1948 Monaco Grand Prix
43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
1948 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 16 May 1948 | ||
Official name | X Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | ||
Location | Monte Carlo | ||
Course | Circuit de Monaco | ||
Course length | 3.145 km (1.954 miles) | ||
Distance | 100 laps, 314.46 km (195.46 miles) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Maserati | ||
Time | 1:53.8 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | 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.[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
References
- ^ "1948 Grands Prix". GEL Motorsport Information. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
- ^ Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p.1383.
- ^ Kettlewell, p.1383.
Sources
- Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp. 1381–4. London: Orbis, 1974.