1951 Belgian A1 Grand Prix

The 1951 Belgian A1 Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1951 season.

Race
Fangio lead the first stint but a bad first pit stop then damaging his car put him out of contention. Stuck lead the middle portion and looked a lock for victory till mechanical problems struck, putting him a lap down. Murray would have been the beneficiary had he not needlessly tripped over Metelev who had to start the race a lap down.

This left Gaze and Robson battling for the win with Robson taking the lead with two to go when Gaze briefly ran off the track. Meaning that Canada took a surprise maiden victory!

Two injuries, first was Antonio Asturias Hall who suffered a fractured right ankle after the first lap pile up. He will be unable to race at Monza.

Then, Luigi Villoresi suffered a large crash on lap three at Blanchemont, when he struck the barrier and flipped his car several times. Similar to Barth's fatal crash last time out, the Italian's car was launched high into the air but fortunately he landed upright and managed to get away with a fractured vertebra. He will be out for the rest of the season.

Despite his misfortunes, Fangio finished fourth and extended Argentina's lead to 39 points over England, the only other nation still in the championship hunt. Therefore Argentina only need a top five to secure the title at Monza.