Czechoslovakian Grand Prix

This article is about the Formula One race. For other uses, see Czechoslovakian Grand Prix (disambiguation).

The Czechoslovakian Grand Prix (Czech: Velká cena Československa; Slovak: Veľká cena Československa) was a Grand Prix motor racing event held in 1949 at the Masaryk Circuit now referred to as the Brno Circuit. It was held in the town of Brno in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).

Czechoslovakian Grand Prix

Masaryk Circuit, Brno
Race information
Number of times held	21
First held	1930
Last held	1988
Most wins (drivers)	Louis Chiron (3) Tom Walkinshaw (3)
Most wins (constructors)	BMW (6)
Circuit length	5.403 km (3.357 miles)
Race length	362 km (224.919 miles)
Laps	67
Last race (1988)
Pole position
Mauro Baldi Sauber–Mercedes-Benz 1:46.440
Podium
1. J. Mass / J-L. Schlesser Sauber–Mercedes-Benz 2:06:40.620 2. M. Brundle / J. Nielsen Jaguar +20.05 3. J. Lammers / J. Dumfries Jaguar +1:08.27
Fastest lap
Mauro Baldi Sauber–Mercedes-Benz 1:49.770

The Masaryk circuit race was first held on September 28, 1930. From 1934 onwards, the race was dominated by the German Silver Arrows. In 1937, several spectators were killed or injured when Hermann Lang skidded off the track. The spectators had been in a prohibited area but Lang was sued anyway.

Due to the German occupation in 1938 the race was discontinued until 1949 when the Masaryk Circuit was shortened to 17.8 km (11.1 mi).

All layouts of the Masaryk Circuit (Brno Circuit) between 1930 and today combined

The 1949 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix raced in the opposite direction than the pre-war races, drew a crowd in excess of 400,000 people. The event was marred by the death of 2 drivers and 2 spectators.^[1] In 1950 the race was run as a national Libre event, won by Václav Hovorka in a Maserati.^[2]

26 years later a Czechoslovak Race was held at the same venue as a round of the European Touring Car Championship. BMW dominated for six years through various models before Jaguar asserted their own dominance. The race became part of the one-off 1987 World Touring Car Championship, but at a new venue, the newly constructed Brno Circuit. The race was won by the Swiss-based factory Ford team. A final race was held the following year as part of the World Sportscar Championship. The Sauber-Mercedes of Jochen Mass and Jean-Louis Schlesser prevented the Tom Walkinshaw team from claiming a fourth win for Jaguar.

Winners

Year	Driver	Car	Team	Location	Series	Length	Report
1930	Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen, Hermann of Leiningen	Bugatti T35B	Deutsches Bugatti Team	Masaryk Circuit	Non-championship		Report
1931	Louis Chiron	Bugatti T51	Automobiles Ettore Bugatti	Masaryk Circuit	Non-championship		Report
1932	Louis Chiron	Bugatti T51	Automobiles Ettore Bugatti	Masaryk Circuit	Non-championship		Report
1933	Louis Chiron	Alfa Romeo B/P3	Scuderia Ferrari	Masaryk Circuit	Non-championship		Report
1934	Hans Stuck	Auto Union Type A	Auto Union	Masaryk Circuit	Non-championship		Report
1935	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union Type B	Auto Union	Masaryk Circuit	Non-championship		Report
1936	Not held
1937	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz W125	Daimler-Benz	Masaryk Circuit	Non-championship		Report
1938 – 1948	Not held
1949	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 125 F1	Peter Whitehead	Masaryk Circuit	Non-championship		Report
1950	Václav Hovorka	Maserati 6CM	?	Masaryk Circuit	Non-championship		Report
1951 – 1975	Not held
1976	Jean Xhenceval, Pierre Dieudonné, Umberto Grano	BMW 3.0 CSL	Luigi Racing	Masaryk Circuit	European Touring Car Championship		Report
1977	Carlo Facetti, Martino Finotto	BMW 3.0 CSL	Luigi Racing	Masaryk Circuit	European Touring Car Championship		Report
1978	Carlo Facetti, Martino Finotto	BMW 3.0 CSL	Jolly Club Milano	Masaryk Circuit	European Touring Car Championship		Report
1979	Raymond Van Hove, Jean Xhenceval, Pierre Dieudonné	BMW 3.0 CSL	Luigi Racing	Masaryk Circuit	European Touring Car Championship		Report
1980	Helmut Kelleners, Siegfried Müller Jr.	BMW 320	Eggenberger Motorsport	Masaryk Circuit	European Touring Car Championship		Report
1981	Umberto Grano, Helmut Kelleners	BMW 635 CSi	Eggenberger Motorsport	Masaryk Circuit	European Touring Car Championship		Report
1982	Tom Walkinshaw, Chuck Nicholson	Jaguar XJ-S	Team Motul Jaguar	Masaryk Circuit	European Touring Car Championship		Report
1983	Tom Walkinshaw, Chuck Nicholson	Jaguar XJ-S	TWR Jaguar Racing	Masaryk Circuit	European Touring Car Championship		Report
1984	Tom Walkinshaw, Hans Heyer	Jaguar XJ-S	TWR Jaguar Racing	Masaryk Circuit	European Touring Car Championship		Report
1985	Ulf Granberg, Anders Olofsson	Volvo 240 Turbo	Magnum Racing	Masaryk Circuit	European Touring Car Championship		Report
1986	Ulf Granberg, Thomas Lindström	Volvo 240 Turbo	RAS Sport	Masaryk Circuit	European Touring Car Championship		Report
1987	Klaus Ludwig, Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS500	Eggenberger Motorsport	Masaryk Circuit	World Touring Car Championship		Report
1988	Jochen Mass, Jean-Louis Schlesser	Sauber C9	Team Sauber Mercedes	Masaryk Circuit	World Sportscar Championship	360 km (220 mi)	Report
1989 – 1996	Not held
1997	Arturo Merzario	Centenari M1-Alfa Romeo	Symbol Team	Masaryk Circuit	International Sports Racing Series	30 Minutes	Report

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