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The '1950 French Grand Prix' was a Formula One race held on July 2, 1950 at Reims-Gueux. It was the sixth round of 1950 World Drivers Championship.
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Contents

Report

Entries

Qualifying

Starting Grid Positions

Classification

Notes

References

Report

Entries

No	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre
2	Nino Farina	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo L8s
4	Luigi Fagioli	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo L8s
6	Juan Manuel Fangio	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo L8s
8	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 125	Ferrari V12s
10	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 125	Ferrari V12s
12	Raymond Sommer	Automobiles Talbot-Darracq SA	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C-GS	Talbot L6
14	Peter Whitehead	Private	Ferrari	Ferrari 125	Ferrari V12s
16	Philippe Étancelin	Private	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot L6
18	Yves Giraud Cabantous	Automobiles Talbot-Darracq SA	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot L6
20	Louis Rosier	Automobiles Talbot-Darracq SA	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot L6
22	Pierre Levegh	Private	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot L6
24	Eugène Chaboud	Ecurie Lutetia	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot L6
26	Charles Pozzi	Private	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot L6
28	Franco Rol	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati L4s
30	Louis Chiron	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati L4s
32	Reg Parnell	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati L4s
34	David Hampshire	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati L4s
36	José Froilán González	Scuderia Achille Varzi	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati L4s
38	Gianfranco Comotti	Scuderia Achille Varzi	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati L4s
40	Felice Bonetto	Scuderia Milano	Maserati	Maserati Milano 4CLT-50	Maserati L4s
42	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot L6
44	Robert Manzon	Equipe Gordini	Simca-Gordini	Simca-Gordini T15	Gordini L4s

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	6	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	2'30.6	-
2	2	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	2'32.5	+ 1.9
3	4	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	2'34.7	+ 4.1
4	16	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	2'39.0	+ 8.4
5	18	Yves Giraud Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	2'42.7	+ 12.1
6	20	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	2'46.0	+ 15.4
7	28	Franco Rol	Maserati	2'46.7	+ 16.1
8	36	José Froilán González	Maserati	2'48.0	+ 17.4
9	22	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	2'49.0	+ 18.4
10	24	Eugène Chaboud	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	No time	-
11	40	Felice Bonetto	Maserati-Milano	No time	-
12	32	Reg Parnell	Maserati	No time	-
13	44	Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini	No time	-
14	26	Louis Chiron	Maserati	No time	-
15	42	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	No time	-
16	26	Charles Pozzi	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	No time	-
17	12	Raymond Sommer	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	No time	-
18	34	David Hampshire	Maserati	No time	-
19	14	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	No time	-

Starting Grid Positions

1st Row	3 Pos.		2 Pos.		1 Pos.
	Fagioli Alfa Romeo 2'34.7		Farina Alfa Romeo 2'32.5		Fangio Alfa Romeo 2'30.6
2nd Row		5 Pos.		4 Pos.
		Cabantous Talbot-Lago 2'42.7		Étancelin Talbot-Lago 2'39.0
3rd Row	8 Pos.		7 Pos.		6 Pos.
	González Maserati 2'48.0		Rol Maserati 2'46.7		Rosier Talbot-Lago 2'46.0
4th Row		10 Pos.		9 Pos.
		( ) (Chaboud) (Talbot-Lago) (No time)		Levegh Talbot-Lago 2'49.0
5th Row	13 Pos.		12 Pos.		11 Pos.
	Manzon Simca-Gordini No time		Parnell Maserati No time		Bonetto Maserati No time
6th Row		15 Pos.		14 Pos.
		Claes Talbot-Lago No time		Chiron Maserati No time
7th Row	18 Pos.		17 Pos.		16 Pos.
	Hampshire Maserati No time		Sommer Talbot-Lago No time		Pozzi Talbot-Lago No time
8th Row				19 Pos.
				Whitehead Ferrari 2'06.2

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	'Juan Manuel Fangio'	'Alfa Romeo'	64	2:57'52.8	1	'9'
2	4	'Luigi Fagioli'	'Alfa Romeo'	64	+ 25.7	3	'6'
3	14	'Peter Whitehead'	'Ferrari'	61	+ 3 Laps	18	'4'
4	44	'Robert Manzon'	'Simca-Gordini'	61	+ 3 Laps	12	'3'
5	16	'Philippe Étancelin' 'Eugène Chaboud'	'Talbot-Lago-Talbot'	59	+ 5 Laps	4	'1' '1'
6	26	Charles Pozzi Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	56	+ 8 Laps	15
7	2	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	55	Fuel Pump	2
8	18	Yves Giraud Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	52	+ 12 Laps	5
Ret	22	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	36	Engine	9
Ret	40	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	14	Engine	10
Ret	42	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	11	Overheating	14
Ret	42	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	10	Overheating	6
Ret	32	Reg Parnell	Maserati	9	Engine	11
Ret	28	Franco Rol	Maserati	6	Engine	7
Ret	30	Louis Chiron	Maserati	6	Engine	13
Ret	34	David Hampshire	Maserati	5	Engine	17
Ret	12	Raymond Sommer	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	4	Overheating	16
Ret	36	José Froilán González	Maserati	3	Engine	8

Notes

★ 'Leaders:'

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★ Nino Farina (laps 1-16)

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★ Juan Manuel Fangio (laps 17-64)

★ 'Shared Drives:'

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★ Car #16: Philippe Étancelin (first 26 laps) then Eugène Chaboud (33 laps). They shared the points for 5th place.

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★ Car #26: Charles Pozzi (14 laps) then Louis Rosier (42 laps)

★ 'Did not start:'

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★ Gianfranco Comotti (did not arrive)

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★ Eugène Chaboud (did not start in own car; shared drive with Philippe Étancelin)

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★ Luigi Villoresi (withdrawn in practice)

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★ Alberto Ascari (withdrawn in practice)

References

''Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from The Official Formula 1 website