1951 Dutch A1 Grand Prix

The 1951 Dutch A1 Grand Prix was the third round of the 1951 season.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Time	Gap
1	10	Joe Kelly	1:25.149	Leader
2	22	Juan Jover	1:25.397	+0.248
3	8	Stirling Moss	1:25.449	+0.300
4	16	Edgar Barth	1:25.603	+0.454
5	1	Luigi Fagioli	1:25.653	+0.504
6	5	Louis Chiron	1:25.730	+0.581
7	6	Chico Landi	1:25.960	+0.811
8	26	Eitel Cantoni	1:25.976	+0.827
9	11	Tony Gaze	1:26.029	+0.880
10	13	Porfirio Rubirosa	1:26.080	+0.931
11	7	Hans Stuck	1:26.220	+1.071
12	3	Maurice Trintignant	1:26.323	+1.174
13	27	Erik Lundgren	1:26.352	+1.203
14	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	1:26.391	+1.242
15	19	Ernest Geering	1:26.443	+1.294
16	28	David Murray	1:26.525	+1.376
17	4	Toulo de Graffenried	1:26.527	+1.378
18	21	Charles Headland	1:26.587	+1.438
19	23	Desmond Titterington	1:26.598	+1.449
20	14	Václav Bobek	1:26.682	+1.533
21	25	Asser Wallenius	1:26.710	+1.561
22	30	Mikhail Metelev	1:26.878	+1.729
23	17	Johnnie Parsons	1:26.923	+1.774
24	31	Arcesio Paz	1:26.941	+1.792
25	24	Hal Robson	1:26.961	+1.812
26	9	B. Bira	1:27.073	+1.924
27	34	Fernando Mascarenhas	1:27.340	+2.191
28	15	Robert Nelleman	1:27.378	+2.229
29	20	Jack Tutton	1:27.387	+2.238
30	18	Johnny Claes	1:27.679	+2.530
31	33	Luis Asteñgo Albizuri	1:27.879	+2.730
32	12	Jan Flinterman	1:27.945	+2.796
33	35	Manfredo Lippmann	1:28.097	+2.948
34	36	Raúl Jaras	1:28.680	+3.531
35	29	Ramón López	1:29.415	+4.266
36	32	Luis Leal Solares	1:34.948	+9.799

Race

Lap Chart.

To many people's surprise, Joe Kelly managed to hold on for the win and take fastest lap on the way. He was helped out though by Juan Jover and Louis Chiron holding up the more likely threats in Stirling Moss and Luigi Fagioli. Although Fagioli managed to come out of the second round of pitstops just behind Kelly, his pace in the final stint wasn't enough to seriously threaten the Irishman until the final laps when Kelly was held up by the damaged lapped car of Mikhail Metelev. Meanwhile, Juan Manuel Fangio who had dominated the opening two races for Argentina had a rather mediocre race even considering the fact that he started down in 14th. He never looked as fast as he did in previous races and neither was he helped by slow pitstops or stubborn backmarkers, the latter twice costing him a position on track.

As usual there were a few minor collisions, two of which occurred on the opening lap. Asser Wallenius who so far this season has been a magnet for early race misfortune was pushed into the fence by Metelev forcing a pitstop for repairs followed by another pitstop for a puncture. A couple of corners later, Jan Flinterman for the home Dutch team collided with Luis Albizuri causing both to have to pit. Albizuri would come out amongst the leaders a lap down and would hold up third placed Stirling Moss for a couple of laps before knocking Edgar Barth off the track costing the East German a couple of positions, then finally he would bin his car into the barriers much to the relief of the other drivers.

Lap 22 saw Juan Jover suffer a mechanical failure while still running in second, Moss who was running right behind would slide off on Jover's oil, loosing a couple of positions and a strong chance of catching Kelly for the win. Then Chico Landi ran into Jover spinning the Spaniard around while Tony Gaze went off in avoidance. Jover managed to continue after a pitstop but he was now a lap down and down on power. Later Toulo de Graffenried would trip over Jover sending both cars into the barrier and out of the race.

The first round of pitstops saw a rather serious incident in the pitlane when Landi was released by his pit crew straight into the path of Maurice Trintignant. Landi was spun around and unwittingly knocked over a mechanic from the Italian pit crew. The mechanic was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with a broken left leg. Both cars involved suffered minor damage, enough to force an extra pitstop while the Brazilian pit crew was placed on probation for causing the incident.

Race Classification

Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Laps	Behind	Points
1	1	10	Joe Kelly	76	1:47:98.303	25
2	5	1	Luigi Fagioli	76	+0.118	20
3	6	5	Louis Chiron	76	+10.085	16
4	3	8	Stirling Moss	76	+11.949	13
5	11	7	Hans Stuck	76	+13.583	11
6	10	13	Porfirio Rubirosa	76	+15.547	10
7	16	28	David Murray	76	+25.671	9
8	14	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	76	+26.734	8
9	19	23	Desmond Titterington	76	+27.060	7
10	4	16	Edgar Barth	76	+38.426	6
11	13	27	Erik Lundgren	76	+40.002	5
12	20	14	Václav Bobek	76	+43.019	4
13	8	26	Eitel Cantoni	76	+52.035	3
14	25	24	Hal Robson	76	+57.464	2
15	12	3	Maurice Trintignant	76	+1:00.782	1
16	30	18	Johnny Claes	76	+1:02.212
17	32	12	Jan Flinterman	76	+1:06.537
18	7	6	Chico Landi	76	+1:06.774
19	15	19	Ernest Geering	76	+1:06.915
20	27	34	Fernando Mascarenhas	76	+1:07.744
21	21	25	Asser Wallenius	75	+1 lap
22	9	11	Tony Gaze	74	+2 laps
23	26	9	B. Bira	74	+2 laps
24	28	15	Robert Nelleman	73	Puncture
25	22	30	Mikhail Metelev	73	+3 laps
26	23	17	Johnnie Parsons	73	+3 laps
Ret	24	31	Arcesio Paz	67	Accident
Ret	29	20	Jack Tutton	56	Alternator
Ret	36	32	Luis Leal Solares	45	Accident
Ret	17	4	Toulo de Graffenried	40	Collision, Jover
Ret	2	22	Juan Jover	39	Collision, de Graffenried
Ret	35	29	Ramón López	39	Electrics
Ret	18	21	Charles Headland	29	Gearbox
Ret	33	35	Manfredo Lippmann	29	Engine
Ret	34	36	Raúl Jaras	8	Accident Damage
Ret	31	33	Luis Asteñgo Albizuri	7	Accident

Fastest Lap Joe Kelly 1:25.221 Lap 60

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
30	Mikhail Metelev	1	2 points	Causing an avoidable collision with car 25.
33	Luis Asteñgo Albizuri	1	2 points	Causing an avoidable collision with car 12.
33	Luis Asteñgo Albizuri	4	2 points	Impeding a faster car.
33	Luis Asteñgo Albizuri	5	2 points	Causing an avoidable collision with car 16.
6	Pit Crew	30	$20,000 plus probation.	Causing injury by unsafe release.
32	Luis Leal Solaraes	34	2 points	Impeding a faster car.
4	Toulo de Graffenried	40	3 points	Causing an avoidable collision with car 22.
31	Arcesio Paz	66	2 points	Impeding a faster car.
30	Mikhail Metelev	75	2 points	Impeding a faster car.

Reject of the Race

ROTR - Brazilian Pit Crew. Caused injury to an Italian mechanic with an unsafe release.