1950 Jersey Road Race

The IV J.C.C. Jersey Road Race was a 1950 non-championship Formula One race held at the St. Helier Circuit in the island country of Jersey. The race was held on 9 July 1950 and it was the final non-championship Jersey Road Race.

Background[]

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 1950 Jersey Road Race is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model
1	Louis Chiron	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c
2	Franco Rol	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c
3	Toulo de Graffenried	Enrico Platé	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c
4	Prince Bira	Enrico Platé	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c
5	Reg Parnell	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c
6	David Hampshire	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c
7	David Murray	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	L4 c
8	Duncan Hamilton Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Privateer	Maserati	6CM	Maserati	L4
9	Toni Branca	Vicomtesse de Walckiers	Simca-Gordini	T15	Gordini	L4 c
10	Peter Whitehead	Privateer	Ferrari	125	Ferrari	V12 c
11	Bob Gerard	Privateer	ERA	B	ERA	L6 c
12	Cuth Harrison	Privateer	ERA	B	ERA	L6 c
14	Graham Whitehead	Privateer	ERA	B	ERA	L6 c
15	Brian Shawe-Taylor	Privateer	ERA	B	ERA	L6 c
16	Joe Ashmore	David Hampshire	ERA	A	ERA	L6 c
17	Tony Rolt	Rob Walker Racing Team	Delage	15 S8	Delage	L 8 s
18	Geoffrey Crossley	Privateer	Alta	GP	Alta	L4 c
19	Joe Kelly	Privateer	Alta	GP	Alta	L4 c
20	Archie Butterworth	Privateer	AJB	Special	Steyr	V8
21	Charles Mortimer	Privateer	HWM	51	Alta	L4 c
22	Bill Aston	Privateer	Cooper	T9	JAP	V2
23	Bill Merrick	Privateer	Cooper	T12	JAP	V2
24	Sid Logan	Privateer	Cooper	T9	JAP	V2

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Results[]

The full qualifying results for the 1950 Jersey Road Race are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Grid
1	6	David Hampshire	Maserati	2:02.4	1
2	10	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	2:03.2	2
3	11	Bob Gerard	ERA	2:04.4	3
4	12	Cuth Harrison	ERA	2:04.8	4
5	3	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	2:05.4	5
6	15	Brian Shawe-Taylor	ERA	2:05.8	6
7	5	Reg Parnell	Maserati	2:07.8	7
8	17	Tony Rolt	Delage	2:08.4	8
9	19	Joe Kelly	Alta	2:08.8	9
10	4	Prince Bira	Maserati	2:09.6	10
11	7	David Murray	Maserati	2:12.8	11
12	8	Duncan Hamilton	Maserati	2:14.2	12
13	16	Joe Ashmore	ERA	2:14.2	13
14	22	Bill Aston	Cooper-JAP	2:14.2	14
15	9	Toni Branca	Simca-Gordini-Gordini	2:17.2	15
16	21	Charles Mortimer	HWM-Alta	2:18.8	16
17	18	Geoffrey Crossley	Alta	2:19.2	17
18	14	Graham Whitehead	ERA	2:19.4	18
19	23	Bill Merrick	Cooper-JAP	2:39.0	19
20	24	Sid Logan	Cooper-JAP	No Time	20
DNQ	20	Archie Butterworth	AJB-Steyr	No Time

Grid[]

Pos		Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver		Driver
______________
1		______________
David Hampshire		2		______________
		Peter Whitehead		3		______________
				Bob Gerard		4
						Cuth Harrison
	______________
	5		______________
	Toulo de Graffenried		6		______________
			Brian Shawe-Taylor		7
					Reg Parnell
______________
8		______________
Tony Rolt		9		______________
		Joe Kelly		10		______________
				Prince Bira		11
						David Murray
	______________
	12		______________
	Duncan Hamilton		13		______________
			Joe Ashmore		14
					Bill Aston
______________
15		______________
Toni Branca		16		______________
		Charles Mortimer		17		______________
				Geoffrey Crossley		18
						Graham Whitehead
	______________
	19		______________
	Bill Merrick		20		______________
			~~Sid Logan~~*		21

* Sid Logan did not start.

Race[]

Results[]

The full results for the 1950 Jersey Road Race are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	10	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	55	1.56:02.6	2
2	5	Reg Parnell	Maserati	54	+1 lap	7
3	3	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	54	+1 lap	5
4	11	Bob Gerard	ERA	54	+1 lap	3
5	15	Brian Shawe-Taylor	ERA	54	+1 lap	6
6	18	Geoffrey Crossley	Alta	51	+4 laps	17
7	14	Graham Whitehead	ERA	51	+4 laps	18
8	19	Joe Kelly	Alta	51	+4 laps	9
9	16	Joe Ashmore	ERA	50	+5 laps	13
10	21	Charles Mortimer	HWM-Alta	50	+5 laps	16
11	9	Toni Branca	Simca-Gordini-Gordini	50	+5 laps	15
12	8	Duncan Hamilton Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Maserati	49	+6 laps	12
Ret	6	David Hampshire	Maserati	22	Magneto	1
Ret	22	Bill Aston	Cooper-JAP	18	Piston	14
Ret	23	Bill Merrick	Cooper-JAP	9	Piston	19
Ret	7	David Murray	Maserati	9	Induction manifold	11
Ret	12	Cuth Harrison	ERA	8	Carburettor needle	4
Ret	4	Prince Bira	Maserati	6	Supercharger	10
Ret	17	Tony Rolt	Delage	1	Engine	8
DNS	24	Sid Logan	Cooper-JAP	0		20

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