1951 / ROUND 4

French Grand Prix

1951-07-01 · Reims-Gueux

WinnerLuigi FagioliPublished race classification

Official poleJuan Manuel FangioSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance601.755 km77 laps

Race entries26Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	7	7	77	3:22:11.000	4
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1	—	—	1	5
2	José Froilán González	Ferrari	6	6	77	3:23:09.200	3
2	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	3	—	—	2	3
3	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	4	4	74	+3 laps	4
4	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	9	9	73	+4 laps	3
5	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	2	2	73	+4 laps	2
6	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago	8	8	71	+6 laps	0
7	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago	11	11	71	+6 laps	0
8	Eugène Chaboud	Talbot-Lago	14	14	69	+8 laps	0
9	Guy Mairesse	Talbot-Lago	19	19	66	+11 laps	0
10	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	5	5	58	+19 laps	0
11	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	1	1	55	+22 laps	0
11	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	7	—	—	11	0
DNF	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago	12	12	54	Accident	0
DNF	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	13	13	43	Transmission	0
DNF	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago	10	10	37	Engine	0
DNF	Aldo Gordini	Simca-Gordini	17	17	27	Engine	0
DNF	Harry Schell	Maserati	22	22	24	Overheating	0
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini	18	18	11	Engine	0
DNF	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	3	3	10	Gearbox	0
DNF	André Simon	Simca-Gordini	21	21	7	Engine	0
DNF	Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini	23	23	3	Engine	0
DNF	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	15	15	2	Engine	0
DNF	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	16	16	1	Transmission	0
DNF	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	20	20	1	Engine	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	2:25.700
2	Nino Farina	2:27.400
3	Alberto Ascari	2:28.100
4	Luigi Villoresi	2:28.500
5	Consalvo Sanesi	2:28.900
6	José Froilán González	2:30.800
7	Luigi Fagioli	2:33.100
8	Louis Chiron	2:43.700
9	Reg Parnell	2:44.000
10	Philippe Étancelin	2:44.800
11	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	2:45.700
12	Johnny Claes	2:46.600
13	Louis Rosier	2:48.000
14	Eugène Chaboud	2:49.600
15	Onofre Marimón	2:49.800
16	Emmanuel de Graffenried	2:50.100
17	Aldo Gordini	2:50.300
18	Maurice Trintignant	2:50.300
19	Guy Mairesse	2:58.400
20	Peter Whitehead	2:59.000
21	André Simon	2:59.500
22	Harry Schell	3:02.000
23	Robert Manzon	3:06.000

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.