1950 Monaco Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 2 of 7 in the 1950 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 21 May 1950 | ||
| Official name | XI Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.181 km (1.977 mi) | ||
| Distance | 100 laps, 318.1 km (197.7 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Time | 1:50.2 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Juan Manuel Fangio
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Alfa Romeo | |
| Time | 1:51.0 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Maserati | ||
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Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
The 1950 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 21 May 1950 at Monaco. This race was the second round of 1950 World Drivers' Championship. The 100-lap race was held at an overall distance of 318.1 km (197.1 mi) and was won by Juan Manuel Fangio for the Alfa Romeo team after starting from pole position. Alberto Ascari finished 2nd for Ferrari and Louis Chiron finished 3rd for Maserati.
After two qualifying sessions, on Thursday and Saturday, which Charles Pozzi, Yves Giraud-Cabantous, Pierre Levegh and Clemente Biondetti did not start, the race was dominated from start to finish by Juan Manuel Fangio, who scored his first ever victory in a World Championship event, driving an Alfa Romeo. The starting grid consisted of alternating rows of three and two, starting with three on the front row and continuing up to two on the 8th row. The first two rows of the grid (positions 1 to 5) were made up of the fastest five drivers from the Thursday qualifying session, with the remaining positions based on the other 16 drivers' times in the second session on the Saturday. This format meant that Luigi Villoresi started 6th, despite his time being fast enough for 2nd place on the grid.
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