1948 Monaco Grand Prix

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

Motor car race

The 1948 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race, held in Monte Carlo on 16 May 1948.^[2]

The first event under a new formula, 1½ litres supercharged or 4½ litres naturally aspirated, it featured a motley crowd of marques.^[3] Jean-Pierre Wimille's 1,430 cc (87 cu in) Simca-Gordini took an early lead, but was overwhelmed by the Maserati 4CLs of Giuseppe Farina and then Luigi Villoresi.^[4] Farina would take the win.

The event included a motorcycle race, open to 500cc bikes, for the only time in the Monaco Grand Prix's history.^[5] It was marred by the death of British rider Norman Linnecar.^[6]

Classification

References

1. "1948 Monaco Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
2. "1948 Grands Prix". GEL Motorsport Information. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
3. Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p.1383.
4. Kettlewell, p.1383.
5. "Monaco 1952: When sportscars ran in the Monaco Grand Prix | GRR". www.goodwood.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
6. "Motorsport Memorial -". www.motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 2024-01-02.

• Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp. 1381–4. London: Orbis, 1974.