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Grand Prix de Pau

Pau, 18 Apr 1949

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 4CLT-48 [1599] - s/c 4
#4 Automovil Club Argentino (see note 1)
110 3h 35'11.9
52.77 mph
2 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CLT-48 [1601] - s/c 4
#12 Enrico Plate (see note 2)
110 3h 36'28.0
3 Benedicto Campos Maserati 4CLT-48 [1600] - s/c 4
#6 Automovil Club Argentino (see note 3)
109
4 Louis Chiron,
Guy Mairesse
Talbot T26C [110 007] 6
#20 Écurie France (see note 4)
108
5 Maurice Trintignant (F2) 1.4-litre Simca-Gordini T15 [0011-GC] 4
#16 Équipe Gordini (see note 5)
107
6 Yves Giraud-Cabantous,
Georges Grignard
Talbot T26C [110 006] 6
#28 G Grignard (see note 6)
91
R Louis Rosier,
Eugène Chaboud
Talbot T26C [110 001] 6
#24 Écurie Rosier (see note 7)
108 engine
R Robert Manzon (F2) 1.4-litre Simca-Gordini T15 [0008-GC] 4
#18 Équipe Gordini (see note 8)
98 mechanical
R Nello Pagani Maserati 4CL [1585] - s/c 4
#14 Enrico Plate (see note 9)
46 starter motor
R Harry Schell Talbot T26 [MD90130] 6
#26 Horschell Racing Corporation
23 piston
R Charles Pozzi Talbot Spéciale [90203] 6
#10 Écurie Lutetia
23 overheating
R Pierre Bouillin ("Levegh") Talbot T26C [110 005] 6
#30 P "Levegh" (see note 10)
27 overheating
R Guy Mairesse Talbot T26C [110 002] 6
#22 Écurie France (see note 11)
9 oil-pipe
R Philippe Étancelin Talbot T26C [110 008] 6
#2 P Étancelin (see note 12)
8 shock absorbers
R Eugène Chaboud Maserati 4CL [1588] - s/c 4
#8 Écurie Dimiex
4 engine
DNS Louis Chiron Talbot T26C [110 002] 6
#22 Écurie France (see note 13)
Did not start
DNA "Raph" (4.5 F1) 3.6-litre Delahaye 135 [46094] 6
#28 Écurie Mundia Course
Did not arrive
DNA José Scaron (F2) 1.4-litre Simca-Gordini T15 [0006-GC] 4
Équipe Gordini (see note 14)
Did not arrive

