1950 German Grand Prix
1950 German Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 20 August 1950 | ||
Official name | XIII Großer Preis von Deutschland | ||
Location | Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 22.810 km (14.173 miles) | ||
Distance | 16 laps, 364.960 km (226.768 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny, Dry, Warm | ||
Attendance | 400,000 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Scuderia Ferrari | ||
Time | 10:39.5 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | ![]() | Scuderia Ferrari | |
Time | 10:43.6 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Scuderia Ferrari | ||
Second | Equipe Gordini | ||
Third | Equipe Gordini |
The 1950 German Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula Two race held on 20 August 1950 at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
Report
[edit]Formula 2 regulations had been chosen in order to attract a larger starting grid – especially for German teams and drivers, who would not have had time to prepare cars for the still-new Formula One regulations. This resulted in a large amount of interest – 37 cars started the race, and the event drew a crowd of 400,000 spectators.
During practice, German driver Paul Greifzu was involved in an accident where his car hit a paramedic at Pflanzgarten. The paramedic suffered fatal injuries and Greifzu was taken to hospital with fractured ribs and internal bruising.
The Grand Prix had attracted some of the top German drivers, but many of them retired due to the high level of attrition. Indeed, only 10 drivers completed the full distance. Hans Stuck ran sixth after the first lap, but had to stop to fix a stuck throttle. He received outside assistance whilst starting his engine again, and was disqualified. Manfred von Brauchitsch put in a fine performance trying to keep up with the leaders, running as high as seventh before retiring with engine failure.[1]
The race was dominated by Alberto Ascari, who led from pole and pulled away comfortably each lap. The only slight drama came on the final tour: he had run the full distance without pitting, and some spokes on his right rear wheel broke in the banked Karussell. However, such was his lead that he could afford to significantly reduce his pace, nursing the car home to victory.[2]
For his dominant performance, Ascari was presented with the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest award in German sport. The award had only been established two months prior, and he became its first foreign recipient.
Entries
[edit]No | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis |
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2 | ![]() | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | Ferrari 166 F2 |
4 | ![]() | Ferrari | Ferrari 166 F2 | |
8 | ![]() | Giovanni Bracco | Ferrari | |
16 | ![]() | Ecurie Suisse | Veritas-BMW | Veritas Meteor |
18 | ![]() | Veritas-BMW | Veritas Meteor | |
20 | ![]() | Veritas-BMW | Veritas Meteor | |
22 | ![]() | Veritas-BMW | Veritas Meteor | |
24 | ![]() | Alfred Dattner | Simca-Gordini | Simca-Gordini T11 |
26 | ![]() | Ernst Seiler | Simca-Gordini | Simca-Gordini T15 |
28 | ![]() | Claude Bernheim | Cisitalia-Fiat | Cisitalia-Fiat D46 |
32 | ![]() | Ecurie Paris | Simca-Gordini | Simca-Gordini T15 |
34 | ![]() | Cisitalia-Fiat | Cisitalia-Fiat D46 | |
36 | ![]() | Automobiles Deutsch-Bonnet | DB-Citroën | |
40 | ![]() | HW Motors | HWM-Alta | |
42 | ![]() | HWM-Alta | ||
44 | ![]() | Paul Pietsch | Veritas-BMW | Veritas Meteor II |
