World Championship of Drivers 1951 standings

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World Championship of Drivers 1951 standings

Championship points standings for the World Championship of Drivers 1951

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Tyres	Points
1.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 159	Alfa Romeo 1.5 s/c	Pirelli	31
2.	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 375 Ferrari 375	Ferrari 4.5 Ferrari 4.5	Pirelli Englebert	25
3.	José Froilán González	Ecurie Rosier, Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 375 Talbot-Lago T26C-GS Ferrari 375	Ferrari 4.5 Talbot 4.5 Ferrari 4.5	Englebert Dunlop Pirelli	24
4.	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 159B	Alfa Romeo 1.5 s/c	Pirelli	19
5.	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 375 Ferrari 375	Ferrari 4.5 Ferrari 4.5	Pirelli Englebert	15
6.	Piero Taruffi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 375 Ferrari 375	Ferrari 4.5 Ferrari 4.5	Pirelli Englebert	10
7.	Lee Wallard	Murrell Belanger	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	9
8.	Felice Bonetto	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 159M Alfa Romeo 159A	Alfa Romeo 1.5 s/c Alfa Romeo 1.5 s/c	Pirelli Pirelli	7
9.	Mike Nazaruk	Jim Robbins	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	6
10.	Reg Parnell	G. A. Vandervell, BRM Ltd	BRM P15 Ferrari 375 Thinwall Special	BRM 1.5 s/c Ferrari 4.5	Dunlop Pirelli	5
11.	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 159	Alfa Romeo 1.5 s/c	Pirelli	4
12.	Andy Linden	George H Leitenberger	Sherman	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	3
12.	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot 4.5	Dunlop	3
12.	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 159 Alfa Romeo 159B	Alfa Romeo 1.5 s/c Alfa Romeo 1.5 s/c	Pirelli Pirelli	3
15.	Manuel Ayulo	Jack B. Hinkle	Kurtis Kraft 3000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	2
15.	Bobby Ball	John L. McDaniel	Schroeder	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	2
15.	Toulo de Graffenried	Alfa Romeo SpA, Enrico Plate	Maserati 4CLT-48 Alfa Romeo 159	Maserati 1.5 s/c Alfa Romeo 1.5 s/c	Pirelli Pirelli	2
15.	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 4.5	Dunlop	2
15.	Jack McGrath	Jack B. Hinkle	Kurtis Kraft 3000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	2
	George Abecassis	HW Motors	HWM 51	Alta 2.0	Dunlop	0
	Freddie Agabashian	Grancor Auto Specialists	Kurtis Kraft 3000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Henry Banks	Lindsey Hopkins	Moore	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Jean Behra	Equipe Gordini	Simca-Gordini T15	Simca-Gordini 1.5 s/c	Englebert	0
	Tony Bettenhausen	Rotary Engineering Corp	Deidt	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Prince Birabongse Bhanuban	Ecurie Siam	Maserati 4CLT-48	OSCA 4.5	Pirelli	0
	Pierre Bouillon	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 4.5	Dunlop	0
	Toni Branca	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati 1.5 s/c	Pirelli	0
	Walter C. Brown	Federal Engineering Association	Kurtis Kraft 3000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Duane Carter	Rotary Engineering Corp	Deidt	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Eugène Chaboud	Eugène Chaboud	Talbot-Lago T26C-GS	Talbot 4.5	Dunlop	0
	Louis Chiron	Enrico Plate, Ecurie Rosier	Talbot-Lago T26C Maserati 4CLT-48	Talbot 4.5 Maserati 1.5 s/c	Dunlop Pirelli	0
	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot 4.5	Dunlop	0
	George Connor	Lou Moore	Lesovsky	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Jimmy Davies	L.E. Parks	Pawl	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Duke Dinsmore	Brown Motor Co.	Schroeder	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Philippe Étancelin		Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot 4.5	Dunlop	0
