1948 Comminges Grand Prix

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1948 Comminges Grand Prix
Race details
Date8 August 1948
Official name XIV Grand Prix du Comminges
Location Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 11.005 km (6.838 mi)
Distance 30 laps, 330.15 km (205.15 mi)
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Time 4:02.3
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Villoresi Maserati
Time 4:12.8
Podium
First Maserati
Second Talbot-Lago
Third Talbot-Lago

The XIV Grand Prix du Comminges was a Formula One motor race held on 8 August 1948 in Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, France. Luigi Villoresi, driving a Maserati 4CLT/48, qualified on pole, set fastest lap and won the race by a margin of four and a half minutes. Talbot-Lago drivers "Raph" and Louis Chiron were second and third. [1] [2]

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Race

PosNoDriverEntrantCarTime/RetiredGrid
16 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 4CLT/48 2:11:45.5, 150.31 kph1
244 Flag of France.svg "Raph" Ecurie Mundia Course Talbot-Lago T26C +4:30.72
32 Flag of Monaco.svg Louis Chiron Ecurie France Talbot Lago Monoplace Centrale +1 lap11
446 Flag of France.svg Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C +1 lap4
528 Flag of France.svg Pierre Meyrat Pierre Meyrat Delahaye 135S +2 laps12
610 Flag of Italy.svg Nello Pagani Enrico Platé Maserati 4CL +3 laps5
724 Flag of France.svg André Simon André Simon Delahaye 135S +6 laps14
Ret4 Flag of France.svg Yves Giraud-Cabantous Ecurie France Talbot-Lago T26C 7 laps, fuel tank3
Ret52 Flag of France.svg Pierre Veyron Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 15 5 laps15
Ret34 Flag of France.svg Roger Loyer Ecurie Paris Veritas RS-BMW 4 laps13
Ret32 Flag of France.svg Charles Huc Charles Huc Talbot-Lago T150SS 3 laps, con rod19
Ret36 Flag of France.svg Charles Pozzi Charles Pozzi Talbot-Lago T26SS 3 laps, gearbox6
Ret50 Flag of France.svg Eugene Martin Eugene Martin BMW 328 2 laps, fuel pump20
Ret16 Flag of France.svg Richard Ramseyer Ecurie Geneve Maserati 4CM 1 lap18
Ret12 Flag of Switzerland.svg Emmanuel de Graffenried Enrico Plate Maserati 4CL Out of fuel8
Ret14 Flag of France.svg Eugene Chaboud Eugene Chaboud Veritas RS-BMW 10
Ret20 Flag of France.svg Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 15 7
Ret22 Flag of France.svg Guy Mairesse Guy Mairesse Delahaye 135S 9
Ret30 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Pat Garland Pat Garland Delage 3000 Engine16
Ret48 Flag of France.svg Charles de Cortanze Émile Darl'mat Darl'mat-Peugeot 17

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References

  1. "1948 Comminges Grand Prix" . Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  2. "1948 Grands Prix" . Retrieved 2022-09-23.
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