1951 Italian Grand Prix

The Italian Grand Prix 1951 was the 7th round of the 1951 F1 season, and took place at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy, on September 16th.

Alberto Ascari won the race after starting in the 3rd position, followed by José Froilán González, and Felice Bonetto completing the podium.

Juan Fangio started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he suffered an engine malfunction, and had to retire on lap 39th.

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 17 drivers out of the original 23 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Juan Fangio, Maurice Trintignant, Robert Manzon, Pierre Levegh, and Nino Farina, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Louis Chiron, who had issues with the ignition on lap 23, Jacques Swaters, who suffered from an overall car overhating on lap 7, Johnny Claes, who had an oil pump failure on lap 4, Toulo de Graffenried, who had a problem with the sueprcharger on lap 1, Peter Whitehead, who had an issue with a magneto on lap 1, Chico Landi, who had a transmission problem on lap 0, and Reg Parnell, and Ken Richardson, both withdrew.

Qualifying