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Czechoslovakian Grand Prix

Brno, 25 Sep 1949

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 125 [10C] - s/c V12
#14 P N Whitehead (see note 1)
20 2h 48'41.0
78.68 mph
2 Philippe Étancelin Talbot T26C [110 008] 6
#3 P Étancelin (see note 2)
20 2h 49'16.6
3 Franco Cortese (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 166C [06C] - V12
#15 Scuderia Ferrari
20 2h 53'30.4
4 Pierre Bouillin ("Levegh") Talbot T26C [110 005] 6
#2 P "Levegh" (see note 3)
19
5 Henri Louveau Maserati 4CL [1580] - s/c 4
#8 Scuderia Milan
19
6 Johnny Claes Talbot T26C [110 011] 6
#1 Écurie Belge (see note 4)
19
7 Piero Carini (F2) 2-litre Maserati A6GCS [2010] 6
#6 P Carini
18
8 Louis Rosier Talbot T26C [110 001] 6
#4 Écurie Rosier (see note 5)
18
9 Bruno Sojka (4.5 F1) 2-litre Tatraplan Sport T602 - Tatra
#22 B Sojka
18
10 Jaroslav Vl?ek Magda II - Fiat s/c 4
#26 J Vlcek
17
11 Frantisek Dobry (F2) 2-litre Frazer-Nash [421 100 004] - Bristol 6
#27 F Dobry
17
R David Murray Maserati 4CLT-48 [1593] - s/c 4
#11 R Parnell (see note 6)
11 out of fuel
R Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CLT-48 [1601] - s/c 4
#9 Enrico Plate (see note 7)
10 engine
R Louis Chiron Maserati 4CLT-48 [1606] - s/c 4
#7 Officine Alfieri Maserati (see note 8)
10 clutch
R "B Bira" Maserati 4CLT-48 [1598] - s/c 4
#10 Enrico Plate (see note 9)
1 accident
R Reg Parnell Maserati 4CLT-48 [1596] - s/c 4
#12 R Parnell (see note 10)
0 accident
R Giuseppe Farina Maserati 4CLT-48 [1602] - s/c 4
#5 G Farina (see note 11)
0 accident
R Maurice Trintignant (F2) 1.4-litre Simca-Gordini T15 4
#17 Équipe Gordini
accident
R Robert Manzon (F2) 1.4-litre Simca-Gordini T15 4
#18 Équipe Gordini
bearings
R Zdanek Treybal (F2) 1.4-litre Simca-Gordini T15 4
#19 Équipe Gordini
engine
R Antonín Komár (F2) 1.1-litre Cisitalia D46 - Fiat 4
#24 A Komár

R Vladimir Formanek (F2) 1.1-litre Cisitalia D46 - Fiat 4
#23 V Formanek

DNS Karel Vlasin J K Mono - Lancia Aprilia s/c V4
#28 K Vlasin
Did not start
(engine)
DNS Aldo Gordini (F2) 1.4-litre Simca-Gordini T15 4
#41 Équipe Gordini
Did not start
DNSC Václav Uher Maserati 6CM [1545] - s/c 6
#25 V Uher
Did not start (crashed)
DNA Luigi Chinetti Ferrari 125 - s/c V12
#16 Scuderia Ferrari
Did not arrive
DNA Marc Versini (4.5 F1) 3-litre Delage D6-3LS [880005] 6
#20 M Versini (see note 12)
Did not arrive
DNA Jirí Pohl (4.5 F1) 1.1-litre MG K3 [K3026] 6
#21 J Pohl
Did not arrive

