1949 Lausanne Grand Prix Explained

Type:GP
Country:SUI
Grand Prix:Lausanne Grand Prix
Official Name:Lausanne Grand Prix
Location:Lausanne
Date:27 August
Year:1949
Course Length:3.252km (02.021miles)
Distance Laps:90
Distance Length:292.67km (181.86miles)
Pole Driver:Giuseppe Farina
Pole Country:ITA
Pole Team:Maserati
Pole Time:1:42.4
First Driver:Giuseppe Farina
First Country:ITA
First Team:Maserati
Second Driver:Alberto Ascari
Second Country:ITA
Second Team:Ferrari
Third Driver:Emmanuel de Graffenried
Third Country:CH
Third Team:Maserati

The 1949 Lausanne Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula One motor race held in Lausanne on 28 August 1949. The race was held over 90 laps and was won from pole position by Giuseppe Farina in a Maserati 4CLT/48. Alberto Ascari in a Ferrari 125 was second and Emmanuel de Graffenried in another Maserati was third.[1] [2]

Classification

Race

PosNoDriverEntrantManufacturerTime/RetiredGrid
110 Giuseppe FarinaG. FarinaMaserati 4CLT/482:44:27.2, 105.91kph1
214 Alberto AscariScuderia FerrariFerrari 125+20.8s2
326 Emmanuel de GraffenriedScuderia Enrico PlatéMaserati 4CLT/48+3 laps5
438 Franco CorteseScuderia FerrariFerrari 166+3 laps15
54 Louis ChironEcurie FranceTalbot-Lago T26C+4 laps9
612 Luigi VilloresiScuderia FerrariFerrari 125+5 laps3
78 Johnny ClaesEcurie BelgeTalbot-Lago T26C+6 laps12
830 Toni BrancaA. BrancaMaserati 4CL+10 laps13
920 David Murray
Roy Parnell
D.A. HampshireERA B-Type+12 laps14
1022 Peter WhiteheadP.N. WhiteheadFerrari 125+12 laps7
Ret.24 B. BiraScuderia Enrico PlatéMaserati 4CLT/4869 laps, fuel tank4
Ret.2 Raymond SommerG. BianchettiFerrari 16648 laps, overheating8
Ret.6 Philippe ÉtancelinPhilippe ÉtancelinTalbot-Lago T26C34 laps, spin6
Ret.28 Frankie SéchehayeScuderia Enrico PlatéMaserati 4CL24 laps, spin16
Ret.16 David HampshireReg ParnellMaserati 4CLT/4814 laps, magneto10
Ret.36 Hans StuckH. StuckAFM-BMW 3286 laps, fuel feed11
DNQ32 Max ChristenM. ChristenSuiza-Maserati
DNQ34 Ernest RamseyerEcurie GeneveMaserati 4CM

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1949 Grands Prix. 2022-08-10.
  2. Web site: Lausanne Grand Prix. 2022-08-10.