1948 Monaco Grand Prix

  1948 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
1948 Grand Prix season

Date May 16, 1948 (1948-05-16)
Official name X Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Location Monte Carlo
Course Circuit de Monaco
3.145 km (1.954 mi)
Distance 100 laps, 314.46 km (195.46 mi)
Pole position
Driver Giuseppe Farina Maserati
Time 1:53.8
Fastest lap
Driver Giuseppe Farina Maserati
Time 1:53.9
Podium
First Giuseppe Farina Maserati
Second Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago
Third Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati

The 1948 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race, held in Monte Carlo on 16 May 1948.[1]

The first event under a new formula, 1½ litres supercharged or 4½ litres naturally aspirated, it featured a motley crowd of marques.[2] Jean-Pierre Wimille's 1,430 cc (87 cu in) Simca-Gordini took an early lead, but was overwhelmed by the Maserati 4CLs of Giuseppe Farina and then Luigi Villoresi.[3] Farina would take the win.

Classification

Pos Driver Car Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 Giuseppe Farina Maserati 4CLT 100 3:18:26.9 1
2 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago T26 100 + 35.2 11
3 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CL 98 laps + 2 laps 7
4 Maurice Trintignant Simca-Gordini 15 98 laps + 2 laps 13
5 Luigi Villoresi
Alberto Ascari		 Maserati 4CLT 97 laps + 3 laps 3
6 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago 95 laps + 5 laps 12
7 Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 135S 88 laps + 12 laps 19
NC Clemar Bucci Maserati 4CLT 65 laps + 35 laps 8
Ret Nello Pagani Maserati 4CL 64 laps Gearbox 9
Ret Alberto Ascari Maserati 4CL 61 laps Oil pump 6
Ret Jean-Pierre Wimille Simca-Gordini T11 60 laps Engine 2
Ret Prince Igor Troubetzkoy Ferrari 166C 58 laps Accident 16
Ret Cuth Harrison ERA B-Type 47 laps Engine 17
Ret Reg Parnell ERA E-Type 22 laps Oil line 18
Ret Piero Taruffi Cisitalia D.46 16 laps Engine 4
Ret Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago T26 16 laps Engine 14
Ret Raymond Sommer Simca-Gordini T15 5 laps Valve 5
Ret 'B.Bira' Simca-Gordini T15 5 laps Oil 10

References

  1. ^ "1948 Grands Prix". GEL Motorsport Information. http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1948/1948.html#mc. Retrieved 2010-08-01. 
  2. ^ Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p.1383.
  3. ^ Kettlewell, p.1383.

Source

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