1950 British Empire Trophy

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
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

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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	–

References[]

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