1950 Coppa Acerbo

The XIX Coppa Acerbo was a 1950 non-championship Formula One race held at the Pescara Circuit, a course on public roads in Italy. The race took place on 15 August 1950 and was the first Coppa Acerbo to be held under Formula One regulations.

Background[]

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 1950 Coppa Acerbo is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model
2	Georges Grignard	Privateer	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot	L6
4	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Enrico Platé	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c
6	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	375	Ferrari	V12
8	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	375	Ferrari	V12
10	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot	L6
16	Pierre Levegh	Privateer	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot	L6
18	Franco Comotti	Scuderia Milano	Maserati-Milano	4CLT/50	Speluzzi	L4
20	Franco Rol	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c
22	Prince Bira	Enrico Platé	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c
24	Philippe Étancelin	Privateer	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot	L6
26	Henri Louveau	Ecurie Rosier	Talbot-Lago	T26C-GS	Talbot	L6
28	Felice Bonetto	Scuderia Milano	Maserati-Milano	4CLT/50	Speluzzi	L4
30	Luigi de Filippis	Privateer	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c
32	Adolfo Schwelm Cruz	Privateer	Jaguar	XK120 (Sport)	Jaguar	L6
34	Juan Manuel Fangio	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	158	Alfa Romeo	L8 c
36	Clemente Biondetti	Privateer	Ferrari	166	Jaguar	L6
40	Luigi Fagioli	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	158	Alfa Romeo	L8 c
	Arnulfo Bilanca	Privateer	Maserati	4CL	Maserati	L4 c
	Louis Chiron	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Results[]

The full qualifying results for the 1950 Coppa Acerbo are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Grid
1	34	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	10:37.6	1
2	40	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	10:58.0	2
3	10	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	11:26.0	3
4	26	Henri Louveau	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	11:32.6	4
5	24	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	11:42.4	5
6	2	Georges Grignard	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	12:17.8	6
7	16	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	12:23.2	7
8	22	Prince Bira	Maserati	13:14.2	8
9	30	Luigi de Filippis	Maserati	14:06.8	9
10	20	Franco Rol	Maserati	14:53.8	10
11	18	Franco Comotti	Maserati-Milano	20:43.2	11
12	28	Felice Bonetto	Maserati-Milano	21:02.4	12
13	4	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	No Time	13
14	36	Clemente Biondetti	Ferrari-Jaguar	No Time	14
15	32	Adolfo Schwelm Cruz	Jaguar	No Time	15

Grid[]

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
				______________
		______________		1
______________		2		Juan Manuel Fangio
3		Luigi Fagioli
Louis Rosier
			______________
	______________		4
	5		Henri Louveau
	Philippe Étancelin
				______________
		______________		6
______________		7		Georges Grignard
8		Pierre Levegh
Prince Bira
			______________
	______________		9
	10		Luigi de Filippis
	Franco Rol
				______________
		______________		11
______________		12		Franco Comotti
13		Felice Bonetto
Emmanuel de Graffenried
			______________
	______________		14
	15		Clemente Biondetti
	Adolfo Schwelm Cruz
				______________
		______________		16
______________		17
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Race[]

Results[]

The full results for the 1950 Coppa Acerbo are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	34	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	16	3:02:51.4	1
2	10	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	16	+17.6	3
3	40	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	16	+23.6	2
4	24	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	16	+6:49.0	5
5	16	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	15	+1 lap	7
6	30	Luigi de Filippis	Maserati	14	+2 laps	9
7	28	Felice Bonetto	Maserati-Milano	10	+6 laps	12
Ret	4	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	8	Mechanical	13
Ret	32	Adolfo Schwelm Cruz	Jaguar	6	Mechanical	15
Ret	36	Clemente Biondetti	Ferrari-Jaguar	3	Mechanical	14
Ret	22	Prince Bira	Maserati	2	Mechanical	8
Ret	2	Georges Grignard	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1	Accident	6
Ret	26	Henri Louveau	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	1	Fuel leak	4
Ret	20	Franco Rol	Maserati	0	Supercharger	10
DNS	18	Franco Comotti	Maserati-Milano	0	Mechanical	11

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