1950 Formula One Season
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The 1950 Formula One season included the inaugural FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on May 13, 1950, and ended on September 3 after 7 races. The championship consisted of six Formula One races in Europe plus the Indianapolis 500, which was run to AAA/USAC regulations.
Numerous other Formula One races, which did not count towards the Championship, were also held during the year.
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[edit] Season summary
The inaugural World Championship, to a formula which specified engine capacity of 1.5 litres supercharged or 4.5 litres unsupercharged, saw Alfa Romeo dominate with their supercharged 158, a well-developed pre-war design, which won all six European Grands Prix. Alfa drivers consequently dominated the championship with Farina edging out Fangio by virtue of his fourth place in Belgium. Although the Indianapolis 500, which ran to different regulations, was included in the championship series until 1960, it attracted very little European participation and, conversely, very few American Indianapolis drivers entered any grand prix.
Championship points were given to top 5 finishers (8, 6, 4, 3, 2). 1 point was given for the fastest lap. Only the best four of seven scores counted towards the World Championship. Points for shared drives were divided equally between the drivers, regardless of how many laps each driver drove.
[edit] Season review
In this first World Championship season, 14 teams (4 works and 10 independent) participated, alongside a number of privately entered cars, in the 6 European Grands Prix. Only US teams, constructors and drivers participated in the Indianapolis 500. The chassis, engine and car numbers varied from race to race.
[edit] Grands Prix
[edit] Teams and Drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1950 FIA Formula One World Championship.
[edit] Driver line-ups
[edit] 1950 Drivers Championship final standings
- * Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
- † Position shared between more drivers of the same car
- Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
[edit] Non-Championship race results
Other Formula One races, which did not count towards the World Championship, also held in 1950.
| Race Name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Constructor | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 XI Grand Prix de Pau
| Pau | April 10 |  Juan Manuel Fangio
|  Maserati
| Report |
 II Richmond Trophy
| Goodwood | April 10 | Reg Parnell
| Maserati
| Report |
| V San Remo Grand Prix
| Sanremo | April 16 | Juan Manuel Fangio
| Alfa Romeo
| Report |
| IV Grand Prix de Paris
| Paris | April 30 | Georges Grignard
| Talbot-Lago
| Report |
| Template:IMNXII British Empire Trophy | Douglas | June 15 | Bob Gerard
| ERA
| Report |
| IV Gran Premio di Bari
| Bari | July 9 | Nino Farina
| Alfa Romeo
| Report |
| Template:JERIV J.C.C. Jersey Road Race | Jersey | July 13 | Peter Whitehead
| Ferrari
| Report |
| XII Circuit de l'Albigeois
| Albi | July 16 | Louis Rosier
| Talbot-Lago
| Report |
 I Grote Prijs van Nederland
| Zandvoort | July 23 | Louis Rosier
| Talbot-Lago
| Report |
 III Grand Prix des Nations
| Geneve | July 30 | Juan Manuel Fangio
| Alfa Romeo
| Report |
| I Nottingham Trophy
| Gamston | August 7 | David Hampshire
| Maserati
| Report |
| IV Ulster Trophy
| Dundrod | August 12 | Peter Whitehead
| Ferrari
| Report |
| XIX Coppa Acerbo
| Pescara | August 15 | Juan Manuel Fangio
| Alfa Romeo
| Report |
| I Sheffield Telegraph Trophy
| Gamston | August 19 | Cuth Harrison
| ERA
| Report |
| II BRDC International Trophy
| Silverstone | August 26 | Nino Farina
| Alfa Romeo
| Report |
| III Goodwood Trophy
| Goodwood | September 30 | Reg Parnell
| BRM
| Report |
 X Gran Premio de Penya Rhin
| Pedralbes | October 29 | Alberto Ascari
| Ferrari
| Report |
