1949 Jersey Road Race

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1949 Jersey Road Race
Non-championship race in the 1949 Formula One season
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Race details
Date28 April 1949
Official name III J.C.C. Jersey Road Race
Location Saint Helier, Jersey
Course length 5.15 kilometres (3.20 miles)
Distance 55 laps, 283.24 kilometres (176.00 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Time 2:00.0
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Villoresi Maserati
Time 2:08.1
Podium
First ERA
Second Maserati
Third ERA

The 3rd Jersey Road Race was a Formula One motor race held on 28 April 1949 at the St. Helier Circuit, in Saint Helier, Jersey. The 55-lap race was won by ERA driver Bob Gerard. Emmanuel de Graffenried finished second in a Maserati, and Raymond Mays was third in another ERA. Maserati driver Luigi Villoresi set pole position and fastest lap but finished sixth.Bugatti driver Kenneth Bear was killed in an accident during practice. [1] [2]

Results

PosNo.DriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGrid
112 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard ERA B-Type 2:16:58.6, 124.08kph12
22 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Emmanuel de Graffenried Enrico Plate Maserati 4CLT/48 +1:40.65
314 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Raymond Mays R. Mays ERA D-Type +2:27.211
41 Flag of Thailand.svg B. Bira Prince Birabonse Maserati 4CLT/48 +1 lap2
55 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fred Ashmore R. Parnell Maserati 4CLT/48 +1 lap10
63 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 4CLT/48 +1 lap1
710 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Whitehead P.N. Whitehead Ferrari 125 +2 laps7
816 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Hampshire D.N. Hampshire ERA B-Type +3 laps13
96 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Ansell R.E. Ansell Maserati 4CL +3 laps21
108 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Murray D. Murray Maserati 4CL +5 laps15
1117 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Ansell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Shawe-Taylor
G.E. Ansell ERA B-Type +5 laps18
1226 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Heath J.B. Heath HWM-Alta +5 laps20
Ret19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Nixon G.R. Nixon ERA A-Type 49 laps, accident17
Ret15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Bolster P.H. Bell ERA B-Type 46 laps, valves8
Ret9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Hamilton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Philip Fotheringham-Parker
J.D. Hamilton & P. Fotheringham-Parker Maserati 6CM 29 laps, radiator19
Ret22 Flag of Monaco.svg Louis Chiron Ecurie France Talbot-Lago T26C 14 laps, brakes4
Ret24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Frank le Gallais Lord Selsdon Talbot-Lago T26C 6 laps, gearbox14
Ret4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Reg Parnell R. Parnell Maserati 4CLT/48 4 laps, fuel pump6
Ret20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Abecassis G.E. Abecassis Alta GP 1 lap, rear axle16
DNS6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Bainbridge R.E. Ansell Maserati 4CL car driven by Bob Ansell
DNS11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leslie Johnson T.A.S.O. Mathieson ERA E-Type 3
DNS14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Richardson R. Mays ERA D-Type car driven by Mays
DNS18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cuth Harrison T.C. Harrison ERA C-Type 9
DNS25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kenneth Bear K.W. Bear Bugatti Type 59 crashed during practice, fatal accident
DNQ7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Archie Baring A.A. Baring Maserati 4CM (22)
DNQ21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Chorlton M.C. Chorlton CDL-Bugatti (25)
DNQ23 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago T26C (24)
DNQ28 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oscar Moore O.B. Moore OBM-BMW 328 (23)
DNA27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Watson G.M. Watson Ferrari 166C
DNA29 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sid Logan S.G. Logan Cooper T9-JAP

References

  1. "Jersey Road Race" . Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  2. "1949 Grands Prix" . Retrieved 2022-09-18.
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