1951 German Grand Prix
Formula One motor race held in 1951
The 1951 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 29 July 1951 at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It was race 6 of 8 in the 1951 World Championship of Drivers. The race was won from pole position by Alberto Ascari, ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio and José Froilán González.
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As the 1950 German GP was a Formula 2 race, this was the first German Grand Prix held to Formula One regulations. It took place without the German Silver Arrows GP cars that had dominated before the war, and still had quicker lap times than 1950s Formula One, as the 1939 record of 9:43.1 would stand until 1957. Auto Union headquarters were in the communist East Germany, and no other German manufactors showed up. Mercedes had raced old cars in Temporada Argentina Formula Libre races in February, decided not to bring back the pre-war Mercedes-Benz W165, and instead studied a new Mercedes-Benz W195. This was cancelled after the German Grand Prix, and the Mercedes-Benz W196 was built to new 1954 rules. One German driver took part, Paul Pietsch, who had led the 1939 German Grand Prix before finishing 3rd.
Alfa Romeo once again fielded four cars, with Paul Pietsch replacing Consalvo Sanesi, joining Fangio, Farina and Bonetto.
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