	Walt Faulkner	J.C. Agajanian	Kuzma	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Rudi Fischer	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 212	Ferrari 2.5	Pirelli	0
	Carl Forberg	Louis Rassey	Kurtis Kraft 3000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Gene Force	Brown Motor Co.	Kurtis Kraft 2000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Maserati 4CL	Maserati 1.5 s/c	Dunlop	0
	Bob Gerard	Bob Gerhard Racing	ERA B	ERA 1.5 s/c	Dunlop	0
	Paco Godia	Scuderia Milano	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati 1.5 s/c	Pirelli	0
	Aldo Gordini	Equipe Gordini	Simca-Gordini T11	Simca-Gordini 1.5 s/c	Englebert	0
	Cecil Green	M.A. Walker	Kurtis Kraft 3000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Cliff Griffith	Ludson D. Morris	Kurtis Kraft 2000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Georges Grignard	Georges Grignard	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot 4.5	Dunlop	0
	Duncan Hamilton	Duncan Hamilton	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 4.5	Dunlop	0
	Sam Hanks	Peter Schmidt	Kurtis Kraft 3000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Mack Hellings	C.G. Tuffanelli & J. Derrico	Deidt	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Peter Hirt	Ecurie Espadon	Veritas Meteor	Veritas 2.0	Pirelli	0
	Joe James	Bob Estes	Watson	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	John James		Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati 1.5 s/c	Dunlop	0
	Juan Jover	Scuderia Milano	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 1.5 s/c	Pirelli	0
	Joe Kelly	Joe Kelly	Alta GP	Alta 1.5 s/c	Dunlop	0
	Chico Landi		Ferrari 375	Ferrari 4.5	Pirelli	0
	Henri Louveau	Ecurie Rosier	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 4.5	Dunlop	0
	Bill Mackey	Karl Hall	Hall	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Guy Mairesse	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 4.5	Dunlop	0
	Robert Manzon	Equipe Gordini	Simca-Gordini T15	Simca-Gordini 1.5 s/c	Englebert	0
	Onofre Marimón	Scuderia Milano	Maserati 4CLT-50	Milano 1.5 s/c	Pirelli	0
	Johnny McDowell	Maserati Race Cars	Maserati 8CTF	Offenhauser 3.0 s/c	Firestone	0
	Chet Miller	Jean Marcenac	Kurtis Kraft	Novi 3.0 s/c	Firestone	0
	Stirling Moss	HW Motors	HWM 51	Alta 2.0	Dunlop	0
	David Murray	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati 1.5 s/c	Dunlop	0
	Duke Nalon	Jean Marcenac	Kurtis Kraft	Novi 3.0 s/c	Firestone	0
	Johnnie Parsons	Ed Walsh	Kurtis Kraft 3000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Paul Pietsch	Alfa Romeo SpA, Enrico Plate	Maserati 4CLT-48 Alfa Romeo 159	Maserati 1.5 s/c Alfa Romeo 1.5 s/c	Pirelli Pirelli	0
	André Pilette	Ecurie Belgique	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 4.5	Englebert	0
	Ken Richardson	BRM Ltd.	BRM 15	BRM 1.5 s/c	Dunlop	0
	Franco Rol	OSCA Automobili	OSCA 4500G	OSCA 4.5	Pirelli	0
	Mauri Rose	Howard Keck Co.	Deidt	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Troy Ruttman	J.C. Agajanian	Kurtis Kraft 2000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Carl Scarborough	Lee Elkins	Kurtis Kraft 2000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Harry Schell	Enrico Plate	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati 1.5 s/c	Pirelli	0
	Bill Schindler	H.A. Chapman	Kurtis Kraft 2000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Brian Shawe-Taylor	Brian Shawe-Taylor	ERA B	ERA 1.5 s/c	Dunlop	0
	André Simon	Equipe Gordini	Simca-Gordini T15	Simca-Gordini 1.5 s/c	Englebert	0
	Chuck Stevenson	Carl Marchese	Marchese	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Jacques Swaters	Ecurie Belgique	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 4.5	Dunlop	0
	Bob Sweikert	Milt Marion	Kurtis Kraft 2000	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Maurice Trintignant	Equipe Gordini	Simca-Gordini T15	Simca-Gordini 1.5 s/c	Englebert	0
