1950 Belgian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 5 of 7 in the 1950 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 18 June 1950 | ||
| Official name | XII Grote Prijs Van Belgie | ||
| Location | Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | ||
| Course | Permanent racing circuit | ||
| Course length | 14.120 km (8.825 mi) | ||
| Distance | 35 laps, 494.2 km (308.875 mi) | ||
| Weather | Warm, dry and sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Time | 4:37.0 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Nino Farina |
Alfa Romeo | |
| Time | 4:34.1 on lap 18 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Second | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Third | Talbot-Lago-Talbot | ||
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The 1950 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 18 June 1950 at Spa-Francorchamps. It was the fifth round of the 1950 World Drivers' Championship. The 35-lap race was won by Alfa Romeo driver Juan Manuel Fangio after he started from second position. His teammate Luigi Fagioli finished second and Talbot-Lago driver Louis Rosier came in third.
By the time of the Belgian Grand Prix, the pace of the season was beginning to tell, with only 14 cars arriving at the Spa circuit. These included the dominant Alfa Romeos of Nino Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli. Ferrari was down to two 125s for Luigi Villoresi and Alberto Ascari, although Ascari had a new V12 engine to try out. The factory Talbot-Lago team had three cars for Louis Rosier, Yves Giraud-Cabantous and Philippe Étancelin (standing in for the injured Eugène Martin). The rest of the field was made up of Talbot-Lagos (notably one for Raymond Sommer), a single Alta and one Maserati for Toni Branca. This race was the final entry for Geoffrey Crossley, the sport's high costs forcing him, like many privateers, to retire after just a handful of races.
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