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1948 Monaco Grand Prix

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1948 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Date 16 May 1948 (1948-05-16)
Official name X Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Location Monte Carlo
Course Circuit de Monaco
Course length 3.180 km (1.976 miles)
Distance 100 laps, 318.0 km (197.6 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Time 1:53.8
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Giuseppe Farina Maserati
Time 1:53.9
Podium
First Maserati
Second Talbot-Lago
Third Maserati

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

The first event under a new formula, 1½ litres supercharged or 4½ litres naturally aspirated, it featured a motley crowd of marques. 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. Farina would take the win.

The event included a motorcycle race, open to 500cc bikes, for the only time in the Monaco Grand Prix's history. It was marred by the death of British rider Norman Linnecar.

Classification

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

References

  1. ^ "1948 Monaco Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  2. ^ "1948 Grands Prix". GEL Motorsport Information. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  3. ^ Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p.1383.
  4. ^ Kettlewell, p.1383.
  5. ^ "Monaco 1952: When sportscars ran in the Monaco Grand Prix | GRR". www.goodwood.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  6. ^ "Motorsport Memorial -". www.motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  • Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp. 1381–4. London: Orbis, 1974.


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