1949 Lausanne Grand Prix

1949 Lausanne Grand Prix
Race details
Date	27 August 1949
Official name	Lausanne Grand Prix
Location	Lausanne
Course length	3.252 km (2.021 mi)
Distance	90 laps, 292.67 km (181.86 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Giuseppe Farina	Maserati
Time	1:42.4
Podium
First	Giuseppe Farina	Maserati
Second	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Third	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati

The 1949 Lausanne Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula One motor race held in Lausanne on 28 August 1949. The race was held over 90 laps and was won from pole position by Giuseppe Farina in a Maserati 4CLT/48. Alberto Ascari in a Ferrari 125 was second and Emmanuel de Graffenried in another Maserati was third.

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid
1	10	Giuseppe Farina	G. Farina	Maserati 4CLT/48	2:44:27.2, 105.91kph	1
2	14	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 125	+20.8s	2
3	26	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Scuderia Enrico Platé	Maserati 4CLT/48	+3 laps	5
4	38	Franco Cortese	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 166	+3 laps	15
5	4	Louis Chiron	Ecurie France	Talbot-Lago T26C	+4 laps	9
6	12	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 125	+5 laps	3
7	8	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago T26C	+6 laps	12
8	30	Toni Branca	A. Branca	Maserati 4CL	+10 laps	13
9	20	David Murray Roy Parnell	D.A. Hampshire	ERA B-Type	+12 laps	14
10	22	Peter Whitehead	P.N. Whitehead	Ferrari 125	+12 laps	7
Ret.	24	B. Bira	Scuderia Enrico Platé	Maserati 4CLT/48	69 laps, fuel tank	4
Ret.	2	Raymond Sommer	G. Bianchetti	Ferrari 166	48 laps, overheating	8
Ret.	6	Philippe Étancelin	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago T26C	34 laps, spin	6
Ret.	28	Frankie Séchehaye	Scuderia Enrico Platé	Maserati 4CL	24 laps, spin	16
Ret.	16	David Hampshire	Reg Parnell	Maserati 4CLT/48	14 laps, magneto	10
Ret.	36	Hans Stuck	H. Stuck	AFM-BMW 328	6 laps, fuel feed	11
DNQ	32	Max Christen	M. Christen	Suiza-Maserati
DNQ	34	Ernest Ramseyer	Ecurie Geneve	Maserati 4CM