The 1950 Albi Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula One race held on 16 July 1950.
The race was contested over two heats of 17 laps with the result decided by aggregate. The winner was Louis Rosier in a Talbot-Lago after finishing third and second in respectively Heat 1 and Heat 2. José Froilán González finished second in a Maserati and Maurice Trintignant came in third in a Simca-Gordini. Juan Manuel Fangio in a Maserati set fastest lap.
Qualifying Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time 1 10 Juan Manuel Fangio Scuderia Achille Varzi Maserati 4CLT/48 3:06.7 2 12 José Froilán González Scuderia Achille Varzi Maserati 4CLT/48 +1.9 3 6 Raymond Sommer Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago T26C +3.3 4 8 Giuseppe Farina Giuseppe Farina Maserati 4CLT/48 +4.3 5 2 Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C +5.9 6 16 Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 275 +6.0 7 4 Philippe Étancelin Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago T26C +8.7 8 18 Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 125 +9.3 9 38 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Ecurie France/Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago T26C +10.1 10 32 Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago T26C +14.6 11 34 Pierre Levegh Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T26C +16.7 12 14 Nello Pagani Scuderia Achille Varzi Maserati 4CLT/48 +20.8 13 22 Maurice Trintignant Equipe Gordini Simca-Gordini Type 15 +23.9 14 20 Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Simca-Gordini Type 15 +24.8 15 24 B. Bira Enrico Platé Maserati 4CLT/48 No time 16 26 Emmanuel de Graffenried Enrico Platé Maserati 4CLT/48 No time DNA 28 Felice Bonetto Scuderia Milano Maserati 4CLT/48 - DNA 30 Gianfranco Comotti Scuderia Milano Maserati 4CLT/48 - DNA 38 Pierre Meyrat Ecurie France/Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago T26C Reserve driver
Results Heats Heat 1 Pos.DriverConstructorTime 1 Raymond SommerTalbot-Lago55:53.6 2 Juan Manuel FangioMaserati+0.5 3 Louis RosierTalbot-Lago+27.6 4 José Froilán GonzálezMaserati+1:14.6 5 Maurice TrintignantSimca-Gordini+2:42.6 6 Nello PaganiMaserati16 laps 7 Pierre LeveghTalbot-Lago16 laps 8 Robert ManzonSimca-Gordini16 laps 9 Alberto AscariFerrari16 laps 10 Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago15 laps NC Giuseppe FarinaMaserati14 laps NC Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati11 laps Ret Luigi VilloresiFerrariIgnition Ret B. BiraMaseratiRear axle Ret Yves Giraud-CabantousTalbot-LagoRear axle Ret Philippe ÉtancelinTalbot-LagoDriver injuredHeat 2 Pos.DriverConstructorTime 1 José Froilán GonzálezMaserati56:27.7 2 Louis RosierTalbot-Lago+19.7 3 Giuseppe FarinaMaserati+2:37.8 4 Pierre LeveghTalbot-Lago+3:33.5 5 Maurice TrintignantSimca-Gordini16 laps 6 Robert ManzonSimca-Gordini16 laps 7 Nello PaganiMaserati16 laps 8 Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati16 laps NC Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago14 laps Ret Philippe ÉtancelinTalbot-LagoValve Ret Alberto AscariFerrari DNS Raymond SommerTalbot-LagoDamaged car DNS Juan Manuel FangioMaseratiOil leak
Aggregate Pos. Driver Constructor Time 1 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 1:53:08.6 2 José Froilán González Maserati +27.3 3 Maurice TrintignantSimca-Gordini33 laps 4 Pierre LeveghTalbot-Lago33 laps 5 Robert ManzonSimca-Gordini32 laps 6 Nello PaganiMaserati32 laps 7 Giuseppe FarinaMaserati31 laps 8 Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago29 laps 9 Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati27 laps NC Alberto AscariFerrari- NC Raymond SommerTalbot-Lago- NC Juan Manuel FangioMaserati- NC Luigi VilloresiFerrari- NC Philippe ÉtancelinTalbot-Lago- NC Yves Giraud-CabantousTalbot-Lago- NC Prince BiraMaserati-
References oldracingcars.com – Grand Prix d'Albi, 16 Jul 1950 1950 Non-World Championship Grands Prix – XII Circuit de l'Albigeois