1950 Dutch A1 Grand Prix

The 1950 Dutch A1 Grand Prix was the second meeting of the inaugural A1 Grand Prix season. England's Peter Whitehead took his and his country's maiden pole position. The race was won by Robert Manzon for France.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Time	Gap
1	11	Peter Whitehead	1:32.735	Leader
2	16	Piero Taruffi	1:33.239	+0.504
3	14	Paul Pietsch	1:33.418	+0.683
4	28	B. Bira	1:33.522	+0.787
5	25	Paco Godia	1:33.880	+1.145
6	15	Joe Kelly	1:33.897	+1.162
7	20	Jack Tutton	1:33.921	+1.186
8	4	Chico Landi	1:33.932	+1.197
9	13	Robert Manzon	1:34.016	+1.271
10	1	Alfredo Pián	1:34.035	+1.300
11	30	Eitel Cantoni	1:34.211	+1.476
12	9	Porfirio Rubirosa	1:34.282	+1.547
13	18	Louis Chiron	1:34.344	+1.609
14	29	Johnnie Parsons	1:34.346	+1.611
15	24	Arthur Mackenzie	1:34.473	+1.738
16	12	Asser Wallenius	1:34.534	+1.799
17	33	Charles Headland	1:34.655	+1.920
18	27	Toulo de Graffenried	1:34.909	+2.174
19	8	Robert Nelleman	1:34.935	+2.200
20	2	Tony Gaze	1:34.961	+2.226
21	10	Willy Lehmann	1:35.170	+2.435
22	21	Desmond Titterington	1:35.263	+2.528
23	5	Al Pease	1:35.267	+2.532
24	26	Erik Lundgren	1:35.269	+2.534
25	23	Alex McGlashan	1:35.346	+2.611
26	19	Jan Flinterman	1:35.543	+2.808
27	3	Johnny Claes	1:35.621	+2.886
28	6	Gabriel Herrera	1:35.657	+2.922
29	7	Eliška Junková	1:35.826	+3.091
30	32	Ramón López	1:36.015	+3.280
31	17	Luis Leal Solares	1:36.021	+3.286
32	22	Luis Asteñgo Albizuri	1:36.811	+4.076
33	31	Mikhail Metelev	1:37.120	+4.385

Race

Whitehead and Taruffi lead off the start.

Taruffi, Pietsch and Whitehead battle for the lead.

As at Silverstone, the pole sitter would loose out to the driver starting alongside as England's Peter Whitehead lost out to Italy's Piero Taruffi. Whitehead was passed by Germany's Paul Pietsch on lap 5 but the two of them managed to close back up to Taruffi providing a very close three way battle during the first stint of the race.

During the first round of pit-stops, Whitehead had a slow stop as he would all the way through the race and lost out to both Prince Bira for Thailand and France's Robert Manzon who had spent the first stint climbing through from his disapointing grid position of 9th. This left Taruffi and Pietsch battling it out for the lead for the second stint though Bira, Manzon and Whitehead would remain within 10 seconds of them.

Some of the midfield action.

Manzon wins for France.

The second round of pit-stops saw Prince Bira take the lead, he had made his stop earlier, allowing him some clear space on the track before the other front runners made their stops. Taruffi was now running second with Manzon and Pietsch just behind them. The final round of stops saw Manzon take the lead while Bira also dropped behind Taruffi and found himself being reeled in by both Pietsch and Whitehead. The leaders would remain in that order till the finish though Pietsch would drop out with a valve failure on lap 71.

This had been a much cleaner race than the British Grand Prix had been with most accidents only involving one car. However the behaviour of the backmarkers regarding being passed by the leaders wasn't much better this time with several drivers again receiving penalty points on their racing license.

Race Classification

Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Laps	Behind	Points
1	9	13	Robert Manzon	84	2:14:54.783	25
2	2	16	Piero Taruffi	84	+4.751	20
3	4	28	B. Bira	84	+19.272	16
4	1	11	Peter Whitehead	84	+22.148	13
5	13	18	Louis Chiron	84	+28.343	11
6	5	25	Paco Godia	84	+34.019	10
7	10	1	Alfredo Pián	84	+48.804	9
8	18	27	Toulo de Graffenried	84	+51.030	8
9	15	24	Arthur Mackenzie	84	+57.111	7
10	22	21	Desmond Titterington	84	+57.259	6
11	16	12	Asser Wallenius	84	+1:09.886	5
12	17	33	Charles Headland	84	+1:11.427	4
13	19	8	Robert Nelleman	84	+1:22.306	3
14	29	7	Eliška Junková	84	+1:22.435	2
15	25	23	Alex McGlashan	84	+1:25.998	1
16	8	4	Chico Landi	84	+1:32.791
17	33	31	Mikhail Metelev	83	+1 lap
18	24	26	Erik Lundgren	83	+1 lap
19	20	2	Tony Gaze	83	+1 lap
20	11	30	Eitel Cantoni	83	+1 lap
21	26	19	Jan Flinterman	82	+2 laps
22	14	29	Johnnie Parsons	82	+2 laps
23	28	6	Gabriel Herrera	82	+2 laps
24	23	5	Al Pease	80	+4 laps
Ret	3	14	Paul Pietsch	71	Valve
Ret	27	3	Johnny Claes	67	Ignition
Ret	6	15	Joe Kelly	47	Clutch
Ret	12	9	Porfirio Rubirosa	37	Accident
Ret	21	10	Willy Lehmann	32	Accident
Ret	31	17	Luis Leal Solares	28	Accident
Ret	30	32	Ramon Lopez	21	Accident
Ret	32	22	Luis Asteñgo Albizuri	8	Accident
Ret	7	20	Jack Tutton	2	Accident

Fastest Lap Desmond Titterington 1:32.121 Lap 49

Penalty Report

Drivers receive points on their race licence if they are deemed by the stewards to be driving in an 'unsporting manner'. Points are usually given for causing avoidable collisions, pitlane infractions or impeding fastest cars while being lapped. If a driver collects 12 points throughout the season then they are given a three month ban from racing in the series. Points are reset to zero after each season. Fines can also be given.

No.	Driver	Lap	Penalty	Reason
19	Jan Flinterman	9	2 points	Causing an avoidable collision with car 6.
17	Luis Leal Solares	18	2 points	Impeding a faster car.
3	Johnny Claes	34	2 points	Impeding a faster car.
31	Mikhail Metelev	53	2 points	Impeding a faster car.
5	Al Pease	58	2 points	Impeding a faster car.
19	Jan Flinterman	74	2 points	Impeding a faster car.