1948 Garda Grand Prix

1948 Garda Grand Prix
Race details
Date	24 October 1948
Official name	Circuito del Garda
Location	Circuito del Garda, Salò, Italy
Course	Temporary road circuit
Course length	16.37 km (10.17 mi)
Distance	18 laps, 294.71 km (183.12 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
Time	8:05.8
Fastest lap
Driver	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
Time	8:09.4
Podium
First	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
Second	Bruno Sterzi	Ferrari
Third	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati

The 1948 Circuito del Garda was a motor race for Formula One cars held at Circuito del Garda, Salò on 24 October 1948. Giuseppe Farina won the race in a Ferrari 125, the first Grand Prix win for a purpose-built single-seater Ferrari. Farina also qualified on pole position and set fastest lap. Bruno Sterzi was second in a privately entered Ferrari 166 S and Luigi Villoresi third in a Maserati 4CLT/48.

Result

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	6	Giuseppe Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 125	2:30:49.8, 117.24kph	1
2	34	Bruno Sterzi	Bruno Sterzi	Ferrari 166 S	+2:34.2	2
3	20	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CLT/48	+2:38.2	3
4	2	Soave Besana	Comte Soave Besana	Ferrari 166 S	+3:27.4
5	10	Eugène Chaboud	Ecurie France	Talbot-Lago T26C	+6:00.2
6	14	Ferdinando Righetti Clemente Biondetti	Ferdinando Righetti	Ferrari 166 S	+8:28.2
7	4	Pierre Levegh	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago T26C	+1 lap
8	22	Igor Troubetzkoy	Igor Troubetzkoy	Ferrari 166C	+2 laps
9	8	Cuth Harrison	Cuth Harrison	ERA B-Type	+10 laps
Ret	38	Giampiero Bianchetti	Giampiero Bianchetti	Ferrari 166SC
Ret	48	Ugo Bornioli	Ugo Bornioli	Cisitalia D46-Fiat
Ret	24	Federico Pariani	Federico Pariani	Cisitalia D46-Fiat
Ret	18	Giovanni Bracco	Giovanni Bracco	Ferrari 166C		4
Ret	28	Emilio Romano	Emilio Romano	Maserati A6GCS
	30	Robert Manzon	Equipe Gordini	Simca Gordini Type 15
	16	Clemente Biondetti	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 166SC