Following Elio de Angelis's fatal testing crash on the full 5.81-kilometre (3.61mi) circuit two months previously, a decision was made to use the shorter, 3.812-kilometre (2.369mi) "Club" circuit for this race and for future F1 races (up to and including 1990). This eliminated the high-speed Verrerie bends, where de Angelis had crashed, and reduced the length of the Mistral straight from 1.8km (1.1mi) to 1km (0.62mi). Nonetheless, the cars still recorded speeds of over 330km/h (205mph) on the straight.
↑Scuderia Ferrari did not participate in the 1950 French Grand Prix; Peter Whitehead's privateer entry in this race does not count towards the team's participation tally.
