1950 British Grand Prix

In all, there were 22 competing, 21 qualified for the race, and 11 classified. Numbers 7 and 13 were not assigned. The Alfa Romeo factory team arrived at the circuit with four 158s for Fangio, Farina, Fagioli & domestic driver Reg Parnell. Ferrari decided not to take part but there were a handful of Maseratis, one of them a factory car for Monegasque driver Louis Chiron. Scuderia Ambrosiana prepared two cars for David Hampshire and David Murray, Enrico Platé entered two drivers of aristocratic origin, Prince Bira of Siam and Baron Toulo de Graffenried. Joe Fry entered a private Maserati and Scuderia Milano entered Felice Bonetto, but he did not arrive. These cars were raced in Italian Rosso Corsa livery. Talbot-Lago sent over two factory cars in the traditional French pale blue colour to be driven by Yves Giraud-Cabantous and Eugène Martin. Other private Talbots were entered by Louis Rosier, Philippe Etancelin and Belgian Johnny Claes, in a yellow car. The rest of the field was made up of local machinery, which included four E.R.A.s and two Altas, in British racing green.

Farina was fastest in qualifying and the other three Alfas were alongside him on the front row. The second row consisted of "B. Bira" in a Maserati and the two factory Talbots. In accordance with the standard at the time, the rest of the grid consisted of rows of four and three alternating, up to the sixth row. Felice Bonetto was the only driver who did not take part in qualifying and would not take part in the race. On 13 May, 21 drivers from 9 countries were represented at the old Silverstone airport, 4 from France, 2 from Italy, 1 each from Belgium, Ireland, Monaco, Argentina, Thailand and Switzerland. The UK was represented by 9 drivers. The race drew 200,000 spectators. At the start of the race, Farina took the lead with Fagioli and Fangio in pursuit, while Cabantous got a poor start and lost 4 positions. In the early laps they switched around between themselves several times to keep everyone amused. Fangio retired with engine troubles caused by a broken oil pipe and so Farina led Fagioli home by 2.5 seconds with Parnell a distant third despite hitting a hare during the race. The nearest challenger was Giraud-Cabantous two laps down, Bira having retired with a fuel problem. Crossley and Murray duelled at the back before retiring, de Graffenried had done so on lap 34, while Chiron was demoted to the role of viewer 10 laps earlier. Giuseppe Farina led for 63 laps (1–9, 16–37 and 39–70). Luigi Fagioli led for 6 laps (10–15). Juan Manuel Fangio led for 1 lap (38). Joe Fry drove car #10 for the first 45 laps, then Brian Shawe-Taylor took over for 19 laps for a total 64 laps, distance 297.536 km. Peter Walker drove car #9 for 2 laps, then Tony Rolt drove for and additional 3 laps, totaling 5 laps, a distance of 23.245 km. Giuseppe Farina achieved the fastest lap of the race, with a 1:50.6 on Lap 2.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	70	2:13:23.6	1	91
2	3	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	70	+ 2.6	2	6
3	4	Reg Parnell	Alfa Romeo	70	+ 52.0	4	4
4	14	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	68	+ 2 Laps	6	3
5	15	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	68	+ 2 Laps	9	2
6	12	Bob Gerard	ERA	67	+ 3 Laps	13
7	11	Cuth Harrison	ERA	67	+ 3 Laps	15
8	16	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	65	+ 5 Laps	14
9	6	David Hampshire	Maserati	64	+ 6 Laps	16
10	10	Joe Fry Brian Shawe-Taylor	Maserati	64	+ 6 Laps	20
11	18	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	64	+ 6 Laps	21
Ret	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	62	Oil pipe	3
NC	23	Joe Kelly	Alta	57	Not classified	19
Ret	21	Prince Bira	Maserati	49	Out of fuel	5
Ret	5	David Murray	Maserati	44	Engine	18
Ret	24	Geoffrey Crossley	Alta	43	Transmission	17
Ret	20	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	36	Engine	8
Ret	19	Louis Chiron	Maserati	26	Clutch	11
Ret	17	Eugène Martin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	8	Oil pressure	7
Ret	9	Peter Walker Tony Rolt	ERA	5	Gearbox	10
Ret	8	Leslie Johnson	ERA	2	Compressor	12
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Notes

• ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap