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[1] 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.[2]

The first event under a new formula, 1½ litres supercharged or 4½ litres naturally aspirated, it featured a motley crowd of marques.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] It was marred by the death of British rider Norman Linnecar.[6]

Classification

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

References

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  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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