1950 French Grand Prix | |||||
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Race details | |||||
Date | 2 July 1950 | ||||
Official name | XXXVII Grand Prix de l'A.C.F. | ||||
Location | Reims-Gueux, Reims, France | ||||
Course | Temporary road course | ||||
Course length | 7.815 km (4.856 miles) | ||||
Distance | 64 laps, 500.160 km (310.785 miles) | ||||
Weather | Hot and sunny | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Alfa Romeo | ||||
Time | 2:30.6 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo | |||
Time | 2:35.6 on lap 7[1] | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Alfa Romeo | ||||
Second | Alfa Romeo | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1950 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 2 July 1950 at Reims-Gueux. It was race 6 of 7 in the 1950 World Championship of Drivers. The 64-lap race was won by Alfa Romeo driver Juan Manuel Fangio after he started from pole position. His teammate Luigi Fagioli finished second and Peter Whitehead took third in a privateer Ferrari.