1948 Albi Grand Prix

GP FRA Albi Albi track.jpg Circuit des Planques 29 August 1948 X Grand Prix de l'Albigeois Albi, France Circuit Les Planques 8.880 km mi on 34 301.94 km mi on Luigi Villoresi Maserati 3:14.2 ITA Luigi Villoresi Maserati 3:10.1 ITA Luigi Villoresi Maserati ITA Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago FRA Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago FRA The 10th Grand Prix de l'Albigeois was a Formula One motor race held on 29 August 1948 at Les Planques circuit in Albi in the Tarn department of France. The race was held over two heats of 17 laps, with the winner being decided by aggregate time. The winner was Luigi Villoresi in a Maserati 4CLT/48; he also set fastest qualifying time, set fastest lap and won both heats by a comfortable margin. His aggregate time was over 1 minute and 40 seconds ahead of second placed Philippe Étancelin in a Talbot-Lago T26C. Louis Rosier was third in another T26C.https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1948-albi-grand-prix/ 1948 Albi Grand Prix 2022-09-25http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1948/1948.html#albi 1948 Grands Prix 2022-09-25 Results Qualifying Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time 1 10 ITA Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 4CLT/48 3:14.2 2 24 FRA Philippe Étancelin Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago T26C 3:20.2 3 14 GBR Leslie Brooke Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 4CLT/48 3:21.3 4 4 FRA Yves Giraud-Cabantous Ecurie France Talbot-Lago T26C 3:21.5 5 30 FRA "Raph" Ecurie Mundia Course Talbot-Lago T26C 3:21.8 6 2 MON Louis Chiron Ecurie France Talbot-Lago T26C 3:22.4 7 32 ITA Gianfranco Comotti Gianfranco Comotti Talbot-Lago T26C 3:24.1 8 8 FRA Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C 3:28.5 9 36 ITA Nello Pagani Enrico Plate Maserati 4CL 3:29.5 10 22 SPA Salvador Fabregas Scuderia Auto Spagnola Maserati 4CL 3:30.7 11 48 FRA Igor Troubetzkoy Scuderia Inter Ferrari 166 3:31.8 12 38 FRA Pierre Levegh Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T26C 3:32.0 13 50 ITA Ferdinando Righetti Scuderia Inter Ferrari 166 3:32.8 14 28 GBR Bobbie Baird Bobbie Baird Emeryson-Duesenberg 3:36.3 15 26 FRA Henri Louveau Ecurie Geneve Maserati 4CM 3:36.3 16 42 FRA Charles Pozzi Ecurie Lutetia Talbot-Lago T26C 3:37.8 17 18 SPA Juan Jover Scuderia Auto Spagnola Maserati 4CL 3:39.4 18 40 FRA Eugene Chaboud Ecurie Lutetia Delahaye 135S 3:43.2 19 34 CH Emmanuel de Graffenried Enrico Plate Maserati 4CL 3:44.2 20 46 FRA Pierre Meyrat Pierre Meyrat Delahaye 135S 3:44.6 21 12 Siam B. Bira Prince Chula Maserati 4CL 3:45.3 22 20 SPA Paco Godia Scuderia Auto Spagnola Maserati 4CL 3:52.5 23 44 CH Antonio Branca Antonio Branca Maserati 4CL 4:08.3 Aggregate result Pos. No. Driver Car Time 1 8 ITA Luigi Villoresi Maserati 1:52:57.9 2 24 FRA Philippe Étancelin Maserati +2:39.0 3 8 FRA Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago +1 lap 4 50 ITA Nando Righetti Ferrari +2 laps 5 40 FRA Eugène Chaboud Delahaye +3 laps 6 20 FRA Francesco Godia Maserati +4 laps 7 32 ITA Gianfranco Comotti Talbot-Lago +4 laps 8 46 FRA Pierre Meyrat Delahaye +4 laps 9 38 FRA Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago +5 laps 10 2 MON Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago +7 laps 11 10 GBR Leslie Brooke Maserati +8 laps 12 26 FRA Henri Louveau Maserati +8 laps Ret. 30 FRA "Raph" Talbot-Lago 24 laps, accident Ret. 42 FRA Charles Pozzi Talbot-Lago 19 laps Ret. 48 FRA Igor Troubetzkoy Ferrari 17 laps, accident Ret. 34 CH Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 16 laps Ret. 12 Siam B. Bira Maserati 11 laps, piston Ret. 44 CH Antonio Branca Maserati 10 laps Ret. 22 ESP Salvador Fabregas Maserati 9 laps, suspension Ret. 28 GBR Bobbie Baird Emeryson-Duesenberg 2 laps, magneto Ret. 4 FRA Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago 1 lap, gearbox Ret. 18 ESP Juan Jover Maserati 0 laps Ret. 36 ITA Nello Pagani Maserati 0 laps, oil pipe References Albi Grand Prix 1948 1948 Comminges Grand Prix 1948 British Grand Prix 1947 Albi Grand Prix 1949 Albi Grand Prix Albi Grand Prix Albi Category:Motorsport in France