	Bill Vukovich	Pete Salemi	Trevis	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Peter Walker	BRM Ltd	BRM P15	BRM 1.5 s/c	Dunlop	0
	Rodger Ward	Louis & Bruce Bromme	Bromme	Offenhauser 4.5	Firestone	0
	Peter Whitehead	Scuderia Ferrari, Graham Whitehead, G.A. Vandervell, Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 125 Ferrari 375 Thinwall Special	Ferrari 1.5 s/c Ferrari 4.5	Dunlop Pirelli	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Juan Manuel Fangio	3
Most pole positions	Juan Manuel Fangio	4
Most podium positions	Juan Manuel Fangio	5
	José Froilán González	5
Most podium positions without a win	Luigi Villoresi	3
Most fastest race laps	Juan Manuel Fangio	5
Youngest driver	Troy Ruttman	21 y/o
Oldest driver	Philippe Étancelin	54 y/o

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country	Drivers	Number
41.9%	U.S.A.	Johnny McDowell, Bill Schindler, Lee Wallard, Mike Nazaruk, Andy Linden, Manuel Ayulo, Bobby Ball, Jack McGrath, Carl Forberg, Harry Schell, Henry Banks, Duane Carter, Tony Bettenhausen, Duke Nalon, Gene Force, Sam Hanks, Mauri Rose, Walt Faulkner, Jimmy Davies, Freddie Agabashian, Carl Scarborough, Bill Mackey, Chuck Stevenson, Johnnie Parsons, Cecil Green, Troy Ruttman, Duke Dinsmore, Chet Miller, Walter C. Brown, Rodger Ward, Cliff Griffith, Bill Vukovich, George Connor, Mack Hellings, Joe James, Bob Sweikert	36
15.1%	France	Louis Rosier, Maurice Trintignant, Yves Giraud-Cabantous, André Simon, Robert Manzon, Pierre Bouillon, Philippe Étancelin, Eugène Chaboud, Guy Mairesse, Aldo Gordini, Georges Grignard, Henri Louveau, Jean Behra	13
14%	Great Britain	Stirling Moss, Peter Walker, Reg Parnell, Brian Shawe-Taylor, Peter Whitehead, George Abecassis, Bob Gerard, Duncan Hamilton, Philip Fotheringham-Parker, David Murray, John James, Ken Richardson	12
9.3%	Italy	Giuseppe Farina, Luigi Fagioli, Alberto Ascari, Luigi Villoresi, Piero Taruffi, Consalvo Sanesi, Felice Bonetto, Franco Rol	8
4.7%	Switzerland	Toulo de Graffenried, Rudi Fischer, Toni Branca, Peter Hirt	4
3.5%	Argentina	Juan Manuel Fangio, José Froilán González, Onofre Marimón	3
3.5%	Belgium	André Pilette, Johnny Claes, Jacques Swaters	3
2.3%	Spain	Paco Godia, Juan Jover	2
1.2%	Germany	Paul Pietsch	1
1.2%	Monaco	Louis Chiron	1
1.2%	Ireland	Joe Kelly	1
1.2%	Brazil	Chico Landi	1
1.2%	Thailand	Prince Birabongse Bhanuban	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1951 World Championship of Drivers

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Abecassis, George	38 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Agabashian, Freddie	37 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Ascari, Alberto	32 y/o	8	2	4	2	0
Ayulo, Manuel	29 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Ball, Bobby	25 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Banks, Henry	38 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Behra, Jean	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Bettenhausen, Tony	34 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Bhanuban, Prince Birabongse	36 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Bonetto, Felice	48 y/o	4	0	1	0	1
Bouillon, Pierre	45 y/o	3	0	0	0
Branca, Toni	34 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Brown, Walter C.	39 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Carter, Duane	38 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Chaboud, Eugène	44 y/o	1	0	0	0
Chiron, Louis	51 y/o	7	0	0	0
Claes, Johnny	34 y/o	7	0	0	0	0
Connor, George	44 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Davies, Jimmy	21 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
de Graffenried, Toulo	37 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Dinsmore, Duke	38 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Étancelin, Philippe	54 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Fagioli, Luigi	53 y/o	2	1	1	0	0
