Type: | GP |
Country: | FRA |
Grand Prix: | Paris |
Date: | 24 April |
Year: | 1949 |
Official Name: | III Grand Prix de Paris |
Location: | Montlhéry, France |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Course Length: | 3.91miles |
Distance Laps: | 50 |
Distance Length: | 195.73miles |
Fast Driver: | Louis Rosier |
Fast Team: | Talbot-Lago |
Fast Time: | 2:24.8 |
Fast Country: | FRA |
First Driver: | Philippe Étancelin |
First Country: | FRA |
First Team: | Talbot-Lago |
Second Driver: | Yves Giraud-Cabantous![]() |
Second Country: | FRA |
Second Team: | Talbot-Lago |
Third Driver: | Johnny Claes |
Third Country: | BEL |
Third Team: | Maserati |
The 3rd Grand Prix de Paris was a Formula One motor race held on 24 April 1949 at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry, in Montlhéry near Paris, France.
The 50-lap race was won by Talbot-Lago driver Philippe Étancelin. Yves Giraud-Cabantous and Georges Grignard shared another Talbot-Lago for second place and Johnny Claes was third in a Maserati. Louis Rosier set fastest lap in a Talbot-Lago but failed to finish.[1] [2]