1949 San Remo Grand Prix

The 1949 San Remo Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at San Remo on 3 April 1949. The race, held over two heats, was won by Juan Manuel Fangio.

1949 San Remo Grand Prix
Race details
Date	3 April 1949
Official name	IV Gran Premio di San Remo
Location	San Remo, Italy
Course	Ospedaletti
Course length	3.380 km (2.100 miles)
Distance	90 laps, 304.200 km (189.021 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Fastest lap
Driver	B. Bira	Maserati
Time	1:56.0
Podium
First	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Second	B. Bira	Maserati
Third	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati

Entries

No	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine
4	Ludwig Fischer	Private	Simca-Gordini	Simca-Gordini T11	Gordini L4
6	Louis Rosier	Private	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot L6
8	Pierre Levegh	Private	Talbot-Lago	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot L6
10	Bruno Sterzi	Private	Ferrari	Ferrari 166SC	Ferrari V12
12	Giovanni Bracco	Private	Ferrari	Ferrari 166C	Ferrari V12
14	Peter Whitehead	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 125	Ferrari V12s
16	Discoride Lanza	Scuderia Dimiex	Maserati	Maserati 4CL	Maserati L4s
18	Juan Manuel Fangio	Automóvil Club Argentino	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati L4s
20	Nello Pagani	Scuderia Enrico Platé	Maserati	Maserati 4CL	Maserati L4s
22	Louis Chiron	Automóvil Club Argentino	Simca-Gordini	Simca-Gordini T15	Gordini L4
24	Raymond Sommer	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 125	Ferrari V12s
26	Frank Séchehaye	Scuderia Enrico Platé	Maserati	Maserati 4CL	Maserati L4s
28	B. Bira	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati L4s
30	Toulo de Graffenried	Enrico Platé	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati L4s
32	Piero Carini	Private	Maserati	Maserati A6GCS	Maserati L6
34	Benedicto Campos	Automóvil Club Argentino	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati L4s
36	Fred Ashmore	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati L4s
40	Eugène Chaboud	Scuderia Dimiex	Maserati	Maserati 4CL	Maserati L4s
42	Felice Bonetto	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 166C	Ferrari V12
44	Ferdinando Righetti	Private	Ferrari	Ferrari 166SC	Ferrari V12
48	Roberto Vallone	Scuderia Lazio	Ferrari	Ferrari 166 Inter	Ferrari V12
52	Emilio Romano	Private	Maserati	Maserati A6GCS	Maserati L6

Classification

First heat

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	18	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	45	1:31:33.4	2
2	28	B. Bira	Maserati	45	+ 9.6	1
3	30	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	45	+ 59.4	4
4	42	Felice Bonetto	Ferrari	45	+ 1:00.6	8
5	34	Benedicto Campos	Maserati	44	+ 1 Lap	5
6	14	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	44	+ 1 Lap	10
7	12	Giovanni Bracco	Ferrari	44	+ 1 Lap	15
8	10	Bruno Sterzi	Ferrari	43	+ 2 Laps	19
9	32	Piero Carini	Maserati	42	+ 3 Laps	18
10	8	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	41	+ 4 Laps	21
11	48	Roberto Vallone	Ferrari	41	+ 4 Laps	12
Ret	40	Eugène Chaboud	Maserati	38	?	17
Ret	24	Raymond Sommer	Ferrari	37	Cylinder head gasket	3
Ret	36	Fred Ashmore	Maserati	34	Gearbox	14
Ret	16	Discoride Lanza	Maserati	25	accident	11
Ret	6	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	25	Accident	13
Ret	26	Frank Séchehaye	Maserati	23	Gear box	22
Ret	52	Emilio Romano	Maserati	19	Valve	20
Ret	20	Nello Pagani	Maserati	15	Valve	9
Ret	4	Ludwig Fischer	Simca-Gordini	10	Engine	6
Ret	44	Ferdinando Righetti	Ferrari	10	Cylinder head gasket	7
Ret	22	Louis Chiron	Simca-Gordini	9	Accident	16

Second heat

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	18	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	45	1:29:55.2	1
2	28	B. Bira	Maserati	45	+ 25.8	2
3	34	Benedicto Campos	Maserati	45	+ 1:46.2	5
4	30	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	45	+ 2:22.0	3
5	42	Felice Bonetto	Ferrari	44	+ 1 Lap	4
6	48	Roberto Vallone	Ferrari	42	+ 3 Laps	11
7	32	Piero Carini	Maserati	42	+ 3 Laps	9
8	12	Giovanni Bracco	Ferrari	41	+ 4 Laps	7
9	26	Frank Séchehaye	Maserati	40	+ 5 Laps	15
Ret	40	Eugène Chaboud	Maserati	31	?	12
Ret	8	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	15	?	10
Ret	16	Discoride Lanza	Maserati	7	?	14
Ret	14	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	6	?	6
DNS	24	Raymond Sommer	Ferrari			13
DNS	10	Bruno Sterzi	Ferrari			8

Aggregate

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired
1	18	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	90	3:01:28.6
2	28	B. Bira	Maserati	90	+ 35.4
3	30	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	89	+ 1 Lap
4	34	Benedicto Campos	Maserati	89	+ 1 Lap
5	42	Felice Bonetto	Ferrari	88	+ 2 Laps
6	12	Giovanni Bracco	Ferrari	85	+ 5 Laps
7	32	Piero Carini	Maserati	84	+ 6 Laps
8	48	Roberto Vallone	Ferrari	83	+ 7 Laps
9	40	Eugène Chaboud	Maserati	69	+ 21 Laps
10	26	Frank Séchehaye	Maserati	63	+ 27 Laps
Ret	8	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	56	?
Ret	14	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	50	?
Ret	10	Bruno Sterzi	Ferrari	43	?
Ret	24	Raymond Sommer	Ferrari	37	Cylinder head gasket
Ret	36	Fred Ashmore	Maserati	34	Gearbox
Ret	16	Discoride Lanza	Maserati	32	?
Ret	6	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	25	Accident
Ret	52	Emilio Romano	Maserati	19	Valve
Ret	20	Nello Pagani	Maserati	15	Valve
Ret	4	Ludwig Fischer	Simca-Gordini	10	Engine
Ret	44	Ferdinando Righetti	Ferrari	10	Cylinder head gasket
Ret	22	Louis Chiron	Simca-Gordini	9	Accident