1948 Roussillon Grand Prix
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Results from the III Grand Prix du Roussillon held at Circuit des platanes de Perpignan on April 25, 1948 as Formula Two
. The Grand Prix is raced in 40 laps with the best drivers from the two 27 laps heats.
Entrant in italic were not present.
Formula Two
Formula Two, abbreviated to F2, is a type of open wheel formula racing. It was replaced by Formula 3000 in 1985, but the FIA announced in 2008 that Formula Two would return for 2009 in the form of the FIA Formula Two Championship...
. The Grand Prix is raced in 40 laps with the best drivers from the two 27 laps heats.
Entry list
No | Driver | Entrant | Car | Engine | Chassis | Qual. |
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2 | Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre Wimille was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.-Biography:... Amédée Gordini Amédée Gordini Amédée Gordini was an Italian-born race car driver and sports car manufacturer in France.Gordini was born in Bazzano, Province of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. He was a young boy when he became fascinated with automobiles and racing. In his early teens, he worked as a... |
Equipe Gordini Gordini Gordini is a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .Gordini competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956.... |
Simca-Gordini T15/T1430 | Gordini Gordini Gordini is a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .Gordini competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956.... |
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4 | Igor Troubetzkoy Igor Troubetzkoy Prince Igor Nikolayevich Troubetzkoy was the driver of the first Ferrari to ever compete in Grand Prix Motor Racing. He drove a 2-litre Ferrari "Tipo" 166 in Monaco on May 16, 1948. Earlier that year he had won the Targa Florio with the Ferrari 166 Sport Allemano Spyder... |
Equipe Gordini Gordini Gordini is a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .Gordini competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956.... |
Simca-Gordini T11/T1220 | Gordini Gordini Gordini is a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .Gordini competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956.... |
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6 | Maurice Trintignant Maurice Trintignant Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant was a motor racing driver and vintner from France. He competed in the Formula One World Championship for fourteen years, between 1950 and 1964, one of the longest careers in the early years of F1... |
Equipe Gordini Gordini Gordini is a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .Gordini competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956.... |
Simca-Gordini T11/T1430 | Gordini Gordini Gordini is a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .Gordini competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956.... |
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8 | Raymond Sommer Raymond Sommer Raymond Sommer was a Grand Prix motor racing driver.... |
Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
Ferrari 166 SC Ferrari 166 S The Ferrari 166 S was an evolution of Ferrari's 125 S sports race car that became a sports car for the street in the form of the 166 Inter. Only 39 Ferrari 166 S's were produced, soon followed by the production of the 166 Mille Miglia which was made in much larger numbers from 1949 to 1952... |
Ferrari Colombo Ferrari Colombo engine Ferrari's earliest cars used engines designed by Gioacchino Colombo, who had formerly designed Alfa Romeos for Enzo Ferrari. These V12 powerplants ranged from the diminutive 1.5 L unit fitted to the 125S to the 3.3 L unit in the 1966 275.Enzo Ferrari had long admired the V12 engines of... |
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10 | Roger Loyer Roger Loyer Roger Loyer was a motorcycle road racer and racing driver from France. He won the 1937 250cc French motorcycle Grand Prix and the 1938 350cc French motorcycle Grand Prix.... |
Ecurie de Paris | Cisitalia D46 | Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli... |
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12 | Guy Michelet 'Robert' ? |
Ecurie de Paris | Cisitalia D46 | Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli... |
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14 | Eugène Martin Eugène Martin Eugène Martin was a racing driver from France. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 13, 1950. He scored no championship points.... |
Eugène Martin | Frazer Nash Frazer Nash Frazer Nash was a British sports car manufacturer and engineering company founded by Archibald Frazer-Nash in 1922. It produced sports cars incorporating a unique multi-chain transmission before World War II and also imported BMW cars to the UK. After the war it continued producing sports cars with... |
BMW BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands... Martin Spécial |
