1948 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1948 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race, held in Monte Carlo on 16 May 1948.[1]

1948 Monaco Grand Prix
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 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 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	Piero Taruffi	Cisitalia D.46	64 laps	Fuel tank	4
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	Tazio Nuvolari	Cisitalia D.46	16 laps	Engine	15
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

1. "1948 Grands Prix". GEL Motorsport Information. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
2. Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p.1383.
3. Kettlewell, p.1383.

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