46 | ![]() | Francisco Godia | Cisitalia-Fiat | Cisitalia-Fiat D46 |
52 | ![]() | Bertil Lundberg | BLG-BMW | BLG-BMW 2000 |
54 | ![]() | Horschell Racing Corporation | Cooper-JAP | Cooper-JAP T12 |
56 | ![]() | Manfred von Brauchitsch | AFM-BMW | AFM 6 |
58 | ![]() | Hans Stuck | AFM-BMW | |
60 | ![]() | Fritz Riess | AFM-BMW | AFM 3 |
62 | ![]() | Hermann Lang | Veritas-BMW | |
64 | ![]() | Karl Kling | Veritas-BMW | Veritas Meteor III Streamline |
66 | ![]() | Toni Ulmen | Veritas-BMW | Veritas RS |
68 | ![]() | Karl Gommann | AFM-BMW | AFM 5 |
70 | ![]() | Willi Heeks | AFM-BMW | AFM 2 |
72 | ![]() | Willi Krakau | BMW | |
76 | ![]() | Herman Roosdorp | Ferrari | Ferrari 166 MM |
78 | ![]() | Paul Greifzu | BMW | |
78 | ![]() | Carl Bossong | Holbein-BMW | Holbein-BMW HH48 |
82 | ![]() | Georges Berger | Jicey-BMW | |
84 | ![]() | Equipe Gordini | Simca-Gordini | Simca-Gordini T15 |
86 | ![]() | Simca-Gordini | Simca-Gordini T15 | |
88 | ![]() | Simca-Gordini | Simca-Gordini T15 | |
90 | ![]() | Simca-Gordini | Simca-Gordini T15 | |
94 | ![]() | Simca-Gordini | Simca-Gordini T15 | |
92 | ![]() | Mme de Walckiers | Simca-Gordini | Simca-Gordini T11 |
Sources:[3][2] |
Classification
[edit]Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/retired |
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1 | 2 | ![]() | Ferrari | 16 | 2:55.00.8 |
2 | 88 | ![]() | Simca-Gordini | 16 | +2:20.9 |
3 | 84 | ![]() | Simca-Gordini | 16 | +8:27.7 |
4 | 66 | ![]() | Veritas-BMW | 15 | +1 lap |
5 | 26 | ![]() | Simca-Gordini | 15 | +1 lap |
6 | 42 | ![]() | HWM-Alta | 15 | +1 lap |
7 | 68 | ![]() | AFM-BMW | 14 | +2 laps |
8 | 90 | ![]() | Simca-Gordini | 14 | +2 laps |
9 | 82 | ![]() | Jicey-BMW | 13 | +3 laps |
10 | 46 | ![]() | Cisitalia-Fiat | 11 | +5 laps |
Ret | 86 | ![]() | Simca-Gordini | 13 | Valves |
Ret | 16 | ![]() | Veritas-BMW | 12 | |
Ret | 56 | ![]() | AFM-BMW | 11 | Engine |
Ret | 44 | ![]() | Veritas-BMW | 8 | Clutch |
Ret | 18 | ![]() | Veritas-BMW | 7 | |
Ret | 94 | ![]() | Simca-Gordini | 7 | |
Ret | 4 | ![]() | Ferrari | 6 | Gearbox |
Ret | 40 | ![]() | HWM-Alta | 5 | Differential |
Ret | 32 | ![]() | Simca-Gordini | 5 | |
Ret | 34 | ![]() | Cisitalia-Fiat | 4 | |
Ret | 64 | ![]() | Veritas-BMW | 3 | Piston |
Ret | 28 | ![]() | Cisitalia-Fiat | 3 | |
Ret | 36 | ![]() | DB-Citroën | 3 | |
Ret | 92 | ![]() | Simca-Gordini | 2 | Engine |
Ret | 62 | ![]() | Veritas-BMW | 2 | Engine |
Ret | 70 | ![]() | AFM-BMW | 2 | |
Ret | 60 | ![]() | AFM-BMW | 2 | |
Ret | 8 | ![]() | Ferrari | 2 | |
Ret | 20 | ![]() | Veritas-BMW | 2 | |
Ret | 76 | ![]() | Ferrari | 2 | |
Ret | 24 | ![]() | Simca-Gordini | 1 | |
Ret | 22 | ![]() | Veritas-BMW | 1 | |
Ret | 52 | ![]() | BLG-BMW | 1 | |
Ret | 72 | ![]() | BMW | 0 | |
Ret | 54 | ![]() | Cooper-JAP | 0 | Engine |
DSQ | 58 | ![]() | AFM-BMW | 0 | Outside assistance |
? | 78 | ![]() | Holbein-BMW | 0 | Unknown |
Source:[3] |
References
[edit]- ^ "GROSSER PRIES VON DEUTSCHLAND (sic)". Motor Sport. September 1950. p. 451. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ a b Köhr, Burkhard. "PS Nürburgring - Großer Preis von Deutschland 1950". pro-steilstrecke.de (in German). Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ a b "13. Großer Preis von Deutschland 1950 - Nordschleife – since 1927". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de (in German). Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ Grant, Gregor (1953). Formula 2. p. 25.
- ^ "XIII Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1950". Formula 2 Register. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.