1948 Monaco Grand Prix

Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

  1948 Monaco Grand Prix

Race details
1948 Grand Prix season
Date	16 May 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

Sources

• Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp. 1381–4. London: Orbis, 1974.