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16 | René Bonnet René Bonnet René Bonnet was a French driver and automobile constructor.He started building race cars in 1936 with Charles Deutsch and in 1946 they founded Deutsch et Bonnet in Champigny-sur-Marne, using Citroën and Panhard mechanics. They separated in 1961 and René Bonnet founded the firm Automobiles René... |
Ecurie Deutsch et Bonnet DB (car) DB was a French automobile maker between 1938 and 1961, based in Champigny-sur-Marne near Paris. The firm was founded by Charles Deutsch and René Bonnet... |
Deutsch Bonnet | Citroën Citroën Citroën is a major French automobile manufacturer, part of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group.Founded in 1919 by French industrialist André-Gustave Citroën , Citroën was the first mass-production car company outside the USA and pioneered the modern concept of creating a sales and services network that... |
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18 | Harry Schell Harry Schell Harry O'Reilly Schell was an American Grand Prix motor racing driver.-Early life:... |
Ecurie Bleue Harry Schell Harry O'Reilly Schell was an American Grand Prix motor racing driver.-Early life:... |
Todd Spéciale Veritas (Automobile) Veritas was a famous West German post World War II sports and race car company, located in the village of Hausen am Andelsbach, near Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, later at Meßkirch and Muggensturm and moved finally to the Nürburgring.... |
BMW BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands... |
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20 | Federico Parriani | Scuderia Milan Scuderia Milano Scuderia Milano was an Italian motor racing team run by the Ruggeri brothers that raced Maseratis in the early post-war period. They participated in a single Formula One Grand Prix as a constructor in 1950.... |
Cisitalia D46 | Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli... |
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22 | Ernesto Bianchi | Scuderia Milan Scuderia Milano Scuderia Milano was an Italian motor racing team run by the Ruggeri brothers that raced Maseratis in the early post-war period. They participated in a single Formula One Grand Prix as a constructor in 1950.... |
Cisitalia D46 | Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli... |
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24 | Raymond de Saugé | Raymond de Saugé | Cisitalia D46 | Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli... |
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26 | Robert Manzon Robert Manzon Robert Manzon is a former racing driver from France. He was born in Marseille. He participated in 29 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 21, 1950. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 16 championship points... |
Robert Manzon | Cisitalia D46 | Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli... |
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28 | Raoul Martin | Raoul Martin | Simca Simca Simca was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat. It was directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by the Italian Henri Théodore Pigozzi... Martin Spéciale |
Simca Simca Simca was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat. It was directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by the Italian Henri Théodore Pigozzi... |
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30 | Georges Berger Georges Berger Georges Berger was a racing driver who raced a Gordini in his two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix.... Eugène Martin Eugène Martin Eugène Martin was a racing driver from France. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 13, 1950. He scored no championship points.... |
Georges Berger | Jicey 1 | BMW BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands... |
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32 | Mercier ? | Mercier | Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli... Spéciale |
Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli... |
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34 | René Berté | Alain Berté | Berté Spéciale | Opel Opel Adam Opel AG, generally shortened to Opel, is a German automobile company founded by Adam Opel in 1862. Opel has been building automobiles since 1899, and became an Aktiengesellschaft in 1929... |
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36 | Charles Huc | Charles Huc | Simca Simca Simca was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat. It was directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by the Italian Henri Théodore Pigozzi... JR Spéciale |
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38 | Maurice Varet | Maurice Varet | MG | MG | ||
Louis Rosier Louis Rosier Louis Rosier was a racing driver from France.-Career highlights:... |
Ecurie Rosier | Simca Simca Simca was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat. It was directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by the Italian Henri Théodore Pigozzi... JR Spéciale |
Entrant in italic were not present.
