1951 Scottish Grand Prix

1951 Scottish Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1951 Formula One season
Race details
Date	21 July 1951
Official name	I Scottish Grand Prix
Location	Winfield, Berwickshire
Course	Airfield circuit
Course length	3.219 km (2.000 mi)
Distance	50 laps, 160.946 km (100.007 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Reg Parnell	HWM
Fastest lap
Driver	Joe Kelly	Alta
Time	1:29.2
Podium
First	Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Maserati
Second	Gillie Tyrer	BMW
Third	Ian Stewart	Jaguar

The 1951 Scottish Grand Prix was a 50 lap 100-mile (160 km) motor race held on 21 July 1951 at Winfield Airfield in Berwickshire. Although run to Formula One regulations, the paucity of the entries led to the organisers opening up the race to other categories.[1]

An entry had been made for the BRM Type 15 but it failed to appear. Its driver Reg Parnell was loaned local driver John Brown's HWM-Alta; Parnell started from pole position but broke a drive shaft as he left the start line. Archie Butterworth's 4WD A.J.B. led briefly before David Murray took over with a Maserati 4CLT. Joe Kelly's Alta challenged and set fastest lap but retired with gearbox problems. Murray retired with fuel pump problems and Philip Fotheringham-Parker took the lead in Duncan Hamilton's Maserati 4CL, chased home by Gillie Tyrer's BMW 328. Ian Stewart was third in an XK120.[2][3]

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Chassis	Time/Retired	Grid
1	9	Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Maserati 4CL	1:19:27.0, 121.546kph	2
2	23	Gillie Tyrer	BMW 328	1:19:34.4	6
3	5	Ian Stewart	Jaguar XK120	+2 laps	10
4	27	Rob Dickson	Healey	+2 laps	5
NC	16	John Waugh	Jaguar XK120	+6 laps	8
Ret	3	David Murray	Maserati 4CLT/48	40 laps, fuel pump	4
Ret	1	Bill Skelly	Lea Francis		9
Ret	83	Joe Kelly	Alta GP	14 laps, gearbox	3
Ret	11	Archie Butterworth	A.J.B.-Steyr	13 laps, engine	7
Ret	10	Reg Parnell	HWM-Alta	0 laps, driveshaft	1
DNS	2	Ron Flockhart	JP-Vincent
DNS	2	Bill Black	Jaguar XK120
DNS	10	John Brown	HWM-Alta	car driven by Parnell

References

1. "GP '51 - I Scottish Grand Prix". Retrieved 10 March 2023.
2. "1951 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 10 March 2023.
3. "Scottish Grand Prix". Retrieved 10 March 2023.

Other reading

• Paul Sheldon with Duncan Rabagliati (1988). A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing Volume 5 1950–53. St Leonards Press. pp. 107–108. ISBN 0-9512433-2-2.

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