1950 Belgian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race details | |||||
Date | 18 June 1950 | ||||
Official name | Grand Prix Automobile de Belgique | ||||
Location | Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | ||||
Course | Permanent racing circuit | ||||
Course length | 14.120 km (8.825 miles) | ||||
Distance | 35 laps, 494.2 km (308.875 miles) | ||||
Weather | Warm, dry and sunny | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Alfa Romeo | ||||
Time | 4:37.0 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Nino Farina | Alfa Romeo | |||
Time | 4:34.1 on lap 18[1] | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Alfa Romeo | ||||
Second | Alfa Romeo | ||||
Third | Talbot-Lago-Talbot | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1950 Belgian Grand Prix, formally titled the Grand Prix Automobile de Belgique,[2] was a Formula One motor race held on 18 June 1950 at Spa-Francorchamps. It was race five of seven in the 1950 World Championship of Drivers. The 35-lap race was won by Alfa Romeo driver Juan Manuel Fangio after he started from second position. His teammate Luigi Fagioli finished second and Talbot-Lago driver Louis Rosier came in third.