Jump to content

1949 Formula One Grand Prix des Frontières

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1949 Frontières Grand Prix
Race details
Date 5 June 1949
Official name XVIII Grand Prix des Frontières
Location Chimay, Belgium
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 10.87 km (6.75 mi)
Distance 15 laps, 163.04 km (101.31 mi)
Fastest lap
Driver France Guy Mairesse Talbot-Lago
Time 4:32.6
Podium
First Talbot-Lago
Second Maserati
Third Talbot-Lago

The 18th Grand Prix des Frontières was a Formula One motor race held on 5 June 1949 at the Chimay Street Circuit in Chimay, Belgium. The Grand Prix was won by Guy Mairesse in a Talbot-Lago T26C, setting fastest lap also. Lance Macklin finished second in a Maserati 6CM and Johnny Claes was third in another T26C.[1][2]

Classification

[edit]

Race

[edit]
Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired
1 22 France Guy Mairesse Ecurie France Talbot-Lago T26C 1:10:10.0, 138.95 kph
2 12 United Kingdom Lance Macklin L. Macklin Maserati 6CM +3:37.0
3 4 Belgium Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago T26C +4:38.0
4 14 France Pierre Meyrat Ecurie Letitia Talbot Spéciale +4:38.2
5 37 France "Raph" Ecurie Mundia Course Delahaye 135 +2 laps
Ret. 16 France Charles Pozzi Ecurie Letitia Talbot Spéciale 6 laps
Ret. 2 France Havaux Havaux Bugatti Type 49B 2 laps
DNS 8 Belgium Arthur Legat A. Legat Maserati 6CM
DNS 30 Belgium Paul Demesse A. Legat Bugatti Type 37A
DNA 6 United Kingdom Horace Ripley H.J. Ripley Talbot Driver ill
DNA 18 France Alexandre Constantin A. Constantin Maserati 8C
DNA 20 United Kingdom Pat Garland P.A.T. Garland Talbot-Lago T26C
DNA 24 France Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C
DNA 26 France Henri Louveau Ecurie Rosier Talbot Spéciale
DNA 29 United States Alexander Orley A. Orley Veritas-BMW 328

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Grand Prix des Frontières". Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  2. ^ "1949 Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-08-18.


Grand Prix Race
Previous race:
1949 British Empire Trophy
1949 Grand Prix season
Grandes Épreuves
Next race:
1949 Albi Grand Prix
Previous race:
1948 Grand Prix des Frontières
Grand Prix des Frontières Next race:
1950 Grand Prix des Frontières