Heat 1
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
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1 | 2 | Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre Wimille was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.-Biography:... |
Simca-Gordini T15/T1430 | 27 | 42:55.6 | |
2 | 8 | Raymond Sommer Raymond Sommer Raymond Sommer was a Grand Prix motor racing driver.... |
Ferrari 166 SC Ferrari 166 S The Ferrari 166 S was an evolution of Ferrari's 125 S sports race car that became a sports car for the street in the form of the 166 Inter. Only 39 Ferrari 166 S's were produced, soon followed by the production of the 166 Mille Miglia which was made in much larger numbers from 1949 to 1952... |
27 | 43:18.3 | |
3 | 16 | René Bonnet René Bonnet René Bonnet was a French driver and automobile constructor.He started building race cars in 1936 with Charles Deutsch and in 1946 they founded Deutsch et Bonnet in Champigny-sur-Marne, using Citroën and Panhard mechanics. They separated in 1961 and René Bonnet founded the firm Automobiles René... |
DB - Citroën DB (car) DB was a French automobile maker between 1938 and 1961, based in Champigny-sur-Marne near Paris. The firm was founded by Charles Deutsch and René Bonnet... |
20 | + 7 laps | |
4 | 30 | Georges Berger Georges Berger Georges Berger was a racing driver who raced a Gordini in his two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix.... Eugène Martin Eugène Martin Eugène Martin was a racing driver from France. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 13, 1950. He scored no championship points.... |
Jicey 1 - BMW | 19 | +8 laps | |
5 | 28 | Raoul Martin | Simca Simca Simca was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat. It was directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by the Italian Henri Théodore Pigozzi... Martin Spéciale |
18 | +9 laps | |
Ret | 18 | Harry Schell Harry Schell Harry O'Reilly Schell was an American Grand Prix motor racing driver.-Early life:... |
Todd Spéciale - BMW BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands... |
14 | Overheating | |
Ret | 20 | Federico Parriani | Cisitalia D46 - Fiat | 12 | Valve | |
Ret | 10 | Roger Loyer Roger Loyer Roger Loyer was a motorcycle road racer and racing driver from France. He won the 1937 250cc French motorcycle Grand Prix and the 1938 350cc French motorcycle Grand Prix.... |
Cisitalia D46 - Fiat | 11 | Engine | |
Ret | 32 | Mercier | Jicey 1 - BMW | 5 | ? |
Heat 2
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
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1 | 6 | Maurice Trintignant Maurice Trintignant Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant was a motor racing driver and vintner from France. He competed in the Formula One World Championship for fourteen years, between 1950 and 1964, one of the longest careers in the early years of F1... |
Simca-Gordini T11/T1430 | 27 | 45:01.4 | |
2 | 14 | Eugène Martin Eugène Martin Eugène Martin was a racing driver from France. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 13, 1950. He scored no championship points.... |
Frazer Nash - BMW Frazer Nash Frazer Nash was a British sports car manufacturer and engineering company founded by Archibald Frazer-Nash in 1922. It produced sports cars incorporating a unique multi-chain transmission before World War II and also imported BMW cars to the UK. After the war it continued producing sports cars with... Martin Spl |
27 | 46:18.6 | |
3 | 4 | Igor Troubetzkoy Igor Troubetzkoy Prince Igor Nikolayevich Troubetzkoy was the driver of the first Ferrari to ever compete in Grand Prix Motor Racing. He drove a 2-litre Ferrari "Tipo" 166 in Monaco on May 16, 1948. Earlier that year he had won the Targa Florio with the Ferrari 166 Sport Allemano Spyder... |
Simca-Gordini T11/T1220 | 27 | 46:39.4 | |
4 | 26 | Robert Manzon Robert Manzon Robert Manzon is a former racing driver from France. He was born in Marseille. He participated in 29 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 21, 1950. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 16 championship points... |
Cisitalia D46 - Fiat | 26 | +1 lap | |
5 | 12 | 'Robert' | Cisitalia D46 - Fiat | 24 | +3 laps | |
