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Raymond Sommer

  • 1950
  • SOM
  • Born 31 August 1906 in Mouzon
  • Died 10 September 1950

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position10.4
  • Avg finish4
  • Retirement rate80%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+5
  • Points scored3
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak–
  • Longest points-scoring streak1
  • TeamsFerrari (1950) · Talbot-Lago (1950)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1950Ferrari, Talbot-Lago53P14

Every race

5 entries. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 5 races, season by season

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Philippe Étancelin19500:02:1−0.69%0 : 3Compare
Louis Rosier19500:02:1−2.05%0 : 7Compare
Pierre Levegh19500:02:1−4.65%0 : 0Compare
Johnny Claes19500:02:1–0 : 0Compare
Alberto Ascari19500:10:2–3 : 6Compare
Yves Giraud-Cabantous19500:01:1–0 : 0Compare
Luigi Villoresi19500:00:2–3 : 0Compare
Eugène Chaboud19500:01:0–0 : 1Compare
Charles Pozzi19500:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Guy Mairesse19500:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Henri Louveau19500:01:0–0 : 0Compare

Green: Raymond Sommer came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.