1951 French Grand Prix

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	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
Time	2:25.7
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
Time	2:27.8 on lap 32
Podium
First	Luigi Fagioli Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
Second	José Froilán González Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Third	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari
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]