Fangio, Juan Manuel	40 y/o	7	3	5	4	5
Farina, Giuseppe	44 y/o	9	1	4	0	2
Faulkner, Walt	33 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Fischer, Rudi	39 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Forberg, Carl	40 y/o	1	0	0	0
Force, Gene	35 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Fotheringham-Parker, Philip	43 y/o	1	0	0	0
Gerard, Bob	37 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Giraud-Cabantous, Yves	46 y/o	6	0	0	0
Godia, Paco	30 y/o	1	0	0	0
González, José Froilán	28 y/o	6	1	5	1	0
Gordini, Aldo	30 y/o	1	0	0	0
Green, Cecil	31 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Griffith, Cliff	35 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Grignard, Georges	45 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Hamilton, Duncan	31 y/o	2	0	0	0
Hanks, Sam	36 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Hellings, Mack	35 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Hirt, Peter	41 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
James, Joe	26 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
James, John	37 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Jover, Juan	47 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly, Joe	38 y/o	1	0	0	0
Landi, Chico	43 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Linden, Andy	29 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Louveau, Henri	41 y/o	1	0	0	0
Mackey, Bill	23 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Mairesse, Guy	40 y/o	2	0	0	0
Manzon, Robert	34 y/o	4	0	0	0
Marimón, Onofre	27 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
McDowell, Johnny	36 y/o	1	0	0	0
McGrath, Jack	31 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Miller, Chet	48 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Moss, Stirling	21 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Murray, David	41 y/o	1	0	0	0
Nalon, Duke	38 y/o	1	0	0	1	0
Nazaruk, Mike	29 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Parnell, Reg	39 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Parsons, Johnnie	32 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Pietsch, Paul	40 y/o	2	0	0	0
Pilette, André	32 y/o	1	0	0	0
Richardson, Ken	39 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Rol, Franco	43 y/o	1	0	0	0
Rose, Mauri	45 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Rosier, Louis	45 y/o	7	0	0	0	0
Ruttman, Troy	21 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Sanesi, Consalvo	40 y/o	4	0	0	0
Scarborough, Carl	36 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Schell, Harry	30 y/o	2	0	0	0
Schindler, Bill	42 y/o	1	0	0	0
Shawe-Taylor, Brian	36 y/o	1	0	0	0
Simon, André	31 y/o	4	0	0	0
Stevenson, Chuck	31 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Swaters, Jacques	24 y/o	2	0	0	0
Sweikert, Bob	25 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Taruffi, Piero	44 y/o	5	0	1	0	0
Trintignant, Maurice	33 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Villoresi, Luigi	42 y/o	7	0	3	0	0
Vukovich, Bill	32 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Walker, Peter	38 y/o	1	0	0	0
Wallard, Lee	40 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Ward, Rodger	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Whitehead, Peter	36 y/o	4	0	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL
1	1951-05-27	Berne	Fangio	Taruffi	Farina	Fangio	Fangio
2	1951-05-30	Indianapolis	Wallard	Nazaruk	Ayulo McGrath		Wallard
3	1951-06-17	Spa-Francorchamps	Farina	Ascari	Villoresi	Fangio	Fangio
4	1951-07-01	Reims	Fangio	González	Villoresi	Fagioli	Fangio
5	1951-07-14	Silverstone	González	Fangio	Villoresi	González	Farina
6	1951-07-29	Nürburgring	Ascari	Fangio	González	Ascari	Fangio
7	1951-09-16	Monza	Ascari	González	Bonetto	Fangio	Farina
8	1951-10-28	Pedralbes	Fangio	González	Farina	Ascari	Fangio