1949 Jersey Road Race

1949 Jersey Road Race
Non-championship race in the 1949 Formula One season
Race details
Date 28 April 1949
Official name III J.C.C. Jersey Road Race
Location Saint Helier, Jersey
Course length 5.15 kilometres (3.20 miles)
Distance 55 laps, 283.24 kilometres (176.00 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Time 2:00.0
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Luigi Villoresi Maserati
Time 2:08.1
Podium
First ERA
Second Maserati
Third ERA

The 3rd Jersey Road Race was a Formula One motor race held on 28 April 1949 at the St. Helier Circuit, in Saint Helier, Jersey. The 55-lap race was won by ERA driver Bob Gerard. Emmanuel de Graffenried finished second in a Maserati, and Raymond Mays was third in another ERA. Maserati driver Luigi Villoresi set pole position and fastest lap but finished sixth.Bugatti driver Kenneth Bear was killed in an accident during practice.[1][2]

Results

Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1 12 United Kingdom Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard ERA B-Type 2:16:58.6, 124.08kph 12
2 2 Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Enrico Plate Maserati 4CLT/48 +1:40.6 5
3 14 United Kingdom Raymond Mays R. Mays ERA D-Type +2:27.2 11
4 1 Thailand B. Bira Prince Birabonse Maserati 4CLT/48 +1 lap 2
5 5 United Kingdom Fred Ashmore R. Parnell Maserati 4CLT/48 +1 lap 10
6 3 Italy Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 4CLT/48 +1 lap 1
7 10 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead P.N. Whitehead Ferrari 125 +2 laps 7
8 16 United Kingdom David Hampshire D.N. Hampshire ERA B-Type +3 laps 13
9 6 United Kingdom Bob Ansell R.E. Ansell Maserati 4CL +3 laps 21
10 8 United Kingdom David Murray D. Murray Maserati 4CL +5 laps 15
11 17 United Kingdom Geoff Ansell
United Kingdom Brian Shawe-Taylor
G.E. Ansell ERA B-Type +5 laps 18
12 26 United Kingdom John Heath J.B. Heath HWM-Alta +5 laps 20
Ret 19 United Kingdom George Nixon G.R. Nixon ERA A-Type 49 laps, accident 17
Ret 15 United Kingdom John Bolster P.H. Bell ERA B-Type 46 laps, valves 8
Ret 9 United Kingdom Duncan Hamilton
United Kingdom Philip Fotheringham-Parker
J.D. Hamilton & P. Fotheringham-Parker Maserati 6CM 29 laps, radiator 19
Ret 22 Monaco Louis Chiron Ecurie France Talbot-Lago T26C 14 laps, brakes 4
Ret 24 United Kingdom Frank le Gallais Lord Selsdon Talbot-Lago T26C 6 laps, gearbox 14
Ret 4 United Kingdom Reg Parnell R. Parnell Maserati 4CLT/48 4 laps, fuel pump 6
Ret 20 United Kingdom George Abecassis G.E. Abecassis Alta GP 1 lap, rear axle 16
DNS 6 United Kingdom George Bainbridge R.E. Ansell Maserati 4CL car driven by Bob Ansell
DNS 11 United Kingdom Leslie Johnson T.A.S.O. Mathieson ERA E-Type 3
DNS 14 United Kingdom Ken Richardson R. Mays ERA D-Type car driven by Mays
DNS 18 United Kingdom Cuth Harrison T.C. Harrison ERA C-Type 9
DNS 25 United Kingdom Kenneth Bear K.W. Bear Bugatti Type 59 crashed during practice, fatal accident
DNQ 7 United Kingdom Archie Baring A.A. Baring Maserati 4CM (22)
DNQ 21 United Kingdom Michael Chorlton M.C. Chorlton CDL-Bugatti (25)
DNQ 23 Belgium Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago T26C (24)
DNQ 28 United Kingdom Oscar Moore O.B. Moore OBM-BMW 328 (23)
DNA 27 United Kingdom Gordon Watson G.M. Watson Ferrari 166C
DNA 29 United Kingdom Sid Logan S.G. Logan Cooper T9-JAP

References

  1. ^ "Jersey Road Race". Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  2. ^ "1949 Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-09-18.


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