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The 1948 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race, held in Monte Carlo on 16 May 1948. The first event under a new formula, 1½ litres supercharged or 4½ litres naturally aspirated, it featured a motley crowd of marques.
PosDriverCarLaps1Maserati 4CLT1002Talbot-Lago T261003Maserati 4CL984Simca-Gordini 1598- 16 May 1948
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The 1948 Monaco Grand Prix was a non-championship Grand Prix motor race, held in Monte Carlo on 16 May 1948. The first event under a new formula, 1½ litres supercharged or 4½ litres naturally aspirated, it featured a motley crowd of marques. Giuseppe Farina would take the win, after early leader...
The 1948 Grand Prix season was the third post-war year for Grand Prix racing. It was the second season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing, though some of that season's Grand Prix still used other formulas.
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The 1948 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race, held in Monte Carlo on 16 May 1948.
The first event under a new formula, 1½ litres supercharged or 4½ litres naturally aspirated, it featured a motley crowd of marques. Jean-Pierre Wimille's 1,430 cc (90 cu in) Simca-Gordini took an early lead, but was overwhelmed by the Maserati 4CLs of Giuseppe Farina and then Luigi Villoresi. Farina would take the win.
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2.Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p.1383.
•Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp.1381-4. London: Orbis, 1974.
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10th GrandPrix - 1948. May 16th - 100 laps of 3.180 km - 318 km. Practice: The first race after WWII. Despite the eleven year break, average speeds are 4 km/h down on the pre-war record. The new rules state that engine capacity should be no greater than 1.5 litres supercharged or 4.5 litres atmospheric.
1948 Monaco Grand Prix: Prelude to a Championship By Jeremy McMullen The streets of Monaco would host its first ever grand prix in 1929. The first edition of the race would be an immediate hit with drivers and spectators alike, and therefore, would only grow from then on.
