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| 1948 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 16 May 1948 | ||
| Official name | X Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | ||
| Location | Monte Carlo | ||
| Course | Circuit de Monaco | ||
| Course length | 3.180 km (1.976[1] miles) | ||
| Distance | 100 laps, 318.0 km (197.6 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Maserati | ||
| Time | 1:53.8 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Giuseppe Farina | Maserati | |
| Time | 1:53.9 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Maserati | ||
| Second | Talbot-Lago | ||
| Third | Maserati | ||
The 1948 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race, held in Monte Carlo on 16 May 1948.[2]
The first event under a new formula, 1½ litres supercharged or 4½ litres naturally aspirated, it featured a motley crowd of marques.[3] Jean-Pierre Wimille's 1,430 cc (87 cu in) Simca-Gordini took an early lead, but was overwhelmed by the Maserati 4CLs of Giuseppe Farina and then Luigi Villoresi.[4] Farina would take the win.
The event included a motorcycle race, open to 500cc bikes, for the only time in the Monaco Grand Prix's history.[5] It was marred by the death of British rider Norman Linnecar.[6]
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- ^ "1948 Grands Prix". GEL Motorsport Information. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
- ^ Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p.1383.
- ^ Kettlewell, p.1383.
- ^ "Monaco 1952: When sportscars ran in the Monaco Grand Prix | GRR". www.goodwood.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Motorsport Memorial -". www.motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 2024-01-02.