1951 Scottish Grand Prix

1951 Scottish Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1951 Formula One season
Race details
Date 21 July 1951
Official name I Scottish Grand Prix
Location Winfield, Berwickshire
Course Airfield circuit
Course length 3.219 km (2.000 mi)
Distance 50 laps, 160.946 km (100.007 mi)
Pole position
Driver HWM
Fastest lap
Driver Republic of Ireland Joe Kelly Alta
Time 1:29.2
Podium
First Maserati
Second
  • United Kingdom Gillie Tyrer
BMW
Third Jaguar

The 1951 Scottish Grand Prix was a 50 lap 100-mile (160 km) motor race held on 21 July 1951 at Winfield Airfield in Berwickshire. Although run to Formula One regulations, the paucity of the entries led to the organisers opening up the race to other categories.[1]

An entry had been made for the BRM Type 15 but it failed to appear. Its driver Reg Parnell was loaned local driver John Brown's HWM-Alta; Parnell started from pole position but broke a drive shaft as he left the start line. Archie Butterworth's 4WD A.J.B. led briefly before David Murray took over with a Maserati 4CLT. Joe Kelly's Alta challenged and set fastest lap but retired with gearbox problems. Murray retired with fuel pump problems and Philip Fotheringham-Parker took the lead in Duncan Hamilton's Maserati 4CL, chased home by Gillie Tyrer's BMW 328. Ian Stewart was third in an XK120.[2][3]

Results

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Pos No. Driver Chassis Time/Retired Grid
1 9 United Kingdom Philip Fotheringham-Parker Maserati 4CL 1:19:27.0, 121.546kph 2
2 23 United Kingdom Gillie Tyrer BMW 328 1:19:34.4 6
3 5 United Kingdom Ian Stewart Jaguar XK120 +2 laps 10
4 27 United Kingdom Rob Dickson Healey +2 laps 5
NC 16 United Kingdom John Waugh Jaguar XK120 +6 laps 8
Ret 3 United Kingdom David Murray Maserati 4CLT/48 40 laps, fuel pump 4
Ret 1 United Kingdom Bill Skelly Lea Francis 9
Ret 83 Republic of Ireland Joe Kelly Alta GP 14 laps, gearbox 3
Ret 11 United Kingdom Archie Butterworth A.J.B.-Steyr 13 laps, engine 7
Ret 10 United Kingdom Reg Parnell HWM-Alta 0 laps, driveshaft 1
DNS 2 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart JP-Vincent
DNS 2 United Kingdom Bill Black Jaguar XK120
DNS 10 United Kingdom John Brown HWM-Alta car driven by Parnell

References

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  1. ^ "GP '51 - I Scottish Grand Prix". Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  2. ^ "1951 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Scottish Grand Prix". Retrieved 10 March 2023.

Other reading

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  • Paul Sheldon with Duncan Rabagliati (1988). A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing Volume 5 1950–53. St Leonards Press. pp. 107–108. ISBN 0-9512433-2-2.


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