1949 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix

The I Velká cena Československa was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Masaryk Circuit on 25 September 1949. The race was won by Peter Whitehead driving a Ferrari 125. Czechoslovak driver Václav Uher died in crash during practice. Giuseppe Farina crashed into spectators in the first lap of the race and killed two of them. Tatraplan of Bruno Sojka was in streamlined configuration.

1949 Czechoslovakia Grand Prix
Race details
Date 25 September 1949
Official name I Velká cena Československa
Location Brno, Czechoslovakia
Course Road course
Course length 17.8 km (11.1 miles)
Distance 20 laps, 356.01 km (221.21 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati 4CLT/48
Time Drawn
Fastest lap
Drivers Thailand Prince Bira Maserati 4CLT/48
Fastest lap Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CLT/48
Time 8:03.0
Podium
First Ferrari 125
Second Talbot-Lago T26C
Third Ferrari F2

Race

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PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGrid
1 2 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Ferrari 125 20 2:48:41.0 8
2 24 France Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago T26C 20 +35.6 5
3 15 Italy Franco Cortese Ferrari 166S 20 + 4:49.4 17
4 2 France Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T26C 19 + 1 Lap 13
5 8 France Henri Louveau Maserati 4CL 19 + 1 Lap 23
6 1 Belgium Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago T26C 19 + 1 Lap 12
7 6 Italy Piero Carini Maserati 4CLT/48 19 + 1 Lap 14
8 4 France Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C 19 + 1 Lap 11
9 22 Czechoslovakia Bruno Sojka Tatraplan 18 + 2 Laps 18
10 25 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Vlček Magda II-Fiat 17 + 3 Laps 20
11 27 Czechoslovakia František Dobrý BMW 328 17 + 3 Laps 19
Ret 9 Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CLT/48 13 Engine 3
Ret 11 United Kingdom David Murray Maserati 4CLT 13 Engine 16
Ret 17 France Maurice Trintignant Simca-Gordini 9 Accident 9
Ret 7 Monaco Louis Chiron Maserati 4CLT 8 Gearbox 4
Ret 24 Czechoslovakia Antonín Komár Cisitalia D46  ?  ? 21
Ret 18 France Robert Manzon Simca-Gordini 4 Valve 6
Ret 10 Thailand B. Bira Maserati 4CLT/48 3 Accident 1
Ret 18 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Trejbal Simca-Gordini 2 Engine 10
Ret 41 France Aldo Gordini Simca-Gordini 1  ? 15
Ret 23 Czechoslovakia Vladimír Formánek Cisitalia D46 1  ? 22
Ret 12 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Maserati 4CLT 1 Accident 7
Ret 5 Italy Giuseppe Farina Maserati 4CLT/48 1 Accident 2
DNS - United States Luigi Chinetti Ferrari 125 -  ? -
DNS - France Marc Versini Delage -  ? -
DNS - Czechoslovakia Jiří Pohl MG K -  ? -
DNS - Czechoslovakia Václav Uher Maserati 6CM - Fatal practice accident -
DNS - Czechoslovakia Karel Vlašín Mono J.K. - Collision with truck in practice -
DNS - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boško Milenković Bugatti T51 - Started unofficially -
DNS - Soviet Union Yuri Sidorov Tatraplan - Not present -

References

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