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1948 Italian GP

1948 British GP

1948 Salon GP
1949 British GP
 I  British Grand Prix

Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race ClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Details
DateSaturday 2 October 1948
Event British GP
Circuit Silverstone
Event FormatRace of 65 laps
ChampionshipNon-championship
Race number#15 of 19 in 1948
#79 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps65
Circuit Perimeter5915 m
Race Distance5915 × 65 − 25 = 384.450 km
Grid FormatUnknown
Pole PositionUnknown
First CornerUnknown
Participants
Entries26
Qualifiers5
Finishers13
Debutants
Bob Gerard (Driver),
Cuth Harrison (Driver),
Duncan Hamilton (Driver),
Franco Comotti (Driver),
Geoff Richardson (Driver),
Geoffrey Ansell (Driver),
George Bainbridge (Driver),
George Nixon (Driver),
Gordon Watson (Driver),
John Bolster (Driver),
Leslie Johnson (Driver),
Luigi Villoresi (Driver),
Peter Bell (Driver),
Peter Walker (Driver),
   Raymond Mays (Driver),
Robert Ansell (Driver),
Roy Salvadori (Driver),
Sam Gilbey (Driver),
Tony Rolt (Driver),
Riley (Engine Manufacturer),
Alfa Romeo 3.4 L (Car Model),
ERA (Car Model),
ERA A (Car Model),
ERA D (Car Model),
ERA E (Car Model),
Talbot-Lago T26C (Car Model),
British GP (Event),
Silverstone (Circuit)
MilestonesMaserati – 1st Fastest Lap (Engine Manufacturer)
Maserati – 1st Win (Engine Manufacturer)
Talbot-Lago – 1st Pole Position (Engine Manufacturer)
 Talbot-Lago – 1st Pole Position (Car Manufacturer)
 Luigi Villoresi – 1st Fastest Lap (Driver)
 Luigi Villoresi – 1st Win (Driver)
 Maserati – 1st Fastest Lap (Car Manufacturer)
 Maserati – 1st Win (Car Manufacturer)
 Louis Chiron – 1st Pole Position (Driver)

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberUnknownUnknownUnknown
Entrant---
Driver Luigi Villoresi Louis Chiron Luigi Villoresi
Car Maserati 4CLT/48 Talbot-Lago T26C Maserati 4CLT/48
EngineMaseratiTalbot-LagoMaserati
Time3:18'03.02'56.02'52.0
Speed116.471 km/h120.989 km/h123.802 km/h