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1949 Roussillon Grand Prix
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | GP |
| Grand Prix | Roussillon |
| Date | 8 May |
| Year | 1949 |
| Official name | IV Grand Prix du Roussillon |
| Country | France |
| Location | Circuit des platanes de Perpignan |
| Perpignan, France | |
| Course | Street circuit |
| Course_mi | 1.577 |
| Course_km | 2.538 |
| Distance_laps | 2x50 |
| Distance_mi | 157.704 |
| Distance_km | 253.800 |
| Image | Circuit des platanes Perpignan.JPG |
| Pole_Driver | Prince Bira |
| Pole_Team | Maserati 4CLT/48 |
| Pole_Country | Thailand |
| Pole_Time | 1:27.9 |
| Grid_from_heats | true |
| Fast_Driver | Prince Bira |
| Fast_Team | Maserati 4CLT/48 |
| Fast_Time | 1:27.3 |
| Fast_Country | Thailand |
| First_Driver | Juan Manuel Fangio |
| First_Team | Maserati 4CLT/48 |
| First_Country | Argentina |
| Second_Driver | Prince Bira |
| Second_Team | Maserati 4CLT/48 |
| Second_Country | Thailand |
| Third_Driver | Benedicto Campos |
| Third_Team | Maserati 4CLT/48 |
| Third_Country | Argentina |
Perpignan, France
The 1949 Roussillon Grand Prix (formally the IV Grand Prix du Roussillon) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Circuit des Platanes de Perpignan in Perpignan, France on 8 May 1949. The Grand Prix was raced in two 50 laps sessions, with the final standing given by the addition of the two results.
Entry list
Juan Manuel Fangio is on a two victory in a row (San Remo and Pau) for his first racing season in Europe. Henri Louveau share during the races his Delage 3000 n°22 with Francisco Godia Sales. Eugène Martin wasn't present despite his commitment.
| No | Driver | Entrant | Car | Engine | Chassis | Qual. | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA Raymond Sommer | Equipe Gordini | Simca Gordini T11 | Gordini | 0006GC | 5 | |||||||||||||
| ARG Juan Manuel Fangio | Squadra Argentina | Maserati 4CLT/48 | Maserati 4CL | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| ARG Benedicto Campos | Squadra Argentina | Maserati 4CLT/48 | Maserati 4CL | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| ITA Luigi Villoresi | Scuderia Ambrosiana | Maserati 4CLT/48 | Maserati 4CL | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| THA Prince Bira | Prince Bira | Maserati 4CLT/48 | Maserati 4CL | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| CHE Emmanuel de Graffenried | Scuderia Enrico Platé | Maserati 4CLT/48 | Maserati 4CL | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| ITA Nello Pagani | Scuderia Enrico Platé | Maserati 4CL | Maserati 4CL | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| FRA Maurice Trintignant | Equipe Gordini | Simca Gordini T15 | Gordini | 0011GC | 6 | |||||||||||||
| FRA Robert Manzon | Equipe Gordini | Simca Gordini T11 | Gordini | 0004GC | 7 | |||||||||||||
| FRA *Eugène Martin* | *Eugène Martin* | *Jicey-BMW* | *BMW 328* | *DNA* | ||||||||||||||
| FRA Henri Louveau | ||||||||||||||||||
| ESP Francisco Godia Sales | Henri Louveau | Delage 3000 | Delage D6 | 880004 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| FRA Pierre Levegh | Pierre Bouillin | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot 23CV | 110005 | 10 |
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | THA Prince Bira | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 1.27.9 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | ARG Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 1.29.2 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | ITA Luigi Villoresi | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 1.29.5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | ARG Benedicto Campos | Maserati 4CLT/48 | ? | ||||||||||||
| 2 | FRA Raymond Sommer | Simca Gordini T11 | ? | ||||||||||||
| 16 | FRA Maurice Trintignant | Simca Gordini T15 | 1.31.3 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | FRA Robert Manzon | Simca Gordini T11 | 1.32.6 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | CHE Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 1.32.6 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | ITA Nello Pagani | Maserati 4CL | 1.34.0 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | FRA Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago T26C | 1.35.3 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | FRA Henri Louveau | Delage 3000 | 1.35.5 |
Classification
The heat 1 saw Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Villoresi fight for the first position but the Italian driver entered the pits to repair an oil pump problem. Luigi Villoresi lost 5 laps and Juan Manuel Fangio finished the 50 laps first with 25 seconds ahead of Prince Bira.
