The 1951 British Grand Prix was Round 5 of the 1951 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Silverstone, United Kingdom on Sunday, 14 July 1951. José Froilán González started on pole position for Ferrari and was the race winner.
1951 British Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Car | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Argentina | Ferrari | Pirelli | 90 | 2:42:18.200 | - | - | 8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentina | Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 90 | 2:43:09.200 | +51.000 | +51.000 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 10 | Luigi Villoresi | Italy | Ferrari | Pirelli | 88 | 2 laps | 2 laps | 4 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Felice Bonetto | Italy | Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 87 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 3 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Reg Parnell | Great Britain | BRM | 85 | 5 laps | 2 laps | 2 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | Consalvo Sanesi | Italy | Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 84 | 6 laps | 1 lap | ||||
| 7 | 7 | Peter Walker | Great Britain | BRM | 84 | 6 laps | ||||||
| 8 | 9 | Brian Shawe-Taylor | Great Britain | ERA | 84 | 6 laps | ||||||
| 9 | 14 | Peter Whitehead | Great Britain | Thin Wall Ferrari | Pirelli | 83 | 7 laps | 1 lap | ||||
| 10 | 22 | Louis Rosier | France | Talbot-Lago | 83 | 7 laps | 1:53.600 | 32 | ||||
| 11 | 8 | Bob Gerard | Great Britain | ERA | 82 | 8 laps | 1 lap | 1:53.600 | ||||
| 12 | 18 | Duncan Hamilton | Great Britain | Talbot-Lago | 81 | 9 laps | 1 lap | 1:54.000 | ||||
| 13 | 25 | Johnny Claes | Belgium | Talbot-Lago | 80 | 10 laps | 1 lap | 1:54.800 | 47 | |||
| DNF | 1 | Nino Farina | Italy | Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 75 | 1:44.000 | 38 | 1 | |||
| DNF | 5 | Joe Kelly | Ireland | Alta | 75 | |||||||
| DNF | 11 | Alberto Ascari | Italy | Ferrari | Pirelli | 56 | ||||||
| DNF | 17 | Philip Fotheringham-Parker | Great Britain | Maserati | 46 | |||||||
| DNF | 15 | David Murray | Great Britain | Maserati | 45 | |||||||
| DNF | 23 | Louis Chiron | Monaco | Talbot-Lago | 41 | 1:58.600 | 4 | |||||
| DNF | 16 | John James | Great Britain | Maserati | 23 |