1948 Monaco Grand Prix
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1948 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 16 May 1948 (1948-05-16) | ||
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 |
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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]