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1950 British Grand Prix
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Silverstone Circuit in 1950–1951 configuration
Silverstone Circuit in 1950–1951 configuration
Race details
Date 13 May 1950
Official name The Royal Automobile Club Grand Prix d'Europe Incorporating The British Grand Prix
Location Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone, England
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.649 km (2.889 mi)
Distance 67 laps, 311.483 km (193.547 mi)
Weather Sunny, mild, dry.
Attendance 100,000
Pole position
Driver Enrico Platé
Time 1:52.6
Podium
First ERA
Second ERA
Third Scuderia Ambrosiana

The 1950 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 13 May 1950 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, England. It was the first World Championship Formula One race, as well as the fifth British Grand Prix, and the third to be held at Silverstone after motor racing resumed after World War II. It was the first race of six in the 1950 World Championship of Drivers.

The 67-lap race was won by Bob Gerard, after starting from sixth on the grid, with a race time of 2:13:26.4 and an average speed of 140.055 km/h. Cuth Harrison finished second, and David Hampshire finished third for the Scuderia Ambrosiana team.

Entries

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15 drivers were entered for the first race with them competing in 13 different cars. The numbers 1–4, 7, 13–17, and 22 were not assigned.

No Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis
5 United Kingdom David Murray Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48
6 United Kingdom David Hampshire Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48
8 United Kingdom Leslie Johnson T.A.S.O. Mathieson ERA ERA E
9 United Kingdom Peter Walker1 Peter Walker ERA ERA E
10 United Kingdom Joe Fry2 Joe Fry Maserati Maserati 4CL
11 United Kingdom Cuth Harrison Cuth Harrison ERA ERA B
12 United Kingdom Bob Gerard Bob Gerard ERA ERA B
18 Belgium Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C
19 Monaco Louis Chiron Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48
20 Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Enrico Platé Maserati Maserati 4CLT/50
21 Thailand Prince Bira Enrico Platé Maserati Maserati 4CLT/50
23 Republic of Ireland Joe Kelly Joe Kelly Alta Alta GP
24 United Kingdom Geoff Crossley Geoff Crossley Alta Alta GP
^1 – Peter Walker qualified and drove 2 laps of the race in the #9 ERA. Tony Rolt took over the car for 3 laps of the race.
^2 – Joe Fry qualified and drove 45 laps of the race in the #10 Maserati. Brian Shawe-Taylor took over the car for 19 laps of the race.

Qualifying

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Qualifying classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 21 Thailand Prince Bira Maserati 1:52.6
2 20 Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 1:55.8 +3.2
3 9 United Kingdom Peter Walker ERA 1:56.6 +4.0
4 19 Monaco Louis Chiron Maserati 1:56.6 +4.0
5 8 United Kingdom Leslie Johnson ERA 1:57.4 +4.8
6 12 United Kingdom Bob Gerard ERA 1:57.4 +4.8
7 11 United Kingdom Cuth Harrison ERA 1:58.4 +5.8
8 6 United Kingdom David Hampshire Maserati 2:01.0 +8.4
9 24 United Kingdom Geoff Crossley Alta 2:02.6 +10.0
10 5 United Kingdom David Murray Maserati 2:05.6 +13.0
11 23 Republic of Ireland Joe Kelly Alta 2:06.2 +13.6
12 10 United Kingdom Joe Fry Maserati 2:07.0 +14.4
13 18 Belgium Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago-Talbot 2:08.8 +16.2

Starting grid

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1950 F1.5 British Grand Prix Starting Grid
Row 1 4th 3rd 2nd 1st
Monaco Chiron
1:56.6
United Kingdom Walker
1:56.6
Switzerland de Graffenried
1:55.8
Thailand Bira
1:52.6
Row 2 7th 6th 5th
United Kingdom Harrison
1:58.4
United Kingdom Gerard
1:57.4
United Kingdom Johnson
1:57.4
Row 3 11th 10th 9th 8th
Republic of Ireland Kelly
2:06.2
United Kingdom Murray
2:05.6
United Kingdom Crossley
2:02.6
United Kingdom Hampshire
2:01.0
Row 4 13th 12th
Belgium Claes
2:08.8
United Kingdom Fry
2:07.0

Race

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Race classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 12 United Kingdom Bob Gerard ERA 67 2:13:26.4 6 8
2 11 United Kingdom Cuth Harrison ERA 67 + 0.4 7 6
3 6 United Kingdom David Hampshire Maserati 64 + 3 Laps 8 4
4 10 United Kingdom Joe Fry
United Kingdom Brian Shawe-Taylor
Maserati 64 + 3 Laps 12 1.5
1.5
5 18 Belgium Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago-Talbot 64 + 3 Laps 13 2
6 23 Republic of Ireland Joe Kelly Alta 57 + 14 Laps 11 1
Ret 21 Thailand Prince Bira Maserati 49 Out of fuel 1
Ret 5 United Kingdom David Murray Maserati 44 Engine 10
Ret 24 United Kingdom Geoff Crossley Alta 43 Transmission 9
Ret 20 Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 36 Engine 2
Ret 19 Monaco Louis Chiron Maserati 24 Clutch 4
Ret 9 United Kingdom Peter Walker
United Kingdom Tony Rolt
ERA 5 Gearbox 3
Ret 21 United Kingdom Leslie Johnson ERA 2 Compressor 5

Championship standings after the race

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Note: only the top 5 is shown in both sets of standings.