Jump to content

1947 British Empire Trophy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1947 British Empire Trophy
Race details
Date 21 August 1947
Official name IX British Empire Trophy
Location Douglas Circuit, Isle of Man
Course Temporary road circuit
Course length 6.244 kilometres (3.880 miles)
Distance 40 laps, 249.588 kilometres (155.087 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Time 3:16
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Bob Gerard ERA
Time 3:18
Podium
First ERA
Second ERA
Third Maserati

The 9th British Empire Trophy was a Formula One motor race held on 21 August 1947 at the Douglas Circuit, in Douglas, Isle of Man. The 40 lap race was won by Bob Gerard in an ERA B-Type, setting fastest lap in the process. Peter Whitehead finished second in another B-Type, and Bob Ansell was third in a Maserati 4CL. B. Bira started from pole position in his Maserati 4CL and finished fifth.[1][2]

Results

[edit]
Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1 22 United Kingdom Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard ERA B-Type 2:16:52, 109.46kph 5
2 32 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Peter Whitehead ERA B-Type +1:43 2
3 36 United Kingdom Bob Ansell Bob Ansell Maserati 4CL +1 lap 7
4 20 United Kingdom Leslie Brooke English Racing Automobiles ERA E-Type +2 laps 9
5 34 Thailand B. Bira Prince Chula Maserati 4CL +2 laps 1
6 16 United Kingdom Brian Shawe-Taylor
United Kingdom George Bainbridge
Bob Ansell ERA B-Type +2 laps 8
7 12 United Kingdom Barry Woodall Barry Woodall Delage 15S8 +4 laps 11
8 46 United Kingdom Sheila Darbishire S.B. Reece Riley +8 laps 14
9 24 United Kingdom Cuth Harrison Cuth Harrison ERA B-Type +12 laps 6
Ret 48 United Kingdom Tony Rolt Tony Rolt Alfa Romeo Tipo B 24 laps, oil pressure 4
Ret 14 United Kingdom George Abecassis George Abecassis ERA A-Type 21 laps, accident 3
Ret 10 United Kingdom David Hampshire Reg Parnell Challenger-Delage 21 laps, magneto 13
Ret 2 United Kingdom Geoffrey Crossley Geoffrey Crossley Alta 18 laps, piston 12
Ret 38 United Kingdom Guy Jason-Henry J.S. Gordon Maserati 6C-1500 8 laps, out of fuel 15
Ret 50 United Kingdom Leslie Johnson Leslie Johnson Talbot 150C 0 laps, fire 10
DNS 8 United Kingdom Michael Chorlton Michael Chorlton Bugatti Type 51A

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "1947 British Empire Trophy". Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  2. ^ "1947 Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-10-19.
[edit]
Previous race:
1947 Montevideo Grand Prix
Formula One non-championship races
1947 season
Next race:
1947 Mar del Plata Grand Prix
Previous race:
1946 British Empire Trophy
British Empire Trophy Next race:
1948 British Empire Trophy