1951 Italian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 7 of 8 in the 1951 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 16 September 1951 | ||
| Official name | XXII GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA | ||
| Location | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 6.300 km (3.915 mi) | ||
| Distance | 80 laps, 504.000 km (313.171 mi) | ||
| Weather | Warm and sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Time | 1:53.2 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Nino Farina
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Alfa Romeo | |
| Time | 1:56.5 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Alfa Romeo | ||
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The 1951 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 16 September 1951 at Monza. It was the seventh round of the 1951 World Drivers' Championship.
Toulo de Graffenried returned to Alfa Romeo's four-car line up, in place of Paul Pietsch, having raced for Enrico Platé in France and Germany. He raced alongside the regular Alfa drivers, Fangio, Farina and Bonetto. The works Ferrari team retained the same four drivers from the race at the Nürburgring — Ascari, Villoresi, González and Taruffi — while Brazilian Chico Landi made his World Championship debut in a privately run Ferrari. The field was completed by works teams from BRM, Simca-Gordini and OSCA, as well as the usual Talbot-Lago entries.
The front row positions on the grid were shared equally between Alfa Romeo and Ferrari, with Fangio, Farina, Ascari and González posting the four fastest qualifying times. The second row consisted of the remaining works Ferraris of Villoresi and Taruffi, alongside Felice Bonetto. Reg Parnell, in a BRM, was also supposed to be on the second row, but was unable to start due to lubrication problems.
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