1950 BRDC International Trophy

Template:Short description The 2nd BRDC International Trophy meeting – formally the International Daily Express Trophy – was held on 26 August 1950 at the Silverstone Circuit, England. The race was run to Formula One regulations, and was held over two heats of 15 laps each, followed by a final race of 35 laps. Italian driver Nino Farina emerged the winner, in an Alfa Romeo 158, repeating his victory from the 1950 British Grand Prix, held at the same circuit in May. He beat his Argentine team-mate Juan Manuel Fangio, and British driver Peter Whitehead in a Ferrari. Other notable entrants were the two BRM V16 cars entered for Raymond Sommer, Peter Walker, Raymond Mays and Reg Parnell. However, their legendary lack of reliability resulted in neither car completing a lap in anger.

Results

Final – 35 Laps

Pos	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time/Ret.
1	Template:Flagicon Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo	35	1:07:17.0
2	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo	35	+ 10.4s
3	Template:Flagicon Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 125	Ferrari	35	+ 1:04.4
4	Template:Flagicon Cuth Harrison	ERA B	ERA	35	+ 1:05.0
5	Template:Flagicon Brian Shawe-Taylor	ERA B	ERA	34	+ 1 lap
6	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	HWM	Alta	34	+ 1 lap
7	Template:Flagicon Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot	34	+ 1 lap
8	Template:Flagicon Louis Chiron	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati	33	+ 2 laps
9	Template:Flagicon Bob Gerard	ERA B	ERA	32	accident
10	Template:Flagicon David Hampshire	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati	32	+ 3 laps
11	Template:Flagicon Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot	32	+ 3 laps
12	Template:Flagicon Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Maserati 6CM	Maserati	32	+ 3 laps
13	Template:Flagicon Geoff Richardson	RRA	RRA	31	+ 4 laps
NC	Template:Flagicon Gordon Watson	Alta F2	Alta	30	+ 5 laps
Ret	Template:Flagicon Fergus Anderson	HWM	HWM	28	Gearbox
Ret	Template:Flagicon Colin Murray	Maserati 6CL	Maserati	13	?
Ret	Template:Flagicon Reg Parnell	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati	9	Engine
Ret	Template:Flagicon David Murray	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati	2	Oil pipe
Ret	Template:Flagicon Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot	2	Rear axle

• Fastest lap: Nino Farina and Juan Manuel Fangio – 1:52

Heats – 15 Laps

(Note: Drivers indicated in bold qualified for the final)

Heat 1 Pos Driver Constructor Laps Time/Ret. 1 Template:Flagicon Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 15 28:53 2 Template:Flagicon Reg Parnell Maserati 15 + 29s 3 Template:Flagicon Peter Whitehead Ferrari 15 + 31s 4 Template:Flagicon Cuth Harrison ERA 15 + 33s 5 Template:Flagicon Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago 15 + 56s 6 Template:Flagicon Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 14 + 1 lap 7 Template:Flagicon Fergus Anderson HWM 14 + 1 lap 8 Template:Flagicon Philip Fotheringham-Parker Maserati 14 + 1 lap 9 Template:Flagicon Colin Murray Maserati 13 + 2 laps NC Template:Flagicon Geoff Richardson RRA 12 + 3 laps Ret Template:Flagicon Tony Rolt Delage 15S8 ? Gearbox Ret Template:Flagicon Archie Butterworth AJB-Steyr 1 Crankshaft Fastest lap: Nino Farina – 1:52

Heat 2 Pos Driver Constructor Laps Time/Ret. 1 Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 15 33:53 2 Template:Flagicon Brian Shawe-Taylor ERA 15 + 32s 3 Template:Flagicon Bob Gerard ERA 15 + 1:27 4 Template:Flagicon David Hampshire Maserati 14 + 1 lap 5 Template:Flagicon David Murray Maserati 14 + 1 lap 6 Template:Flagicon Gordon Watson Alta 14 + 1 lap 7 Template:Flagicon Louis Chiron Maserati 14 + 1 lap 8 Template:Flagicon Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago 14 + 1 lap 9 Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss HWM 14 + 1 lap Ret Template:Flagicon Joe Kelly Alta GP ? DNF Ret Template:Flagicon Alberto Ascari Ferrari 125 7 Spin Ret Template:Flagicon Leslie Brooke Maserati 4CLT-48 6 Accident Ret Template:Flagicon Michael Chorlton Bugatti T51A 4 Valve Ret Template:Flagicon Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago T26C 1 Spin Ret Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer BRM P15 1 Transmission Fastest lap: Juan Manuel Fangio – 1:52