	Belgium	9	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	5	12	Ret	16	26
19	South Africa	Ret	9	Ret	20	Ret	6	20	10	14	25
20	New Zealand	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	23
21	Wales	15	12	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	17	6	Ret	23
22	Spain	Ret	6	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	17	22
23	Northern Ireland	18	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	26	8†	Ret	22
24	Canada	Ret	24	DNQ	22	10	7	19	14	15	18
25	Finland	16	11	Ret	16	9	Ret	21	13	Ret	15
26	Uruguay	17	20	DNQ	23	14	9	23	Ret	Ret	9
27	Sweden	11	18	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	6
28	Scotland	19	15	DNQ	21	Ret	Ret	13	15	Ret	5
29	Venezuela	Ret	Ret	DNQ	25	15	Ret	25	16	Ret	1
30	USSR	20†	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	0
31	Colombia	Ret	23	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	24	Ret	Ret	0
32	Mexico	Ret	Ret	DNQ	24	Ret	Ret	28	DNS	Ret	0
33	Peru	Ret	Ret	DNQ	26	Ret	Ret	27	Ret	Ret	0
Pos	Nation	GBR	NED	MON	FRA	GER	BEL	USA	AUS	ITA	Pts