1950 British Empire Trophy

XII British Empire Trophy
Race details
Date	June 15, 1950
Official Name	XII British Empire Trophy
Location	Douglas Circuit Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Course	Street Circuit 9.855km (6.125mi)
Distance	36 laps, 354.787km (220.502 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	Cuth Harrison ERA
Time	3:10.0
Fastest Lap
Driver	Reg Parnell Maserati
Time	3:08.0
Podium
First	Bob Gerard ERA
Second	Cuth Harrison ERA
Third	Toulo de Graffenried Maserati
Lap Leaders

The XII British Empire Trophy was a 1950 non-championship Formula One race held at the Douglas Circuit in the Isle of Man on 15 June 1950. It was the final non-championship race held at the circuit and the only non-championship race run under Formula One regulations.

Background

Entry List

The full entry list for the 1950 British Empire Trophy is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Bob Gerard	Privateer	ERA	B	ERA	L6 c
2	Reg Parnell	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4
3	David Hampshire	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4
4	David Murray	Scuderia Ambrosiana	ERA	B	ERA	L6 c
5	Toulo de Graffenried	Enrico Platé	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c
6	Prince Bira	Enrico Platé	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c
7	Tony Rolt	Rob Walker Racing Team	Delage	15 S8	Delage	L 8 s
8	John Rowley	Privateer	Delage	15 S8	Delage	L 8 s
9	Gordon Watson	Privateer	Alta	F2	Alta	L4 c
10	Peter Walker	Privateer	ERA	E	ERA	L6 c
11	Graham Whitehead	Privateer	ERA	B	ERA	L6 c
12	Cuth Harrison	Privateer	ERA	B	ERA	L6 c
14	Colin Murray	Privateer	Maserati	4CL	Maserati	L4 c
15	Brian Shawe-Taylor	Privateer	ERA	B	ERA	L6 c
16	Joe Kelly	Privateer	Maserati	6CM	Maserati	L4 c
17	Alister Baring	Privateer	HWM	51	Alta	L4
18	Bobby Baird	Privateer	Tornado		Clemons Duesenburg
19	Archie Butterworth	Privateer	AJB	Special	Steyr

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 1950 British Empire Trophy are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Grid
1	12	Cuth Harrison	ERA	3:10.0	1
2	7	Tony Rolt	Delage	3:12.0	2
3	1	Bob Gerard	ERA	3:13.0	3
4	4	David Murray	ERA	3:17.0	4
5	15	Brian Shawe-Taylor	ERA	3:17.0	5
6	3	David Hampshire	Maserati	3:17.0	6
7	5	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	3:19.0	7
8	2	Reg Parnell	Maserati	3:20.0	8
9	11	Graham Whitehead	ERA	3:25.0	9
10	16	Joe Kelly	Maserati	3:27.0	10
11	9	Gordon Watson	Alta	3:36.0	11
12	14	Colin Murray	Maserati	3:38.0	12
13	6	Prince Bira	Maserati	No Time	13

Grid

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
______________
1		______________
Cuth Harrison		2		______________
		Tony Rolt		3
				Bob Gerard
	______________
	4		______________
	David Murray		5
			Brian Shawe-Taylor
______________
6		______________
David Hampshire		7		______________
		Toulo de Graffenried		8
				Reg Parnell
	______________
	9		______________
	Graham Whitehead		10
			Joe Kelly
______________
11		______________
Gordon Watson		12		______________
		Colin Murray		13
				Prince Bira
	______________
	14		______________
			15
______________
16		______________
		17		______________
				18

Race

Results

The full results for the 1950 British Empire Trophy are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Bob Gerard	ERA	36	1.59:36.8	3
2	12	Cuth Harrison	ERA	36	+1:32.4	1
3	5	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	36	+2:48.1	7
4	15	Brian Shawe-Taylor	ERA	36	+2:58.8	5
5	3	David Hampshire	Maserati	35	+1 lap	6
6	2	Reg Parnell	Maserati	35	+1 lap	8
7	7	Tony Rolt	Delage	35	+1 lap	2
Ret	11	Graham Whitehead	ERA	25	Lost wheel	9
Ret	14	Colin Murray	Maserati	12	Accident	12
Ret	9	Gordon Watson	Alta F2	12	Piston	11
Ret	6	Prince Bira	Maserati	2	Accident	13
Ret	4	David Murray	ERA	2	Accident	4
Ret	16	Joe Kelly	Maserati	2	Accident	10
DNS	10	Peter Walker	ERA	0	Fire	–
DNS	8	John Rowley	Delage	0	Camshaft	–

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