The 1951 French Grand Prix was Round 4 of the 1951 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Reims-Gueux, France on Sunday, 1 July 1951. Juan Manuel Fangio started on pole position for Alfa Romeo and was the race winner, sharing a car with Luigi Fagioli.
1951 French Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Car | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentina | Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 77 | 3:22:11.000 | - | - | 2:27.800 | 32 | 5 |
| Luigi Fagioli | Italy | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Alberto Ascari | Italy | Ferrari | 77 | 3:23:09.200 | +58.200 | 3 | ||||
| Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Argentina | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 10 | Luigi Villoresi | Italy | Ferrari | Pirelli | 74 | 3 laps | 3 laps | 4 | |||
| 4 | 26 | Reg Parnell | Great Britain | Thin Wall Ferrari | 73 | 4 laps | 1 lap | 3 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | Nino Farina | Italy | Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 73 | 4 laps | 2 | ||||
| 6 | 42 | Louis Chiron | Monaco | Talbot-Lago | 71 | 6 laps | 2 laps | 2:46.400 | 18 | |||
| 7 | 46 | Yves Giraud-Cabantous | France | Talbot-Lago | 71 | 6 laps | 2:49.700 | 24 | ||||
| 8 | 44 | Eugene Chaboud | France | Talbot-Lago | 69 | 8 laps | 2 laps | 2:50.200 | 40 | |||
| 9 | 48 | Guy Mairesse | France | Talbot-Lago | 66 | 11 laps | 3 laps | 2:57.500 | 10 | |||
| 10 | 6 | Consalvo Sanesi | Italy | Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 58 | 19 laps | 8 laps | ||||
| 11 | 4 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentina | Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 55 | 22 laps | 3 laps | ||||
| Luigi Fagioli | Italy | |||||||||||
| DNF | 28 | Johnny Claes | Belgium | Talbot-Lago | 54 | 2:50.500 | 36 | |||||
| DNF | 40 | Louis Rosier | France | Talbot-Lago | 43 | 2:48.000 | 34 | |||||
| DNF | 38 | Philippe Etancelin | France | Talbot-Lago | 37 | 2:49.100 | 35 | |||||
| DNF | 36 | Aldo Gordini | France | Simca-Gordini | 27 | |||||||
| DNF | 20 | Harry Schell | United States | Maserati | 23 | |||||||
| DNF | 32 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Simca-Gordini | 11 | |||||||
| DNF | 12 | Alberto Ascari | Italy | Ferrari | Pirelli | 10 | ||||||
| DNF | 34 | Andre Simon | France | Simca-Gordini | 7 | |||||||
| DNF | 30 | Robert Manzon | France | Simca-Gordini | 3 | |||||||
| DNF | 50 | Onofre Marimon | Argentina | Maserati Milano | 2 | |||||||
| DNF | 18 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Switzerland | Maserati | 1 | |||||||
| DNF | 24 | Peter Whitehead | Great Britain | Ferrari | 1 |