The 1950 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 3 September 1950 at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. It was race 7 of 7 in the 1950 World Championship of Drivers. In this race, Nino Farina became the first World Drivers' Champion, and the only driver to win the title in his home country.
Background
Championship permutations
Following his victory at the preceding , Juan Manuel Fangio had obtained 26 points, two ahead of teammate Luigi Fagioli and four ahead of another teammate, Giuseppe Farina. Having already finished four times in the points (all second places), Fagioli would only be able to drop six points or not gain at all, while Fangio and Farina had only finished three times. All three of Fangio's finishes were wins.
The championship would have been won by either of the top three drivers in the following manner:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="3" |Fangio would have won if:
|-
! Juan Manuel Fangio
! Luigi Fagioli
! Giuseppe Farina
|-
! rowspan="12" |
|2nd or better
|rowspan="5"| Any position
|Any position
|-
|3rd
|rowspan="3"| 2nd or lower
|-
|4th
|-
|5th
|-
|lower than 5th + FL
|3rd or lower
|-
|lower than 5th w/o FL
|2nd or lower + FL
|3rd or lower
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="3" |Fagioli would have won if:
|-
! Luigi Fagioli
! Juan Manuel Fangio
! Giuseppe Farina
|-
! rowspan="12" |
|1st + FL
|lower than 5th w/o FL
|3rd or lower
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="3" |Farina would have won if:
|-
! Giuseppe Farina
! Juan Manuel Fangio
! Luigi Fagioli
|-
! rowspan="12" |
|1st + FL
|3rd or lower
|rowspan="4"| Any position
|-
|1st w/o FL
|4th or lower
|-
|2nd + FL
|5th or lower w/o FL
|-
|3rd + FL
|lower than 5th w/o FL
|}
Entries
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! No !! Driver !! Entrant !! Constructor !! Chassis !! Engine !! Tyre
|-
! 2
| data-sort-value="cla"| Johnny Claes
| Ecurie Belge
| Talbot-Lago
| Talbot-Lago T26C
| Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6
| align="center"|
|-
! 4
| data-sort-value="rol"| Franco Rol
| rowspan=2| Officine Alfieri Maserati
| Maserati
| Maserati 4CLT/48
| Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s
| align="center"|
|-
! 6
| data-sort-value="chi"| Louis Chiron
| Maserati
| Maserati 4CLT/48
| Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s
| align="center"|
|-
! 8
| data-sort-value="whi"| Peter Whitehead
| Peter Whitehead
| Ferrari
| Ferrari 125
| Ferrari 125 F1 1.5 V12s
| align="center"|
|-
! 10
| data-sort-value="far"| Nino Farina
| Alfa Romeo SpA
| Alfa Romeo
| Alfa Romeo 159
| Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8s
| align="center"|
|-
! 12
| data-sort-value="som"| Raymond Sommer
| Raymond Sommer
| Talbot-Lago
| Talbot-Lago T26C
| Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6
| align="center"|
|-
! 14
| data-sort-value="bra"| Giovanni Bracco
| rowspan=2| Scuderia Ferrari
| Ferrari
| Ferrari 125
| Ferrari 125 F1 1.5 V12s
| align="center"|
|-
! 16
| data-sort-value="asc"| Alberto Ascari
| Ferrari
| Ferrari 375
| Ferrari 375 F1 4.5 V12
| align="center"|
|-
! 18
| data-sort-value="fan"| Juan Manuel Fangio
| Alfa Romeo SpA
| Alfa Romeo
| Alfa Romeo 159
| Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8s
| align="center"|
|-
! 20
| data-sort-value="fil"| Luigi de Filippis
| De Filippis
| Maserati
| Maserati 4CLT/48
| Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s
| align="center"|
|-
! 22
| data-sort-value="bio"| Clemente Biondetti
| Clemente Biondetti
| Ferrari-Jaguar
| Biondetti/166 SC
| Jaguar XK 3.4 L6
| align="center"|
|-
! 24
| data-sort-value="eta"| Philippe Étancelin
| Philippe Étancelin
| Talbot-Lago
| Talbot-Lago T26C
| Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6
| align="center"|
|-
! 26
| data-sort-value="par"| Reg Parnell
| Scuderia Ambrosiana
| Maserati
| Maserati 4CLT/48
| Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s
| align="center"|
|-
! 28
| data-sort-value="pie"| Paul Pietsch
| Paul Pietsch
| Maserati
| Maserati 4CLT/48
| Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s
| align="center"|
|-
! 30
| data-sort-value="bir"| Prince Bira
| Enrico Platé
| Maserati
| Maserati 4CLT/48
| Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s
| align="center"|
|-
! 32
| data-sort-value="har"| Cuth Harrison
| Cuth Harrison
| ERA
| ERA B
| ERA 1.5 L6s
| align="center"|
|-
! 34
| data-sort-value="pla"| Luigi Platé
| Enrico Platé
| Talbot-Lago
| Talbot-Lago 700
| Talbot 700 1.5 L8s
| align="center"|
|-
! 36
| data-sort-value="fag"| Luigi Fagioli
| Alfa Romeo SpA
| Alfa Romeo
| Alfa Romeo 158
| Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8s
| align="center"|
|-
! 38
| data-sort-value="gra"| Toulo de Graffenried
| Enrico Platé
| Maserati
| Maserati 4CLT/48
| Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s
| align="center"|
|-
! 40
| data-sort-value="mai"| Guy Mairesse
| Guy Mairesse
| Talbot-Lago
| Talbot-Lago T26C
| Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6
| align="center"|
|-
! 42
| data-sort-value="tri"| Maurice Trintignant
| rowspan=2| Equipe Gordini
| Simca-Gordini
| Simca-Gordini T15
| Simca-Gordini 15C 1.5 L4s
| align="center"|
|-
! 44
| data-sort-value="man"| Robert Manzon
| Simca-Gordini
| Simca-Gordini T15
| Simca-Gordini 15C 1.5 L4s
| align="center"|
|-
! 46
| data-sort-value="san"| Consalvo Sanesi
| Alfa Romeo SpA
| Alfa Romeo
| Alfa Romeo 158
| Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8s
| align="center"|
|-
! 48
| data-sort-value="ser"| Dorino Serafini
| Scuderia Ferrari
| Ferrari
| Ferrari 375
| Ferrari 375 F1 4.5 V12
| align="center"|
|-
! 50
| data-sort-value="mur"| David Murray
| Scuderia Ambrosiana
| Maserati
| Maserati 4CLT/48
| Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s
| align="center"|
|-
! 52
| data-sort-value="bon"| Felice Bonetto
| Scuderia Milano
| Milano-Speluzzi
| Milano 1
| Speluzzi 1.5 L4s
| align="center"|
|-
! 56
| data-sort-value="lev"| Pierre Levegh
| Pierre Levegh
| Talbot-Lago
| Talbot-Lago T26C
| Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6
| align="center"|
|-
! 58
| data-sort-value="ros"| Louis Rosier
| Ecurie Rosier
| Talbot-Lago
| Talbot-Lago T26C
| Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6
| align="center"|
|-
! 60
| data-sort-value="tar"| Piero Taruffi