| Type: | GP |
| Grand Prix: | Garda |
| Date: | 24 October |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Official Name: | Circuito del Garda |
| Country: | Italy |
| Location: | Circuito del Garda, Salò, Italy |
| Course: | Temporary road circuit |
| Course Length: | 16.37km (10.17miles) |
| Distance Laps: | 18 |
| Distance Length: | 294.71km (183.12miles) |
| Pole Driver: | Giuseppe Farina |
| Pole Team: | Ferrari |
| Pole Country: | ITA |
| Pole Time: | 8:05.8 |
| Fast Driver: | Giuseppe Farina |
| Fast Team: | Ferrari |
| Fast Time: | 8:09.4 |
| Fast Country: | ITA |
| First Driver: | Giuseppe Farina |
| First Team: | Ferrari |
| First Country: | ITA |
| Second Driver: | Bruno Sterzi |
| Second Team: | Ferrari |
| Second Country: | ITA |
| Third Driver: | Luigi Villoresi |
| Third Team: | Maserati |
| Third Country: | ITA |
The 1948 Circuito del Garda was a motor race for Formula One cars held at Circuito del Garda, Salò on 24 October 1948. Giuseppe Farina won the race in a Ferrari 125, the first Grand Prix win for a purpose-built single-seater Ferrari. Farina also qualified on pole position and set fastest lap. Bruno Sterzi was second in a privately entered Ferrari 166 S and Luigi Villoresi third in a Maserati 4CLT/48.[1] [2] [3]
| Pos | No | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |  Giuseppe Farina | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 125 | 2:30:49.8, 117.24kph | 1 |
| 2 | 34 | Bruno Sterzi | Bruno Sterzi | Ferrari 166 S | +2:34.2 | 2 |
| 3 | 20 | Luigi Villoresi | Scuderia Ambrosiana | Maserati 4CLT/48 | +2:38.2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | Soave Besana | Comte Soave Besana | Ferrari 166 S | +3:27.4 | |
| 5 | 10 |  Eugène Chaboud | Ecurie France | Talbot-Lago T26C | +6:00.2 | |
| 6 | 14 | Ferdinando Righetti Clemente Biondetti | Ferdinando Righetti | Ferrari 166 S | +8:28.2 | |
| 7 | 4 | Pierre Levegh | Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago T26C | +1 lap | |
| 8 | 22 | Igor Troubetzkoy | Igor Troubetzkoy | Ferrari 166C | +2 laps | |
| 9 | 8 |  Cuth Harrison | Cuth Harrison | ERA B-Type | +10 laps | |
| Ret | 38 | Giampiero Bianchetti | Giampiero Bianchetti | Ferrari 166SC | ||
| Ret | 48 | Ugo Bornioli | Ugo Bornioli | Cisitalia D46-Fiat | ||
| Ret | 24 | Federico Pariani | Federico Pariani | Cisitalia D46-Fiat | ||
| Ret | 18 | Giovanni Bracco | Giovanni Bracco | Ferrari 166C | 4 | |
| Ret | 28 | Emilio Romano | Emilio Romano | Maserati A6GCS | ||
| 30 | Robert Manzon | Equipe Gordini | Simca Gordini Type 15 | |||
| 16 | Clemente Biondetti | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 166SC | |||