1949 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix

The I Velká cena Československa was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Masaryk Circuit on 25 September 1949. The race was won by Peter Whitehead driving a Ferrari 125. Czechoslovak driver Václav Uher died in crash during practice. Giuseppe Farina crashed into spectators in the first lap of the race and killed two of them. Tatraplan of Bruno Sojka was in streamlined configuration.

1949 Czechoslovakia Grand Prix
Race details
Date 25 September 1949
Official name I Velká cena Československa
Location Brno, Czechoslovakia
Course Road course
Course length 17.8 km (11.1 miles)
Distance 20 laps, 356.01 km (221.21 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati 4CLT/48
Time Drawn
Fastest lap
Drivers Thailand Prince Bira Maserati 4CLT/48
Fastest lap Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CLT/48
Time 8:03.0
Podium
First Ferrari 125
Second Talbot-Lago T26C
Third Ferrari F2

Race edit

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2   Peter Whitehead Ferrari 125 20 2:48:41.0 8
2 24   Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago T26C 20 +35.6 5
3 15   Franco Cortese Ferrari 166S 20 + 4:49.4 17
4 2   Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T26C 19 + 1 Lap 13
5 8   Henri Louveau Maserati 4CL 19 + 1 Lap 23
6 1   Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago T26C 19 + 1 Lap 12
7 6   Piero Carini Maserati 4CLT/48 19 + 1 Lap 14
8 4   Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C 19 + 1 Lap 11
9 22   Bruno Sojka Tatraplan 18 + 2 Laps 18
10 25   Jaroslav Vlček Magda II-Fiat 17 + 3 Laps 20
11 27   František Dobrý BMW 328 17 + 3 Laps 19
Ret 9   Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CLT/48 13 Engine 3
Ret 11   David Murray Maserati 4CLT 13 Engine 16
Ret 17   Maurice Trintignant Simca-Gordini 9 Accident 9
Ret 7   Louis Chiron Maserati 4CLT 8 Gearbox 4
Ret 24   Antonín Komár Cisitalia D46 ? ? 21
Ret 18   Robert Manzon Simca-Gordini 4 Valve 6
Ret 10   B. Bira Maserati 4CLT/48 3 Accident 1
Ret 18   Zdeněk Trejbal Simca-Gordini 2 Engine 10
Ret 41   Aldo Gordini Simca-Gordini 1 ? 15
Ret 23   Vladimír Formánek Cisitalia D46 1 ? 22
Ret 12   Reg Parnell Maserati 4CLT 1 Accident 7
Ret 5   Giuseppe Farina Maserati 4CLT/48 1 Accident 2
DNS -   Luigi Chinetti Ferrari 125 - ? -
DNS -   Marc Versini Delage - ? -
DNS -   Jiří Pohl MG K - ? -
DNS -   Václav Uher Maserati 6CM - Fatal practice accident -
DNS -   Karel Vlašín Mono J.K. - Collision with truck in practice -
DNS -   Boško Milenković Bugatti T51 - Started unofficially -
DNS -   Yuri Sidorov Tatraplan - Not present -

References edit

  1. ^ "1949 Masaryk (Czech) Grand Prix".
  2. ^ "Velka cena Ceskoslovenska • STATS F1".


Grand Prix Race
1949 Grand Prix season
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1937 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
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