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1949 Roussillon GP
1948 British GP

1949 British GP

1949 Marseille GP
1950 British GP
 II  British Grand Prix

Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Details
DateSaturday 14 May 1949
Event British GP
Circuit Silverstone
Event FormatRace of 100 laps
ChampionshipNon-championship
Race number#8 of 24 in 1949
#91 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps100
Circuit Perimeter4828 m
Race Distance4828 × 100 − 10 = 482.790 km
Grid Format5-5-5-5
Pole PositionLeft
First CornerUnknown
Participants
Entries29
Qualifiers25
Finishers14
Debutants
Bill Cotton (Driver),
Brian Shawe-Taylor (Driver),
Cuth Harrison (Driver),
David Hampshire (Driver),
David Murray (Driver),
Dudley Folland (Driver),
Duncan Hamilton (Driver),
Fred Ashmore (Driver),
Geoffrey Ansell (Driver),
George Abecassis (Driver),
George Nixon (Driver),
John Bolster (Driver),
Johnny Claes (Driver),
Ken Richardson (Driver),
Luigi Villoresi (Driver),
   Peter Walker (Driver),
Peter Whitehead (Driver),
Raymond Mays (Driver),
Roy Salvadori (Driver),
Tony Rolt (Driver),
Yves Giraud-Cabantous (Driver),
Aitken (Car Manufacturer),
Aitken Alfa (Car Model),
ERA (Car Model),
ERA A (Car Model),
Ferrari (Car Model),
Ferrari 125 (Car Model),
Ferrari 125 Thinwall Special (Car Model),
Talbot-Lago (Car Model)
MilestonesMaserati – 1st Fastest Lap (Engine Manufacturer)
Maserati – 1st Pole Position (Engine Manufacturer)
Maserati – 1st Win (Engine Manufacturer)
 Luigi Villoresi – 1st Pole Position (Driver)
 Maserati – 1st Fastest Lap (Car Manufacturer)
 Maserati – 1st Pole Position (Car Manufacturer)
 Maserati – 1st Win (Car Manufacturer)
 Emmanuel de Graffenried – 1st Win (Driver)
 Prince Bira – 1st Fastest Lap (Driver)

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberUnknownUnknownUnknown
Entrant---
Driver Emmanuel de Graffenried Luigi Villoresi Prince Bira
Car Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati 4CLT/48
EngineMaseratiMaseratiMaserati
Time3:52'50.22'09.82'10.4
Speed124.411 km/h133.904 km/h133.288 km/h