1951 Drivers' Championship Standings
[edit] Points System
1st - 8 points
2nd - 6 points
3rd - 4 points
4th - 3 points
5th - 2 points
Bold type denotes bonus point for setting the fastest lap.
Points for shared drives are shared if both drivers are deemed to have drove a significant distance in the race (Shared points indicated with italics)
Best four scores from eight races count.
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| 1 | 
| Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| 2 | 
| Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 3 |
| José Froilán González | Ferrari | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 4 |
| Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 5 |
| Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 |
| Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 
| Lee Wallard | Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
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| Felice Bonetto | Alfa Romeo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 9 |
| Mike Nazaruk | Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 10 | 
| Reg Parnell | BRM | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 |
| Luigi Fagioli | Alfa Romeo | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 12 |
| Consalvo Sanesi | Alfa Romeo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Louis Rosier | Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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| Andy Linden | Sherman-Offenhauser | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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| Toulo de Graffenried | Alfa Romeo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 15 |
| Yves Giraud Cabantous | Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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| Manny Ayalo | Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
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| Jack McGrath | Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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| Bobby Ball | Schroeder-Offenhauser | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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