The following is an overview of the events of 1951 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 28–29 April18th Mille Miglia 30 May35th Indianapolis 500 6–8 June33rd Isle of Man TT 23–24 June19th 24 Hours of Le Mans 9 September35th Targa Florio
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef1JanuaryHans-Joachim StuckGermanRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (, ). World Endurance champion (1985).22Fulvio BacchelliItalianRally driver1977 Rally New Zealand winner.15FebruaryMarkku AlénFinnishRally driverWorld Rally champion ().15JuneAlain AmbrosinoFrenchRally driver1988 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire winner.7AugustJorge RecaldeArgentineRally driver1988 Rally Argentina winner.8OctoberTimo SalonenFinnishRally driverWorld Rally champion ().3DecemberRick MearsAmericanRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991).14Joaquim MoutinhoPortugueseRally driver1986 Rally de Portugal winner.31Kenny RobertsAmericanMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (-).
See also List of 1951 motorsport champions
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