1949 Monte Carlo Rally

1949 Monte Carlo Rally
XIX Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
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Host country Monaco
Dates run24 – 30 January 1949
Statistics
Crews230 at start, 166 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Jean Trévoux
Hotchkiss 686 GS

The 1949 Monte Carlo Rally was the 19th Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo, the first since the end of the Second World War. It was won by Jean Trévoux.[1] W.M. Couper's lightly used Bentley Mark VI won the Grand Prix d'Honneur in the Comfort Competition.[2]

Entry list

Results

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Pos. No. Driver Car Notes
1 36 France Jean Trévoux Hotchkiss 686 GS
2 38 France Maurice Worms Hotchkiss 686 GS
3 68 Czechoslovakia František Dobry Bristol 400
4 126 United Kingdom Leonard Potter Allard L 3.6
5 42 United Kingdom Ken Wharton Ford 3.6 L
6 49 France Paul Vallée Delahaye 135 MS
7 22 France Jean Laroche Salmson S4 E
8 30 United Kingdom Alan Godsal Allard L 3.6
9 177 Spain Manuel Giró i Minguella Ford V8
10 159 Spain Salvador Fabregas Bas Talbot 4L
11 128 United Kingdom Godfrey Imhof Allard 3.9
12 129 Netherlands Countess von Limburg Stirum Ford V8
13 66 France Louis Rosier Renault 4CV
14 10 United Kingdom T. C. Wise Jowett Javelin
15 75 France Berger Citroën 11
16 142 France Jean Sandt Citroën 11
17 85 France Norma Simca 8
18 88 France Boulard Citroën 11
19 154 Netherlands Maurice Gatsonides Hillman Minx
20 12 United Kingdom Hall Lagonda 4.5. L
21 205 Portugal M. J. Palma Ford V8
22 131 United Kingdom R. Smith Jowett Javelin
23 86 Monaco Louis Chiron Austin 16
24 56 United Kingdom Sydney Allard Allard L 3.6
25 3 France Taulelle Talbot 2.7 L
26 60 United Kingdom Mike Couper Bentley Mark VI
27 50 France Brugairolles Citroën 15/6
28 158 Czechoslovakia S. Kohout/J. Světlík Tatra 87
29 4 France Peraud Renault 4CV
30 63 France Dufour Delahaye 135
31 7 Switzerland Henry Senn Simca 8
32 11 United Kingdom M. Allison Lancia Dilambda 8
33 206 Portugal Simão/Chalskelman Mercury 3.9 L
34 125 United Kingdom P. R. Monkhouse Sunbeam-Talbot Ten
35 37 United Kingdom Finigan Standard Vanguard
36 152 United Kingdom Fowler Healey 2.4 L
37 140 United Kingdom Harper Vauxhall Velox
38 113 Sweden Verner Hansson Studebaker Champion
39 220 France François Landon/Ferdinand Auriach Renault 4CV
40 172 France Marcel Becquart/Henri Secret Hotchkiss 686
41 124 United Kingdom Nick Haines Sunbeam-Talbot Ten
42 184 United Kingdom Maurice Wick Allard M1 JYT950
43 153 Netherlands G. Goedhard G. Volkswagen Typ 11 (1131cc)
44 74 France Pierre Laureys/R. Oury Renault 4CV
45 150 Netherlands Hugo Reichmann Bentley Mark VI
46 130 Netherlands L. Feitz Chrysler New Yorker
47 135 United Kingdom Elsie Mary Wisdom-Gleed/Betty Haig Morris Minor MM #1, Coupe des Dames
48 83 France Marc Angelvin/Nicole Angelvin Simca 6
49 123 United Kingdom George Hartwell Sunbeam-Talbot Ten
50 72 Czechoslovakia Leopold Lancman/Miloslav Šipek Aero-Minor
51 6 France Bernard Denis/A. Funel Hotchkiss 864
52 121 Sweden Greta Molander/Helga Åhrberg Dodge Kingsway #2, Coupe des Dames
53 207 Portugal Manuel Nunes dos Santos/Jaime Rodrigues Oldsmobile
54 108 Sweden G. Erikson Dodge Kingsway
55 1 France Roger Montabert/Henri Peignaux Delahaye 135
56 103 Sweden Iwan Hartley Simca 8

References

  1. ^ "Rallye Monte-Carlo 1949". Rallye Monte-Carlo 1949.
  2. ^ "The First Post-War Monte Carlo Rally". Motor Sport. March 1949. p. 4.
  3. ^ "1949 Miscellaneous Rallies".