6 | 36 | Charles Huc | Simca Simca Simca was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat. It was directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by the Italian Henri Théodore Pigozzi... - JR Spéciale |
24 | +3 laps | |
7 | 34 | René Berté | Berté Spéciale - Opel Opel Adam Opel AG, generally shortened to Opel, is a German automobile company founded by Adam Opel in 1862. Opel has been building automobiles since 1899, and became an Aktiengesellschaft in 1929... |
24 | +3 laps | |
Ret | 22 | Ernesto Bianchi | Cisitalia D46 - Fiat | 18 | Valve | |
Ret | 24 | Raymond de Saugé | Cisitalia D46 - Fiat | ? | ? |
Final
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
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1 | 6 | Maurice Trintignant Maurice Trintignant Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant was a motor racing driver and vintner from France. He competed in the Formula One World Championship for fourteen years, between 1950 and 1964, one of the longest careers in the early years of F1... |
Simca-Gordini T11/T1430 | 40 | 1:04:08.8 | |
2 | 26 | Robert Manzon Robert Manzon Robert Manzon is a former racing driver from France. He was born in Marseille. He participated in 29 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 21, 1950. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 16 championship points... |
Cisitalia D46 - Fiat | 39 | +1 lap | |
3 | 8 | Raymond Sommer Raymond Sommer Raymond Sommer was a Grand Prix motor racing driver.... |
Ferrari 166 SC Ferrari 166 S The Ferrari 166 S was an evolution of Ferrari's 125 S sports race car that became a sports car for the street in the form of the 166 Inter. Only 39 Ferrari 166 S's were produced, soon followed by the production of the 166 Mille Miglia which was made in much larger numbers from 1949 to 1952... |
38 | +2 laps | |
4 | 4 | Igor Troubetzkoy Igor Troubetzkoy Prince Igor Nikolayevich Troubetzkoy was the driver of the first Ferrari to ever compete in Grand Prix Motor Racing. He drove a 2-litre Ferrari "Tipo" 166 in Monaco on May 16, 1948. Earlier that year he had won the Targa Florio with the Ferrari 166 Sport Allemano Spyder... |
Simca-Gordini T11/T1220 | 38 | +2 laps | |
5 | 16 | René Bonnet René Bonnet René Bonnet was a French driver and automobile constructor.He started building race cars in 1936 with Charles Deutsch and in 1946 they founded Deutsch et Bonnet in Champigny-sur-Marne, using Citroën and Panhard mechanics. They separated in 1961 and René Bonnet founded the firm Automobiles René... |
DB - Citroën DB (car) DB was a French automobile maker between 1938 and 1961, based in Champigny-sur-Marne near Paris. The firm was founded by Charles Deutsch and René Bonnet... |
36 | +4 laps | |
6 | 36 | Charles Huc | Simca Simca Simca was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat. It was directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by the Italian Henri Théodore Pigozzi... - JR Spéciale |
35 | +5 laps | |
7 | 34 | René Berté | Berté Spéciale - Opel | 30 | +10 laps | |
Ret | 2 | Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre Wimille was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.-Biography:... |
Simca-Gordini T15/T1430 | 30 | Engine | |
Ret | 12 | Guy Michelet | Cisitalia D46 - Fiat | ? | ? | |
Ret | 30 | Georges Berger Georges Berger Georges Berger was a racing driver who raced a Gordini in his two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix.... |
Jicey 1 - BMW | 12 | ? | |
Ret | 14 | Eugène Martin Eugène Martin Eugène Martin was a racing driver from France. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 13, 1950. He scored no championship points.... |
Frazer Nash - BMW Frazer Nash Frazer Nash was a British sports car manufacturer and engineering company founded by Archibald Frazer-Nash in 1922. It produced sports cars incorporating a unique multi-chain transmission before World War II and also imported BMW cars to the UK. After the war it continued producing sports cars with... Martin Spéciale |
10 | Clutch |
- Pole position: ?
- Fastest lap: Maurice TrintignantMaurice TrintignantMaurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant was a motor racing driver and vintner from France. He competed in the Formula One World Championship for fourteen years, between 1950 and 1964, one of the longest careers in the early years of F1...
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