| 1951 French Grand Prix | |||||
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 1 July 1951 | ||||
| Official name | XXXVIII Grand Prix de l'ACF | ||||
| Location | Reims, France | ||||
| Course | Reims-Gueux | ||||
| Course length | 7.816 km (4.856 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 77 laps, 601.832 km (373.961 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny, Hot, Dry | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Alfa Romeo | ||||
| Time | 2:25.7 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo | |||
| Time | 2:27.8 on lap 32 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Alfa Romeo | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 1951 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims-Gueux on 1 July 1951. It was race 4 of 8 in the 1951 World Championship of Drivers and was won by Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli driving an Alfa Romeo. It was the first of three occasions where two drivers would be credited with a Grand Prix win after sharing a car.
The race, which also carried the honorific title of European Grand Prix, saw the World Championship debuts of Aldo Gordini, André Simon and Onofre Marimón. Fagioli's victory, his first in a World Championship race, made him the oldest driver to win a World Championship Grand Prix, a record he still holds. This race also holds the record for the longest Formula One Grand Prix in terms of total distance needed to cover. 77 laps of the 4.856 mile Reims-Gueux circuit totaled to 373.961 miles.[1]
- ^ "What was the longest Grand Prix of them all?". Ask Steven – ESPNF1.com. Retrieved 23 June 2012.