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1948 Monaco Grand Prix
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	3.180 km (1.976 miles)
Distance	100 laps, 318.0 km (197.6 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Giuseppe Farina;
Time	1:53.8
Fastest lap
Driver	Giuseppe Farina
Time	1:53.9
Podium
First	Giuseppe Farina;
Second	Louis Chiron;
Third	Emmanuel de Graffenried;

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

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

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

^ "1948 Monaco Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Monaco 1952: When sportscars ran in the Monaco Grand Prix | GRR". www.goodwood.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
^ "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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