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

Qualifying
1 "B Bira" (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CLT-48 [1598] - Maserati s/c 4
2 Giuseppe Farina (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CLT-48 [1602] - Maserati s/c 4
3 Emmanuel de Graffenried (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CLT-48 [1601] - Maserati s/c 4
4 Louis Chiron (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CLT-48 [1606] - Maserati s/c 4
5 Philippe Étancelin (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 008] - Talbot 6
6 Robert Manzon (F2) 1.4-litre Simca-Gordini T15 - Simca-Gordini 4
7 Reg Parnell (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CLT-48 [1596] - Maserati s/c 4
8 Peter Whitehead (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Ferrari 125 [10C] - Ferrari s/c V12
9 Maurice Trintignant (F2) 1.4-litre Simca-Gordini T15 - Simca-Gordini 4
10 Zdanek Treybal (F2) 1.4-litre Simca-Gordini T15 - Simca-Gordini 4
11 Louis Rosier (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 001] - Talbot 6
12 Johnny Claes (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 011] - Talbot 6
13 Pierre Bouillin ("Levegh") (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 005] - Talbot 6
14 Piero Carini (F2) 2-litre Maserati A6GCS [2010] - Maserati 6
15 Aldo Gordini * (F2) 1.4-litre Simca-Gordini T15 - Simca-Gordini 4
16 David Murray (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CLT-48 [1593] - Maserati s/c 4
17 Franco Cortese (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 166C [06C] - Ferrari V12
18 Bruno Sojka (4.5 F1) 2-litre Tatraplan Sport T602 - Tatra
19 Jaroslav Vl?ek (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Magda II - Fiat s/c 4
20 Frantisek Dobry (F2) 2-litre Frazer-Nash [421 100 004] - Bristol 6
21 Antonín Komár (F2) 1.1-litre Cisitalia D46 - Fiat 4
23 Vladimir Formanek (F2) 1.1-litre Cisitalia D46 - Fiat 4
24 Henri Louveau (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CL [1580] - Maserati s/c 4
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Ferrari 125 [10C] (Peter Whitehead): Peter Whitehead bought 10C new for 1949 and used it through 1949 and 1950 before buying a newer ex-works 125. This car was raced by Dobson in 1951 and later sold to David Murray. Whitehead later bought a 1949/50 LWB Tipo 125 renumbered 0114; it is this latter car that spent many years in the Donington Collection.
  2. Talbot T26C [110 008] (Philippe Étancelin): Talbot-Lago T26C chassis '110 008' was Philippe Etancelin's car in 1948 and then passed to Jean Achard November 1950. Achard moved to Brazil, taking the car, and sold it there to Pinheiro Pires who raced it in Brazil from 1951 to 1954. Remains to UK via Colin Crabbe in the 1980s and then via other UK owners to Tony Bianchi c1999. Has been raced in historics up to 2005.
  3. Talbot T26C [110 005] (Pierre Bouillin ("Levegh")): Talbot-Lago T26C chassis '110 005' was raced by 'Levegh' from 1948 to 1951 and by Grignard once in 1951. Retained by the works until it was sold to Otto Zipper in the US in 1957. Then to the Briggs Cunningham museum via two other US owners to Tony Wang 1988.
  4. Talbot T26C [110 011] (Johnny Claes): Talbot-Lago T26C chassis '110 011' was Johnny Claes car in 1948-50 and then sold to Duncan Hamilton (and Fotheringham-Parker) and raced 1951-53. Stored in France until 1955 when Hamilton sold it to Allan Freeman in New Zealand who raced it through to 1961. It was bought by Joe Hepworth in 1963 and returned to England; then via other UK and French owners until sold to Bernie Ecclestone 1996. Retained 2002.
  5. Talbot T26C [110 001] (Louis Rosier): Talbot-Lago T26C chassis '110 001' was raced by Louis Rosier from 1948 to 1950 and then under the Ecurie Rosier banner by Pozzi in 1950; by Henri Louveau and Louis Chiron in 1951; and by Giraud-Cabantous, Chaboud and Mairesse in 1952. It was acquired by the Musée Henri Malatre at Rochetaillé, France, in 1956 and was still on display in 1990.
  6. Maserati 4CLT-48 [1593] (David Murray): Shown in Maserati records as Alberto Ascari's early 1948 car. To Reg Parnell 1949 for Fred Ashmore then raced in 1950 by David Hampshire and others as part of Scuderia Ambrosiana. Then David Murray's car for 1951. Crashed in practice at the Nürburgring for the 1951 German GP and not seen again.
  7. Maserati 4CLT-48 [1601] (Emmanuel de Graffenried): To Enrico Platé for 1949 (dated 7 Mar 1949 in Maserati records) and driven by Emmanuel de Graffenried. Continued as de Graffenried's well-used car through 1950 and 1951. Probably one of two cars extensively rebuilt as Plate-Maseratis for 1952. Probably raced by Ottorino Volonterio in F2 in 1953. Sold with the sister car (probably 1598) by de Graffenried to 20th Century Fox for film work then sold again via Tom Carstens (Tacoma, WA). Subsequent history unknown.
  8. Maserati 4CLT-48 [1606] (Louis Chiron): Shown in Maserati records as going to Louis Chiron in Monte Carlo 21 Sep 1949. Raced by Chiron through 1950 then to Toni Branca for 1951 and then de Walckiers (who entered Steve Watson and Pilette) for 1952. Reappeared Italy 1960s then via chain of Italian, Belgian, Swiss, German and French owners to 1998. Owned by Bernie Ecclestone from 1998.
  9. Maserati 4CLT-48 [1598] ("B Bira"): Maserati records show this car going to 'B. Bira' 23 Sep 1948. Bira raced 1948 British GP, 1949 Argentine Temporada and 1949 European season. Retained 1950 being used as Platé team car from Pescara. Raced by Harry Schell for Enrico Platé in 1951 then becoming one of two cars extensively rebuilt as Platé-Maseratis for 1952. Probably raced by Giovanni de Riu in F2 in 1953. Then sold via de Graffenried to 20th Century Fox for film work and then acquired by Tom Carstens (Tacoma, WA). Subsequent history unknown.
  10. Maserati 4CLT-48 [1596] (Reg Parnell): Maserati records list this as Reg Parnell's car dated 14 Sep 1948. Raced by Parnell from 1949 to 1951, under the Scuderia Ambrosiana banner in 1950 and 1951, also by Hampshire in 1951. Sold or leased to Bobby Baird mid-1951 and then sometime after 1952 sold to Count Johnny Lurani. Lurani sold it in 1955 to Pat Hoare in New Zealand where it raced until the mid-1960s and then spent many years in the Queenstown Motor Museum. It was sold in 1982 and returned to Europe in 1989. Sold at auction a number of times in the late 1980s and 1990s. Owned by Max Lustenberger (Switzerland) from 1999. Retained 2004.
  11. Maserati 4CLT-48 [1602] (Giuseppe Farina): Maserati records show this car going to Nino Farina on 15 Jun 1949. Raced by Farina in 1949 and used as a spare car in 1950 Argentine Temporada series. Note that the 1602 chassis plate appears to have been used on 1609.
  12. Delage D6-3LS [880005] (Marc Versini): Appeared as an Ecurie Gersac entry for Varet at Montlhéry June 1947. Then to Marc Versini, mainly for sportscar races, 1948-51, but also in GP du Salon 1948 and 1949, GP de Paris 1949 and 1950. This car, which wore registration 9779-RP2, was later dismantled after Versini had legal problems.

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.