1949 San Remo Grand Prix

Italy  1949 San Remo Grand Prix
Race details
1949 Grand Prix season

Date 3 April 1949
Official name IV Gran Premio di San Remo
Location San Remo, Italy
Course Ospedaletti
3.380 km (2.100 mi)
Distance 90 laps, 304.200 km (189.021 mi)
Pole position
Driver Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati
Fastest lap
Driver Thailand B. Bira Maserati
Time 1:56.0
Podium
First Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati
Second Thailand B. Bira Maserati
Third Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Maserati

The 1949 San Remo Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at San Remo on 3 April 1949. The race, held over two heats, was won by Juan Manuel Fangio.[1][2]

Entries

No Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine
4 Germany Ludwig Fischer Private Simca-Gordini Simca-Gordini T11 Gordini L4
6 France Louis Rosier Private Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6
8 France Pierre Levegh Private Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6
10 Italy Bruno Sterzi Private Ferrari Ferrari 166SC Ferrari V12
12 Italy Giovanni Bracco Private Ferrari Ferrari 166C Ferrari V12
14 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari V12s
16 Italy Discoride Lanza Scuderia Dimiex Maserati Maserati 4CL Maserati L4s
18 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Automóvil Club Argentino Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s
20 Italy Nello Pagani Scuderia Enrico Platé Maserati Maserati 4CL Maserati L4s
22 Monaco Louis Chiron Automóvil Club Argentino Simca-Gordini Simca-Gordini T15 Gordini L4
24 France Raymond Sommer Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari V12s
26 Switzerland Frankie Sechehaye Scuderia Enrico Platé Maserati Maserati 4CL Maserati L4s
28 Thailand B. Bira Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s
30 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Enrico Platé Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s
32 Italy Piero Carini Private Maserati Maserati A6GCS Maserati L6
34 Argentina Benedicto Campos Automóvil Club Argentino Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s
36 United Kingdom Fred Ashmore Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s
40 France Eugène Chaboud Scuderia Dimiex Maserati Maserati 4CL Maserati L4s
42 Italy Felice Bonetto Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 166C Ferrari V12
44 Italy Ferdinando Righetti Private Ferrari Ferrari 166SC Ferrari V12
48 Italy Roberto Vallone Scuderia Lazio Ferrari Ferrari 166 Inter Ferrari V12
52 Italy Emilio Romano Private Maserati Maserati A6GCS Maserati L6

Classification

First heat

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 18 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 45 1:31:33.4 2
2 28 Thailand B. Bira Maserati 45 + 9.6 1
3 30 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 45 + 59.4 4
4 42 Italy Felice Bonetto Ferrari 45 + 1:00.6 8
5 34 Argentina Benedicto Campos Maserati 44 + 1 Lap 5
6 14 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Ferrari 44 + 1 Lap 10
7 12 Italy Giovanni Bracco Ferrari 44 + 1 Lap 15
8 10 Italy Bruno Sterzi Ferrari 43 + 2 Laps 19
9 32 Italy Piero Carini Maserati 42 + 3 Laps 18
10 8 France Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago-Talbot 41 + 4 Laps 21
11 48 Italy Roberto Vallone Ferrari 41 + 4 Laps 12
Ret 40 France Eugène Chaboud Maserati 38 ? 17
Ret 24 France Raymond Sommer Ferrari 37 Cylinder head gasket 3
Ret 36 United Kingdom Fred Ashmore Maserati 34 Gearbox 14
Ret 16 Italy Discoride Lanza Maserati 25 accident 11
Ret 6 France Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago-Talbot 25 Accident 13
Ret 26 Switzerland Frankie Sechehaye Maserati 23 Gear box 22
Ret 52 Italy Emilio Romano Maserati 19 Valve 20
Ret 20 Italy Nello Pagani Maserati 15 Valve 9
Ret 4 Germany Ludwig Fischer Simca-Gordini 10 Engine 6
Ret 44 Italy Ferdinando Righetti Ferrari 10 Cylinder head gasket 7
Ret 22 Monaco Louis Chiron Simca-Gordini 9 Accident 16

Second heat

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 18 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 45 1:29:55.2 1
2 28 Thailand B. Bira Maserati 45 + 25.8 2
3 34 Argentina Benedicto Campos Maserati 45 + 1:46.2 5
4 30 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 45 + 2:22.0 3
5 42 Italy Felice Bonetto Ferrari 44 + 1 Lap 4
6 48 Italy Roberto Vallone Ferrari 42 + 3 Laps 11
7 32 Italy Piero Carini Maserati 42 + 3 Laps 9
8 12 Italy Giovanni Bracco Ferrari 41 + 4 Laps 7
9 26 Switzerland Frankie Sechehaye Maserati 40 + 5 Laps 15
Ret 40 France Eugène Chaboud Maserati 31 ? 12
Ret 8 France Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago-Talbot 15 ? 10
Ret 16 Italy Discoride Lanza Maserati 7 ? 14
Ret 14 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Ferrari 6 ? 6
DNS 24 France Raymond Sommer Ferrari 13
DNS 10 Italy Bruno Sterzi Ferrari 8

Aggregate

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired
1 18 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 90 3:01:28.6
2 28 Thailand B. Bira Maserati 90 + 35.4
3 30 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 89 + 1 Lap
4 34 Argentina Benedicto Campos Maserati 89 + 1 Lap
5 42 Italy Felice Bonetto Ferrari 88 + 2 Laps
6 12 Italy Giovanni Bracco Ferrari 85 + 5 Laps
7 32 Italy Piero Carini Maserati 84 + 6 Laps
8 48 Italy Roberto Vallone Ferrari 83 + 7 Laps
9 40 France Eugène Chaboud Maserati 69 + 21 Laps
10 26 Switzerland Frankie Sechehaye Maserati 63 + 27 Laps
Ret 8 France Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago-Talbot 56 ?
Ret 14 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Ferrari 50 ?
Ret 10 Italy Bruno Sterzi Ferrari 43 ?
Ret 24 France Raymond Sommer Ferrari 37 Cylinder head gasket
Ret 36 United Kingdom Fred Ashmore Maserati 34 Gearbox
Ret 16 Italy Discoride Lanza Maserati 32 ?
Ret 6 France Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago-Talbot 25 Accident
Ret 52 Italy Emilio Romano Maserati 19 Valve
Ret 20 Italy Nello Pagani Maserati 15 Valve
Ret 4 Germany Ludwig Fischer Simca-Gordini 10 Engine
Ret 44 Italy Ferdinando Righetti Ferrari 10 Cylinder head gasket
Ret 22 Monaco Louis Chiron Simca-Gordini 9 Accident

References

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