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1948 Monaco GP
1947 British Empire Trophy

1948 British Empire Trophy

1948 Paris GP
1949 British Empire Trophy
 X  British Empire Trophy

Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race ClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Details
DateTuesday 25 May 1948
Event British Empire Trophy
Circuit Douglas
Event FormatRace of 36 laps
ChampionshipNon-championship
Race number#6 of 19 in 1948
#70 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps36
Circuit Perimeter6244 m
Race Distance6244 × 36 + 6 = 224.790 km
Grid FormatUnknown
Pole PositionUnknown
First CornerUnknown
Participants
Entries22
Qualifiers1
Finishers8
Debutants
Bill Wilkinson (Driver),
Bob Gerard (Driver),
Cuth Harrison (Driver),
David Hamilton (Driver),
David Hampshire (Driver),
Geoffrey Ansell (Driver),
George Abecassis (Driver),
Guy Jason-Henry (Driver),
Joe Ashmore (Driver),
John Bolster (Driver),
Leslie Brooke (Driver),
Leslie Johnson (Driver),
Michael Chorlton (Driver),
Paul Emery (Driver),
Peter Walker (Driver),
Raymond Mays (Driver),
Robert Ansell (Driver),
Roy Salvadori (Driver),
Sheila Darbishire (Driver),
   Tony Rolt (Driver),
Aitken (Car Manufacturer),
Delahaye (Car Manufacturer),
Emeryson (Car Manufacturer),
Delahaye (Engine Manufacturer),
Emeryson (Engine Manufacturer),
Aitken Alfa (Car Model),
Alta GP (Car Model),
Bugatti T51A (Car Model),
Delage 158L (Car Model),
Delahaye 135S (Car Model),
ERA (Car Model),
ERA A (Car Model),
ERA D (Car Model),
ERA E (Car Model),
Emeryson (Car Model),
Maserati 4C (Car Model),
Maserati 6C (Car Model)
MilestonesERA – 1st Fastest Lap (Engine Manufacturer)
ERA – 1st Pole Position (Engine Manufacturer)
ERA – 1st Win (Engine Manufacturer)
Maserati – 1st Fastest Lap (Engine Manufacturer)
 Bob Gerard – 1st Pole Position (Driver)
 ERA – 1st Fastest Lap (Car Manufacturer)
 ERA – 1st Pole Position (Car Manufacturer)
 ERA – 1st Win (Car Manufacturer)
 Geoffrey Ansell – 1st Win (Driver)
 Leslie Johnson – 1st Fastest Lap (Driver)
 Reg Parnell – 1st Fastest Lap (Driver)
 Maserati – 1st Fastest Lap (Car Manufacturer)

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberUnknownUnknownUnknown
Entrant---
Driver Geoffrey Ansell Bob Gerard Reg Parnell
Car ERA B ERA B Maserati 4CL
EngineERAERAMaserati
Time2:03'453'103'13
Speed108.989 km/h118.307 km/h116.468 km/h