1948 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Date|  5 September 1948
Official name|  XVIII Gran Premio d'Italia
Location|  Valentino Park, Turin, Italy
Course length|  4.801 km (2.983 miles)
Distance|  75 laps, 360.080 km (223.744 miles)
Pole position
Driver|

* Jean-Pierre Wimille

|  Alfa Romeo
Time|  2:16.6
Fastest lap
Driver|  Jean-Pierre Wimille|  Alfa Romeo
Time|  2:22.4
Podium
First|

* Jean-Pierre Wimille

|  Alfa Romeo
Second|

* Luigi Villoresi

|  Maserati
Third|

* Raymond Sommer

|  Ferrari

Motor car race

The 1948 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Valentino Park in Turin, Italy on 5 September 1948. It was won by French driver Jean-Pierre Wimille in an Alfa Romeo 158.

## Classification[edit]

Pos  | Driver  | Constructor  | Laps  | Time/Retired  | Grid

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1  |  Jean-Pierre Wimille | Alfa Romeo 158 | 75  | 3:10:42.4  | 1
2  |  Luigi Villoresi | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 74  | \+ 1 lap  | 3
3  |  Raymond Sommer | Ferrari 125 | 73  | \+ 2 laps  | 4
4  |  Alberto Ascari | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 72  | \+ 3 laps  | 7
5  |  Reg Parnell | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 72  | \+ 3 laps  | 9
6  |  Louis Rosier | Talbot-Lago T26C  | 70  | \+ 5 laps  | 14
7  |  Franco Comotti | Talbot-Lago T26C  | 70  | \+ 5 laps  | 10
8  |  Philippe Étancelin | Talbot-Lago T26C  | 69  | \+ 6 laps  | 16
9  |  Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati 4CL | 67  | \+ 8 laps  | 11
10  |  Eugène Chaboud | Delahaye 135 S  | 67  | \+ 8 laps  | 20
11  |  Leslie Brooke | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 67  | \+ 8 laps  | 18
NC  |  B. Bira | Ferrari 125 | 66  | \+ 9 laps  | 15
Ret  |  Carlo Felice Trossi
Consalvo Sanesi | Alfa Romeo 158 | 53  | Supercharger  | 2
Ret  |  Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari 125 | 51  | Accident  | 6
Ret  |  Consalvo Sanesi | Alfa Romeo 158 | 42  | Accident  | 5
Ret  |  Piero Taruffi | Maserati 4CL | 41  | Valve  | 13
Ret  |  Louis Chiron | Talbot-Lago T26  | 41  | Cylinder head gasket  | 8
Ret  |  Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Simca-Gordini T15  | 40  | Engine  | 19
Ret  |  Franco Cortese | Maserati 4CL | 12  | Engine  | 12
Ret  |  Robert Manzon | Simca-Gordini T15  | 9  | Engine  | 17
DNQ  |  Charles Pozzi | Talbot-Lago T26SS  |  | Did not qualify  |
DNQ  |  Nello Pagani | Maserati 4CL |  | Did not qualify  |
DNQ  |  Juan Jover | Maserati 4CL |  | Did not qualify  |
DNQ  |  Mario Lietti | Talbot-Darracq 700  |  | Did not qualify  |
DNQ  |  Dioscoride Lanza | Maserati 4CL |  | Did not qualify  |
DNQ  |  Richard Ramseyer | Maserati 4CM  |  | Did not qualify  |
DNQ  |  Paco Godia | Maserati 4CL |  | Did not qualify  |
DNQ  |  Lamberto Grolla | Stanguellini |  | Did not qualify  |
DNP  |  John Gordon Bennett | ERA B-Type  |  | Not present  |

## References[edit]

* http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1948/1948.html#italia
* http://www.statsf1.com/en/1948-hc/grand-prix-38.aspx

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