Date | Saturday 2 October 1948 |
Event | British GP |
Circuit | Silverstone |
Event Format | Race of 65 laps |
Championship | Non-championship |
Race number | #15 of 19 in 1948 #79 (of all time) |
Laps | 65 |
Circuit Perimeter | 5915 m |
Race Distance | 5915 × 65 − 25 = 384.450 km |
Grid Format | Unknown |
Pole Position | Unknown |
First Corner | Unknown |
Entries | 26 |
Qualifiers | 5 |
Finishers | 13 |
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),
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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)
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Milestones | Maserati – 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)
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