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The Season in Review  ·  Round 5

Belgian Grand Prix

1950  ·  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps  ·  18 June 1950  ·  35 laps

  1. 1st Juan Fangio Alfa Romeo · 02:47:26
  2. 2nd Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo · +14
  3. 3rd Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago · +2:19.000

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nino Farina

Alfa Romeo  —  Pole position

02 Lap 15

Philippe Étancelin

Retirement Talbot-Lago  —  Overheating

03 Lap 20

Raymond Sommer

Retirement Talbot-Lago  —  Oil pressure

04 On the Charge

Johnny Claes

Talbot-Lago  —  P14 → P8

05 Victory

Juan Fangio

Alfa Romeo  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Juan Fangio Alfa Romeo 2 35 02:47:26 8
2 Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo 3 35 +14 6
3 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 8 35 +2:19.000 4
4 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 1 35 +4:05.000 4
5 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 7 34 +1 Lap 2
6 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 4 33 +2 Laps
7 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 10 33 +2 Laps
8 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago 14 22 +3 Laps
9 Geoff Crossley Alta 12 30 +5 Laps
10 Toni Branca Maserati 11 29 +6 Laps
11 Eugène Chaboud Talbot-Lago 13 22 Oil pipe
12 Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago 5 20 Oil pressure
13 Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago 6 15 Overheating
14 Yves Cabantous Talbot-Lago 9 2 Oil pipe

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