1951 in motorsport
# 1951 in motorsport

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 |
| - | - |
| 28–29 April | 18th Mille Miglia |
| 30 May | 35th Indianapolis 500 |
| 6–8 June | 33rd Isle of Man TT |
| 23–24 June | 19th 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| 9 September | 35th Targa Florio |

## Births

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