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1948 Garda Grand Prix

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1948 Garda Grand Prix
Race details
Date 24 October 1948
Official name Circuito del Garda
Location Circuito del Garda, Salò, Italy
Course Temporary road circuit
Course length 16.37 km (10.17 mi)
Distance 18 laps, 294.71 km (183.12 mi)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 8:05.8
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Giuseppe Farina Ferrari
Time 8:09.4
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Maserati

The 1948 Circuito del Garda was a motor race for Formula One cars held at Circuito del Garda, Salò on 24 October 1948. Giuseppe Farina won the race in a Ferrari 125, the first Grand Prix win for a purpose-built single-seater Ferrari. Farina also qualified on pole position and set fastest lap. Bruno Sterzi was second in a privately entered Ferrari 166 S and Luigi Villoresi third in a Maserati 4CLT/48.[1][2][3]

Result

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Pos No Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1 6 Italy Giuseppe Farina Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 125 2:30:49.8, 117.24kph 1
2 34 Italy Bruno Sterzi Bruno Sterzi Ferrari 166 S +2:34.2 2
3 20 Italy Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 4CLT/48 +2:38.2 3
4 2 Italy Soave Besana Comte Soave Besana Ferrari 166 S +3:27.4
5 10 France Eugène Chaboud Ecurie France Talbot-Lago T26C +6:00.2
6 14 Italy Ferdinando Righetti
Italy Clemente Biondetti
Ferdinando Righetti Ferrari 166 S +8:28.2
7 4 France Pierre Levegh Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T26C +1 lap
8 22 France Igor Troubetzkoy Igor Troubetzkoy Ferrari 166C +2 laps
9 8 United Kingdom Cuth Harrison Cuth Harrison ERA B-Type +10 laps
Ret 38 Italy Giampiero Bianchetti Giampiero Bianchetti Ferrari 166SC
Ret 48 Italy Ugo Bornioli Ugo Bornioli Cisitalia D46-Fiat
Ret 24 Italy Federico Pariani Federico Pariani Cisitalia D46-Fiat
Ret 18 Italy Giovanni Bracco Giovanni Bracco Ferrari 166C 4
Ret 28 Italy Emilio Romano Emilio Romano Maserati A6GCS
30 France Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 15
16 Italy Clemente Biondetti Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 166SC

References

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  1. ^ "1948 Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  2. ^ "1948 Garda Grand Prix". Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  3. ^ "Circuito di Garda". Retrieved 2022-09-27.


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