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.

Date Event Ref
28–29 April 18th Mille Miglia [1]
30 May 35th Indianapolis 500 [2]
6–8 June 33rd Isle of Man TT [3]
23–24 June 19th 24 Hours of Le Mans [4]
9 September 35th Targa Florio [5]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
1 January Hans-Joachim Stuck German Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1986, 1987). World Endurance champion (1985). [6]
22 Fulvio Bacchelli Italian Rally driver 1977 Rally New Zealand winner. [7]
15 February Markku Alén Finnish Rally driver World Rally champion (1978). [8]
15 June Alain Ambrosino French Rally driver 1988 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire winner. [9]
7 August Jorge Recalde Argentine Rally driver 1988 Rally Argentina winner. [10]
8 October Timo Salonen Finnish Rally driver World Rally champion (1985). [11]
3 December Rick Mears American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991). [12]
14 Joaquim Moutinho Portuguese Rally driver 1986 Rally de Portugal winner. [13]
31 Kenny Roberts American Motorcycle racer 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1978-1980). [14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mille Miglia - 1951". grandprixhistory.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "1951 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "TT 1951". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1951". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "35^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Hans-Joachim Stuck". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Fulvio Bacchelli". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Markku Alén". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Alain Ambrosino". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Jorge Recalde". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Timo Salonen". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Rick Mears". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Joaquim Moutinho". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Kenny Roberts". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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