1951 San Remo Grand Prix

NC Italy San Remo 22 April 1951 Circuit-ospedaletti-1948.png Circuito di Ospedaletti 1948 (San Remo Grand Prix at Ospedaletti) VI Gran Premio di San Remo San Remo, Liguria, Italy Ospedaletti 2.100 3.380 90 186.281 304.200 Alberto Ascari Italy Ferrari 1:52.0 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1:53.8 Italy Alberto Ascari Italy Ferrari Dorino Serafini Italy Ferrari Rudi Fischer Switzerland Ferrari thumb|Alberto Ascari in his Ferrari 375 F1 The 1951 San Remo Grand Prix was a non-Championship Formula One motor race held on 22 April 1951 at the Autodromo di Ospedaletti, in San Remo, Liguria, Italy. It was the fourth race of the 1951 Formula One season. The 90-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari, starting from pole position. Dorino Serafini finished second in a Ferrari and Rudi Fischer third, also in a Ferrari. All cars were 1.5-litre s/c F1 or 4.5-litre F1† unless noted (F2). During practice, Claes crashed his Talbot after a brake pipe broke, injuring four and killing one spectator, Antonino Cavestri.Antonino Cavestri from motorsportmemorial.org, last accessed on 27 October 2021. Classification PosNoDriverManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGrid 1 18 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 90 2:57:08.2 1 2 30 Italy Dorino Serafini Ferrari 90 2:58:33.0 4 3 40 Switzerland Rudi Fischer Ferrari 90 2:59:11.0 7 4 8 USA 1912 Harry Schell Maserati 87 + 3 Laps 8 5 16 UK Stirling Moss HWM-Alta 51 (F2) 85 + 5 Laps 10 6 14 France Guy Mairesse Talbot-Lago 84 + 6 Laps 17 7 24 UK Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 51 (F2) 81 + 9 Laps 13 8 28 France Henri Louveau Talbot-Lago 79 NC 15 9 10 UK David Murray Maserati 59 NC 12 10 4 UK Peter Whitehead Ferrari 56 NC 14 11 36 Monaco Louis Chiron HWM-Alta (F2) 42 NC 16 Ret 22 France Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago 71 Mechanical 9 Ret 26 Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 63 Accident 2 Ret 32 Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 60 Suspension 3 Ret 34 UK Reg Parnell Maserati 16 Rear Axle 11 Ret 6 France Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 8 Piston 6 Ret 20 Thailand B. Bira Maserati 5 Accident 5 DNS 2 Italy Toni Branca Maserati DNS 12 Belgium Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago Practice Accident DNA 38 Italy Giuseppe Farina Maserati Did not appear References Ospedaletti Circuit blog 1951 Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from OldRacingCars.com http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=NC5108 2014-03-02 or 1951 Non-World Championship Grands Prix http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1951/1951.html#san 2014-03-02 43 48 02.8 N 7 43 22.1 E region:IT_type:landmark title San Remo Grand Prix 1951 1951 Richmond Trophy 1951 Bordeaux Grand Prix 1950 San Remo Grand Prix — (discontinued for Formula 1) San Remo San Remo Category:San Remo Grand Prix Category:20th century in Liguria