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Erlen, 22 May 1949

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CL [1585] - s/c 4
#2 Enrico Plate (see note 1)
50 1h 19m 29.8s
65.55 mph
2 Ernest Ramseyer Maserati 4CM [1528] - s/c 4
#12 Écurie Genève
48
3 Frankie Séchehaye Maserati 4CL [1587] - s/c 4
#4 Enrico Plate
48
4 Louis Noverraz (F2) 1.1-litre Cisitalia D46 - Fiat 4
#22 Écurie Helvetica-Course
46
5 Humbert Joly (F2) 1.1-litre Cisitalia D46 - Fiat 4
#16 H Joly
46
6 Max de Terra (F2) 1.1-litre Cisitalia D46 - Fiat 4
#18 W Wüst
45
7 Max Christen Maserati 4CL [1573] - s/c 4
#6 M Christen
43
8 Toni Branca Maserati 4CL [1582] - s/c 4
#8 A Branca (see note 2)
16
R Charles Reimann Maserati 4CL [1564] - s/c 4
#10 A Branca
2 piston
R Claude Bernheim (F2) 1.1-litre Cisitalia D46 - Fiat 4
#20 Écurie Helvetica-Course
2 differential
DNS André Canonica (F2) 1.1-litre Cisitalia D46 - Fiat 4
#22 Écurie Helvetica-Course
Did not start

All cars are 1.5-litre s/c F1 or 4.5-litre F1 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Emmanuel de Graffenried (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CL [1585] - Maserati s/c 4 1'36.7
2 Toni Branca (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CL [1582] - Maserati s/c 4 1'39.2
3 Charles Reimann (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CL [1564] - Maserati s/c 4 1'43.9
4 Frankie Séchehaye (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CL [1587] - Maserati s/c 4 1'44.7
5 Ernest Ramseyer (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CM [1528] - Maserati s/c 4 1'49.4
6 Max Christen (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CL [1573] - Maserati s/c 4 1'57.6
7 Max de Terra (F2) 1.1-litre Cisitalia D46 - Fiat 4 1'41.0
8 Humbert Joly (F2) 1.1-litre Cisitalia D46 - Fiat 4 1'42.5
9 Louis Noverraz (F2) 1.1-litre Cisitalia D46 - Fiat 4 1'52.3
10 Claude Bernheim (F2) 1.1-litre Cisitalia D46 - Fiat 4 2'02.5

Notes on the cars:

  1. Maserati 4CL [1585] (Emmanuel de Graffenried): Delivered on 30 Apr 1947 to Enrico Plate's team and driven by a variety of drivers from 1947 to 1949, including Emmanuel de Graffenried. Sold to Joe Fry for 1950, but passed after Fry's death in July 1950 to Duncan Hamilton and Philip Fotheringham-Parker who campaigned it in British races until then of the F1 formula in 1951. Campaigned widely in UK historic racing events by several British owners until passing to the current owner, Oliver Maierhofer (Germany) On display at Tubingen Motor Museum in 2007.
  2. Maserati 4CL [1582] (Toni Branca): Delivered 31 July 1946 to Guido Barbieri from Reggio Emilia, and raced in the 1946 Turin and Milan GPs. It is possible that the chassis was then used by Barbieri in his 1.5 litre Maserati 6C Sports Special, which first appeared in October 1946. The car reappeared in normal 4CL form in 1949 in the hands of Swiss Anton Branca, who raced it throughout 1949 and 1950. The car then passed through a variety of Swiss owners’ hands, at one stage fitted with a Ford V8 engine, before being campaigned in historic racing by Dan Margulies for more than 20 years, and being owned most recently by Klaus Edel and then Oliver Maierhofer. The car was for sale in early 2007.

Formula 1 events 1948-1953

The results published here were compiled by David McKinney and Adam Ferrington from a range of sources including Autocourse, Motor Sport and Autosport, as well as the F1 Register's A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing Volume 5 covering 1950 and 1951. Individual car identities were then meticulously checked against their enormous libraries of books and photographs, notably Talbot-Lago de Course by Pierre Abeillon, Les Gordini by Robert Jarraud, Gordini – Un Sorcier, Une Equipe by Christian Huet and The History of English Racing Automobiles by David Weguelin.

David has also contributed extensively from his notes on car identities compiled over 40 years of research, Michael Müller has contributed immaculately researched histories of all the 1948-1950 Ferrari 125s, and Doug Nye, both through his books and his personal assistance on HWM, has also been of great help.

Please note that since David's sad death in 2014, Adam and Allen have agreed that these pages will remain unaltered from now on, as a lasting testimony to David's expertise.