1949 British Grand Prix

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The 1949 British Grand Prix was held on May 15, at Silverstone Circuit. The race was won by Emmanuel de Graffenried in a Maserati, ahead of Bob Gerard in an ERA and Louis Rosier in a Talbot-Lago-Talbot.

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Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	100	3:52:50.2	4
2	7	Bob Gerard	ERA	100	+ 1:05.2	5
3	16	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	99	+ 1 Lap	20
4	8	David Hampshire Billy Cotton	ERA	99	+ 1 Lap	10
5	24	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	97	+ 3 Laps	8
6	11	Fred Ashmore	Maserati	97	+ 3 Laps	11
7	18	George Abecassis	Alta	96	+ 4 Laps	12
8	21	Peter Whitehead Dudley Folland	Ferrari	95	+ 5 Laps	14
9	6	Geoff Ansell Brian Shawe-Taylor	ERA	94	+ 6 Laps	13
10	19	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	92	+ 8 Laps	18
11	22	Philip Fotheringham-Parker Duncan Hamilton	Maserati	92	+ 8 Laps	22
Ret	4	Raymond Mays Ken Richardson	Thinwall Special Ferrari	82	Accident	19
Ret	10	Reg Parnell	Maserati	69	Transmission	6
Ret	25	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	65	Valve	23
Ret	9	David Murray	Maserati	64	Engine	25
Ret	27	John Bolster	ERA	53	Accident	16
Ret	28	Peter Walker	ERA	50	Brakes	3
Ret	1	B. Bira	Maserati	47	Collision	2
Ret	15	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	41	Engine	15
Ret	17	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	39	Oil leak	11
Ret	26	Anthony Baring	Maserati	39	Water leak	21
Ret	12	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	36	Engine	1
Ret	?	Cuth Harrison	ERA	25	?	9
Ret	20	George Nixon	ERA	16	Supercharger	24
Ret	3	Tony Rolt	Alfa Romeo	15	Rear axle	7
DNS	5	Bob Ansell	Maserati		Engine

V T E	1949 Formula One season
Teams	Alfa Romeo • Alta • Delahaye • ERA • Ferrari • Maserati • Talbot-Lago •
Engines	Alfa Romeo • Alta • Delahaye • ERA • Ferrari • Maserati • Talbot •
Drivers	Abecassis • Ascari • Biondetti • Bonetto • B. Bira • Chaboud • Chiron • Claes • Étancelin • Fagioli • Fangio • Farina • Gerard • Giraud-Cabantous • De Graffenried • Levegh • Mairesse • Murray • Pagani • Parnell • Rosier • Sommer • Taruffi • Villoresi • Whitehead •
Grandes Épreuves	Britain • Belgium • Switzerland • France • Italy
Other races	San Remo • Pau • Richmond Trophy • Paris • Jersey Road Race • Albi • Netherlands • BRDC International Trophy • Goodwood Trophy •
See also	1948 Formula One season • 1950 Formula One season • Category

V T E	British Grand Prix
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Non-Championship Races	1926 • 1927 • 1948 • 1949

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