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

Qualifying
1 Juan Manuel Fangio (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CLT-48 [1599] - Maserati s/c 4 1'47.3
2 Emmanuel de Graffenried (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CLT-48 [1601] - Maserati s/c 4 1'48.6
3 Benedicto Campos (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CLT-48 [1600] - Maserati s/c 4 1'49.3
4 Nello Pagani (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CL [1585] - Maserati s/c 4 1'51.1
5 Philippe Étancelin (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 008] - Talbot 6 1'51.3
6 Louis Chiron (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 007] - Talbot 6 1'51.2
7 Louis Rosier (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 001] - Talbot 6 1'51.2
8 Eugène Chaboud (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CL [1588] - Maserati s/c 4 1'51.8
9 Pierre Bouillin ("Levegh") (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 005] - Talbot 6 1'53.7
10 Yves Giraud-Cabantous (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 006] - Talbot 6 1'57.8
11 Harry Schell (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26 [MD90130] - Talbot 6 1'59.2
12 Charles Pozzi (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot Spéciale [90203] - Talbot 6 2'00.1
13 Maurice Trintignant (F2) 1.4-litre Simca-Gordini T15 [0011-GC] - Simca-Gordini 4 2'01.8
14 Guy Mairesse (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 002] - Talbot 6 2'01.8
14 Louis Chiron * (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 002] - Talbot 6 2'01.8
15 Robert Manzon (F2) 1.4-litre Simca-Gordini T15 [0008-GC] - Simca-Gordini 4 2'24.6
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Maserati 4CLT-48 [1599] (Juan Manuel Fangio): Built in 1949 for Automovil Club Argentina and under the ACA's "Scuderia Achille Varzi" banner raced by Fangio and others. Raced occasionally in Europe 1950 by Fangio then to South America 1950-52 for various ACA drivers. A car with this number discovered in Argentina in 2002. Owned by Daniel Sielecki (Argentina) 2002.
  2. 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.
  3. Maserati 4CLT-48 [1600] (Benedicto Campos): Built in 1949 for Automovil Club Argentina and raced by under the ACA's "Scuderia Achille Varzi" banner Malusardi and Benedicto Campos. Raced in 1950 by Jose Froilan Gonzalez and then 1950-52 by other ACA drivers in South America. Reportedly to Venezuela then via US, Japanese and further US owners to 1996. Owned by Jean-Louis Duret from 1996. Retained 2000.
  4. Talbot T26C [110 007] (Louis Chiron, Guy Mairesse): Talbot-Lago T26C chassis '110 007' was Paul Vallee's Ecurie France car driven by Chiron 1948-49 and Apezteguia in 1950. To Tom Hawkes in Australia in 1951. From him it passed to Doug Whiteford, Rex Taylor and then a string of Australian, UK (including a loan period in the Donington Collection), Swiss, US and French owners to Bernie Ecclestone's collection in 1997. Retained 2002.
  5. Simca-Gordini T15 [0011-GC] (Maurice Trintignant): Works car 1949-53, driven by Pollet 1951-53, Simon 1951, and Behra, Bira and Schell 1952. Converted to T15S sports as chassis 16S in 1952. Subsequent history unknown.
  6. Talbot T26C [110 006] (Yves Giraud-Cabantous, Georges Grignard): Talbot-Lago T26C chassis '110 006' was raced by Georges Grignard in 1948, by Giraud-Cabantous in 1949, Pozzi and Levegh in 1950 and by Jean Blanc in one 1951 hillclimb. Then to Ecurie Belgique in 1951 and retained to 1952. Reappeared in US ownership in 1964 and then via two further US owners to Dean Butler in 1998. Retained 2003. This car was on display at the 2006 Brussels Retro Festival honouring Ecurie Francorchamps.
  7. Talbot T26C [110 001] (Louis Rosier, Eugène Chaboud): 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.
  8. Simca-Gordini T15 [0008-GC] (Robert Manzon): Works car 1948-50, raced by Simon and Manzon 1950, then Graf Schönborn 1951-52. Acquired by Chris Renwick (UK) 1971 and in Donington Collection 1973-94. Raced in historic events by John Foster 1994-99.
  9. Maserati 4CL [1585] (Nello Pagani): 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Talbot T26C [110 002] (Guy Mairesse): Talbot-Lago T26C chassis '110 002' was raced by 'Raph' and Eugene Chaboud in 1948 and Paul Vallee and Guy Mairesse in 1950. Owned by Mairesse 1950-51; also raced by Giraud-Cabantous 1950; by Jean Blanc and Levegh 1952; and by Etancelin in 1953. In late 1953, Vallee sold the car to Doug Whiteford in Australia to replace his existing chassis '110 007'. Whiteford was surprised to discover that he'd bought an earlier model and it was 1955 before the car raced in Australia. It was sold to Ralph Snodgrass in 1956 but crashed badly at Mt Druitt in 1957. Snodgrass retained the car until 1980 when it was sold to Reg Hunt who restored it for historic events. Retained by Hunt until sold to Ron Towney in 2006.
  12. 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.
  13. Talbot T26C [110 002] (Louis Chiron): Talbot-Lago T26C chassis '110 002' was raced by 'Raph' and Eugene Chaboud in 1948 and Paul Vallee and Guy Mairesse in 1950. Owned by Mairesse 1950-51; also raced by Giraud-Cabantous 1950; by Jean Blanc and Levegh 1952; and by Etancelin in 1953. In late 1953, Vallee sold the car to Doug Whiteford in Australia to replace his existing chassis '110 007'. Whiteford was surprised to discover that he'd bought an earlier model and it was 1955 before the car raced in Australia. It was sold to Ralph Snodgrass in 1956 but crashed badly at Mt Druitt in 1957. Snodgrass retained the car until 1980 when it was sold to Reg Hunt who restored it for historic events. Retained by Hunt until sold to Ron Towney in 2006.
  14. Simca-Gordini T15 [0006-GC] (José Scaron): Works car 1947 until early 1952, when rebuilt as sportscar 0039. According to Nye raced by Gilberte Thiron with 1100 engine 1952. Raced with 1500 engine 1953. To Schlumpf Collection and still in Musée Nationale 1994.

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.