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1951 FIA Formula One World Championship

Grand Prix Date Winning Driver Team Laps Time
Swiss 27/05/1951 Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 42 2:07'53.64
Indianapolis 500 30/05/1951 Lee Wallard Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 200 3:57'38.05
Belgian 17/06/1951 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 36 2:45'66.2
French 01/07/1951 Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 77 3:22'11.0
British 14/07/1951 Jose Froilan Gonzalez Ferrari 90 2:42'18.2
German 29/07/1951 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 20 3:23'03.3
Italian 16/09/1951 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 80 2:42'39.3
Spanish 28/10/1951 Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 70 2:46'54.10

Points for top 5 finishers (8, 6, 4, 3, 2). Points for fastest lap: 1 point. Only the best four of Eight scores counted towards the world championship. Points for shared drives were divided equally between the drivers, regardless of who had driven more laps