1951 British A1 Grand Prix

The 1951 British A1 Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1951 season.

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Time	Gap
1	1	Luigi Villoresi	1:18.411	Leader
2	6	Chico Landi	1:18.703	+0.292
3	27	Erik Lundgren	1:18.709	+0.298
4	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	1:18.892	+0.481
5	20	Jack Tutton	1:19.000	+0.589
6	4	Toulo de Graffenried	1:19.189	+0.778
7	21	Charles Headland	1:19.228	+0.817
8	23	Desmond Titterington	1:19.230	+0.819
9	7	Hans Stuck	1:19.281	+0.870
10	3	Robert Manzon	1:19.289	+0.878
11	13	Porfirio Rubirosa	1:19.301	+0.890
12	8	Peter Whitehead	1:19.326	+0.915
13	9	B. Bira	1:19.340	+0.929
14	28	David Murray	1:19.351	+0.940
15	15	Robert Nelleman	1:19.375	+0.964
16	22	Paco Godia	1:19.438	+1.027
17	16	Edgar Barth	1:19.495	+1.084
18	17	Johnnie Parsons	1:19.537	+1.126
19	34	Fernando Mascarenhas	1:19.556	+1.145
20	5	Louis Chiron	1:19.556	+1.145
21	11	Tony Gaze	1:19.559	+1.148
22	14	Václav Bobek	1:19.584	+1.173
23	26	Eitel Cantoni	1:19.606	+1.195
24	10	Joe Kelly	1:19.715	+1.304
25	25	Asser Wallenius	1:19.744	+1.333
26	24	Hal Robson	1:19.811	+1.400
27	18	Johnny Claes	1:19.887	+1.476
28	19	Ernest Geering	1:19.927	+1.516
29	35	Antonio Asturias Hall	1:20.037	+1.626
30	30	Mikhail Metelev	1:20.163	+1.752
31	12	Dries van der Lof	1:20.196	+1.785
32	36	Raúl Jaras	1:20.528	+2.117
33	29	Attilio Cagnasso	1:20.880	+2.469
34	32	Luis Leal Solares	1:20.986	+2.575
35	31	Gabriel Herrera	1:21.437	+3.026
36	33	Luis Asteñgo Albizuri	1:22.023	+3.612

Race

Lap Chart.

Parade Lap: Peter Whitehead's clutch fails bringing an end to the home teams race before it even begins.

Lap 1: Raul Jaras is spun into the pit wall by Gabriel Herrera. He is able to continue but not before a pitstop to repair the damage and he rejoins a lap down.

Lap 2: Luis Albizuri crashes out at Druids. Lap 3: Robert Nelleman tags Prince Bira coming out of Shell Oil Corner spinning Bira into the inside barrier. Bira manages to rejoin at the back.

Lap 8: Chico Landi brakes way too late into Shell Oil Corner and runs off the circuit releasing Fangio into 2nd. The Brazilian rejoins outside the top ten with some damage on his car. He eventually has to make an extra pitstop for repairs.

Lap 10: While being lapped by Robert Manzon, Jaras looses control coming out of Old Hall corner and tags the side of Manzon's car sending both into the outside wall. Jaras is out but amazingly Manzon is able to struggle back to the pits. Unfortunately his slow speed catches out Vaclav Bobek through Island Bend and the Frenchman is hit once more while the Czechoslovakian spins around and collects Tony Gaze and Joe Kelly. Somehow, Bobek and Kelly got away with little damage and continued having lost only a little time, while Gaze had to join Manzon in the pits for extensive repairs.

Lap 18: Louis Chiron who had climbed up to 12th suffers a puncture and has to spend nearly an entire lap recovering to the pits, this puts him a lap down.

Lap 20: Attilio Cagnasso spins off at Cascades, beaching his car in the gravel.

Lap 33: Nelleman suffers an electrical fault forcing an extra stop after which he'd spend the rest of the race well off the pace.

Lap 42: Fangio gets past Villoresi for the lead after the Italian is boxed in by Herrera.

Lap 57: Fernando Mascarenhas suffers a gearbox issue forcing a pitstop and costing him over a lap.

Lap 70: Manzon holds up David Murray long enough to allow Paco Godia past the Scot for 7th.

Race Classification

Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Laps	Behind	Points
1	1	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	72	1:38:11.077	25
2	1	1	Luigi Villoresi	72	+14.311	20
3	6	4	Toulo de Graffenried	72	+28.722	16
4	9	7	Hans Stuck	72	+28.989	13
5	3	27	Erik Lundgren	72	+33.127	11
6	7	21	Charles Headland	72	+49.205	10
7	16	22	Paco Godia	72	+50.133	9
8	14	28	David Murray	72	+53.492	8
9	5	20	Jack Tutton	72	+59.611	7
10	8	23	Desmond Titterington	72	+1:00.422	6
11	26	24	Hal Robson	72	+1:05.163	5
12	17	16	Edgar Barth	72	+1:11.377	4
13	23	26	Eitel Cantoni	72	+1:12.439	3
14	28	19	Ernest Geering	72	+1:21.860	2
15	31	12	Dries van der Lof	71	+1 lap	1
16	24	10	Joe Kelly	71	+1 lap
17	25	25	Asser Wallenius	71	+1 lap
18	2	6	Chico Landi	71	+1 lap
19	30	30	Mikhail Metelev	71	+1 lap
20	29	35	Antonio Asturias Hall	71	+1 lap
21	27	18	Johnny Claes	71	+1 lap
22	11	13	Porfirio Rubirosa	71	+1 lap
23	20	5	Louis Chiron	71	+1 lap
24	21	11	Tony Gaze	70	+2 laps
25	19	34	Fernando Mascarenhas	70	+2 laps
26	22	14	Václav Bobek	69	Suspension
27	10	3	Robert Manzon	69	+3 laps
28	15	15	Robert Nelleman	69	+3 laps
29	35	31	Gabriele Herrera	68	+4 laps
Ret	18	17	Johnnie Parsons	46	Valve
Ret	13	9	B. Bira	46	Camshaft
Ret	33	29	Attilio Cagnasso	20	Accident
Ret	34	32	Luis Leal Solaraes	16	Gearbox
Ret	32	36	Raúl Jaras	8	Collision, Manzon
Ret	36	33	Luis Asteñgo Albizuri	1	Accident
DNS	12	8	Peter Whitehead	0	Clutch

Fastest Lap: Juan Manuel Fangio 1:20.089 Lap 31

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
31	Gabriel Herrera	1	2 points	Causing an avoidable collision with car 36.
15	Robert Nelleman	3	2 points	Causing an avoidable collision with car 9.
36	Raúl Jaras	10	2 points	Causing an avoidable collision with car 3.
14	Václav Bobek	10	2 points	Causing an avoidable collision with car 3.
31	Gabriele Herrera	23	2 points	Impeding a faster car.
31	Gabriele Herrera	42	2 points	Impeding a faster car.
25	Asser Wallenius	64	2 points	Impeding a faster car.
3	Robert Manzon	70	2 points	Impeding a faster car.

Reject of the Race

ROTR - Raúl Jaras. The leaders just aren't safe around him.