1950 Monaco Grand Prix

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1950 Monaco Grand Prix
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Race details
Date 21 May 1950
Official name Prix de Monte-Carlo et XIe Grand Prix Automobile
Location Circuit de Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.180 km (1.976 miles)
Distance 100 laps, 318.000 km (197.596 miles)
Pole position
Driver Alfa Romeo
Time 1:50.2[1]
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo
Time 1:51.0[2]
Podium
First Alfa Romeo
Second Ferrari
Third Maserati
Lap leaders

The 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, formally titled the Prix de Monte-Carlo et XIe Grand Prix Automobile,[3] was a Formula One motor race held on 21 May 1950 at Monaco. It was race two of seven in the 1950 World Championship of Drivers. The 100-lap race was held at an overall distance of 318.1 km (197.1 mi) and was won by Juan Manuel Fangio for the Alfa Romeo team after starting from pole position. Alberto Ascari finished second for Ferrari and Louis Chiron finished third for Maserati. It was also the first race for Ferrari in Formula One.

  1. ^ Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 15. ISBN 0-85429-276-4.
  2. ^ Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 16. ISBN 0-85429-276-4.
  3. ^ XIe Grand Prix Automobile. Automobile Club de Monaco. 1950. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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