The 2nd BRDC International Trophy meeting – formally the International Daily Express Trophy – was held on 26 August 1950 at the Silverstone Circuit, England. The race was run to Formula One regulations, and was held over two heats of 15 laps each, followed by a final race of 35 laps. Italian driver Nino Farina emerged the winner, in an Alfa Romeo 158, repeating his victory from the 1950 British Grand Prix, held at the same circuit in May. He beat his Argentine team-mate Juan Manuel Fangio, and British driver Peter Whitehead in a Ferrari. Other notable entrants were the two BRM V16 cars entered for Raymond Sommer, Peter Walker, Raymond Mays and Reg Parnell. However, their legendary lack of reliability resulted in neither car completing a lap in anger.
Results Final – 35 Laps Pos Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time/Ret. 1 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 158 Alfa Romeo 35 1:07:17.0 2 Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 158 Alfa Romeo 35 + 10.4s 3 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 125 Ferrari 35 + 1:04.4 4 Cuth Harrison ERA B ERA 35 + 1:05.0 5 Brian Shawe-Taylor ERA B ERA 34 + 1 lap 6 Stirling Moss HWM Alta 34 + 1 lap 7 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 34 + 1 lap 8 Louis Chiron Maserati 4CLT-48 Maserati 33 + 2 laps 9 Bob Gerard ERA B ERA 32 accident 10 David Hampshire Maserati 4CLT-48 Maserati 32 + 3 laps 11 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 32 + 3 laps 12 Philip Fotheringham-Parker Maserati 6CM Maserati 32 + 3 laps 13 Geoff Richardson RRA RRA 31 + 4 laps NC Gordon Watson Alta F2 Alta 30 + 5 laps Ret Fergus Anderson HWM HWM 28 Gearbox Ret Colin Murray Maserati 6CL Maserati 13 ? Ret Reg Parnell Maserati 4CLT-48 Maserati 9 Engine Ret David Murray Maserati 4CLT-48 Maserati 2 Oil pipe Ret Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot 2 Rear axle
Fastest lap: Nino Farina and Juan Manuel Fangio – 1:52
Heats – 15 Laps (Note: Drivers indicated in bold qualified for the final) Heat 1 Pos Driver Constructor Laps Time/Ret. 1 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 15 28:53 2 Reg Parnell Maserati 15 + 29s 3 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 15 + 31s 4 Cuth Harrison ERA 15 + 33s 5 Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago 15 + 56s 6 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 14 + 1 lap 7 Fergus Anderson HWM 14 + 1 lap 8 Philip Fotheringham-Parker Maserati 14 + 1 lap 9 Colin Murray Maserati 13 + 2 laps NC Geoff Richardson RRA 12 + 3 laps Ret Tony Rolt Delage 15S8 ? Gearbox Ret Archie Butterworth AJB-Steyr 1 Crankshaft Fastest lap: Nino Farina – 1:52Heat 2 Pos Driver Constructor Laps Time/Ret. 1 Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 15 33:53 2 Brian Shawe-Taylor ERA 15 + 32s 3 Bob Gerard ERA 15 + 1:27 4 David Hampshire Maserati 14 + 1 lap 5 David Murray Maserati 14 + 1 lap 6 Gordon Watson Alta 14 + 1 lap 7 Louis Chiron Maserati 14 + 1 lap 8 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago 14 + 1 lap 9 Stirling Moss HWM 14 + 1 lap Ret Joe Kelly Alta GP ? DNF Ret Alberto Ascari Ferrari 125 7 Spin Ret Leslie Brooke Maserati 4CLT-48 6 Accident Ret Michael Chorlton Bugatti T51A 4 Valve Ret Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago T26C 1 Spin Ret Raymond Sommer BRM P15 1 Transmission Fastest lap: Juan Manuel Fangio – 1:52
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