In the second heat, Prince Bira took the lead immediately over Juan Manuel Fangio who kept a close gap with the Siam driver. Prince Bira who needed to distance the Argentine attack and realized the fastest lap was 1:27.3 and won Heat 2 with less than a second ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio, Luigi Villoresi finished third.
Juan Manuel Fangio won the Grand Prix. It was his third of four consecutive wins in France. Prince Bira finished second and Argentine Benedicto Campos third. Fangio won his third victory in a row in Grand Prix motor racing.
Heat 1
| Pos | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Ret | |
| 4 | ARG Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 50 | 1:17:06.8 (98.75 km/h) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | THA Prince Bira | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 50 | 1:17:31.9 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | ARG Benedicto Campos | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 49 | +1 lap | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | CHE Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 49 | +1 lap | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | FRA Robert Manzon | Simca Gordini T11 | 49 | +1 lap | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | ITA Nello Pagani | Maserati 4CL | 48 | +2 laps | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | FRA Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago T26C | 46 | +4 laps | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | FRA Maurice Trintignant | Simca Gordini T15 | 45 | +5 laps | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | ITA Luigi Villoresi | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 45 | +5 laps | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | FRA Henri Louveau | Delage 3000 | 44 | +6 laps | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | FRA Raymond Sommer | Simca Gordini T11 | 2 | Crash | 5 |
- Pole position: Prince Bira in 1.27.9
- Fastest lap: Juan Manuel Fangio in 1:29.2 (102.37 km/h).
Heat 2
| Pos | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Ret | |
| 10 | THA Prince Bira | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 50 | 1:16:09.4 (99.36 km/h) | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | ARG Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 50 | 1:16:09.9 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 8 | ITA Luigi Villoresi | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 50 | 1:17:14.1 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 6 | ARG Benedicto Campos | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 49 | +1 lap | 3 | |||||||||||
| 12 | CHE Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 48 | +2 laps | 4 | |||||||||||
| 24 | FRA Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago T26C | 47 | +3 laps | 7 | |||||||||||
| 16 | FRA Maurice Trintignant | Simca Gordini T15 | 46 | +4 laps | 8 | |||||||||||
| 14 | ITA Nello Pagani | Maserati 4CL | 46 | +4 laps | 6 | |||||||||||
| 22 | FRA Henri Louveau | |||||||||||||||
| ESP Francisco Godia Sales | Delage 3000 | 44 | +6 laps | 10 | ||||||||||||
| – | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | FRA Robert Manzon | Simca Gordini T11 | 24 | Ret | 5 |
- Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio (The starting grid of the heat 2 is the order of the standing from the heat 1).
- Fastest lap: Prince Bira in 1:27.3
Aggregate final standing
| Pos | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | nc | nc | |
| 4 | ARG Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 100 | 2.33'16.7 (99.36 km/h) | ||||||||||||
| 10 | THA Prince Bira | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 100* | 2.33'41.3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | ARG Benedicto Campos | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 98 | +2 laps | ||||||||||||
| 12 | CHE Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 97 | +3 laps | ||||||||||||
| 14 | ITA Nello Pagani | Maserati 4CL | 94 | +6 laps | ||||||||||||
| 8 | ITA Luigi Villoresi | Maserati 4CLT/48 | 93 | +7 laps | ||||||||||||
| 24 | FRA Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago T26C | 93 | +7 laps | ||||||||||||
| 16 | FRA Maurice Trintignant | Simca Gordini T15 | 91 | +9 laps | ||||||||||||
| 22 | FRA Henri Louveau | |||||||||||||||
| ESP Francisco Godia Sales | Delage 3000 | 88 | +12 laps | |||||||||||||
| 18 | FRA Robert Manzon | Simca Gordini T11 | 73 | Ret | ||||||||||||
| 2 | FRA Raymond Sommer | Simca Gordini T11 | 2 | Crash |
References
|Previous_year's_race = 1948 Roussillon Grand Prix |Next_year's_race = none
References
- [http://www.jmfangio.org/gp1949roussillon.htm 1949 Francia – IV Grand Prix du Roussillon] ''jmfangio.org''
- [http://f1-images.de/green/nowm/490507.htm 07-05-1949, Grand Prix du Roussillon, Perpignan] ''f1-images.de''
- [http://www.statsf1.com/default.asp?From=/resultat/gphc/gp.asp?idGp=50%26LG=1 1949, Grand Prix du Roussillon] ''statsf1.com''
- [http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1949/49rousil.html Grand Prix du Roussillon] (silhouet.com)
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