1949 French Grand Prix

The 1949 French Grand Prix was held on July 17 at the Reims-Gueux circuit. It was won by Louis Chiron in a Talbot-Lago-Talbot, after late leader Peter Whitehead's Ferrari developed gearbox problems. Prince Bira of Thailand finished second in a Maserati, while Whitehead held on for third.

Background[]

Entry List[]

No	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine
2	Raymond Sommer	Private	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot L6
4	Philippe Étancelin	Private	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot L6
6	Louis Chiron	SFACS Ecurie France	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot L6
8	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Private	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot L6
10	Louis Rosier	Private	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot L6
12	Pierre Levegh	Private	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot L6
14	Georges Grignard	Private	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot L6
16	Eugène Chaboud	Ecurie Lutetia	Delahaye	135	Delahaye V12
18	George Abecassis	HW Motors	Alta	GP	Alta L4
20	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	125	Ferrari V12
22	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	125	Ferrari V12
24	Peter Whitehead	Private	Ferrari	125	Ferrari V12s
26	Luigi Fagioli	Luigi Platé	Talbot-Lago	700	Talbot L6
28	Giuseppe Farina	Automobiles Talbot-Darracq SA	Talbot-Lago	T26C	Talbot L6
30	B. Bira	Scuderia Enrico Platé	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati L4s
32	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Scuderia Enrico Platé	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati L4s
34	Juan Manuel Fangio	Squadra Argentina	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati L4
36	Benedicto Campos	Squadra Argentina	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati L4
38	Reg Parnell	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati L4
40	David Murray	Private	Maserati	4CL	Maserati L4

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Results[]

Grid[]

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
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______________		2		Luigi Villoresi
3		Juan Manuel Fangio
Louis Rosier
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	5

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Race[]

Results[]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	6	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	64	3:06:33.7	9
2	30	B. Bira	Maserati	64	+ 17.6	8
3	24	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	64	+ 48.5	17
4	10	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	64	+ 56.7	3
5	2	Raymond Sommer	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	61	+ 3 Laps	4
6	16	Eugène Chaboud	Delahaye	58	+ 6 Laps	12
NC	14	Georges Grignard	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	48	Not classified	16
Ret	12	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	39	Mechanical	10
Ret	36	Benedicto Campos	Maserati	32	Valve	7
Ret	8	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	30	Engine	11
Ret	4	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	26	Engine	5
Ret	34	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	24	Throttle	2
Ret	38	Reg Parnell	Maserati	21	Engine	14
Ret	18	George Abecassis	Alta	17	Gearbox	15
Ret	40	David Murray	Maserati	13	Engine	13
Ret	28	Giuseppe Farina	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	11	Gearbox	6
Ret	20	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	4	Brakes	1
WD	22	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
WD	26	Luigi Fagioli	Talbot-Lago-Talbot
WD	32	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati

Milestones[]

V T E	French Grand Prix
Circuits	Le Mans (1906, 1921, 1929) Dieppe (1907-1908, 1912) Amiens (1913) Lyon (1914, 1924) Strasbourg (1922) Tours (1923) Montlhéry (1925, 1927, 1931, 1933-1937) Reims-Gueux (1932, 1938-1939, 1948–1951, 1953–1954, 1956, 1958–1961, 1963, 1966) Lyon-Parilly (1947) Rouen-Les-Essarts (1952, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1968) Charade Circuit (1965, 1969–1970, 1972) Bugatti Circuit (1967) Circuit Paul Ricard (1971, 1973, 1975–1976, 1978, 1980, 1982–1983, 1985–1990, 2018–2019, 2021-2022) Dijon-Prenois (1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1984) Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours (1991–2008)
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