1948 San Remo Grand Prix Explained

The 1948 San Remo Grand Prix was a non-Championship Voiturette motor race held on 27 June 1948 at the Autodromo di Ospedaletti, in Sanremo, Liguria, Italy. It was the 8th race of the 1948 Grand Prix season. The race, contested over 85 laps, was won by Alberto Ascari in a Maserati 4CLT/48, starting from pole position. Luigi Villoresi finished second also in a Maserati 4CLT/48 and Clemar Bucci third, driving a Maserati 4CL 1502.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	34	Alberto Ascari	Maserati	85	2:57:08.2	1
2	18	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	84	+ 1 Lap	N/A
3	N/A	Clemar Bucci	Maserati	83	+ 2 Laps	N/A
4	26	Raymond Sommer	Ferrari	82	+ 3 Laps	N/A
5	N/A	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	81	+ 4 Laps	N/A
6	22	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago	80	+ 5 Laps	N/A
7	28	B. Bira	Maserati	80	+ 5 Laps	N/A
8	N/A	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago	79	+ 6 Laps	N/A
9	40	Eugene Chaboud	Delahaye	78	+ 7 Laps	N/A
10	N/A	Rudi Fischer	Simca-Gordini	78	+ 7 Laps	N/A
Ret	30	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	34	NC	N/A
Ret	6	Giuseppe Farina	Maserati	27	Mechanical	N/A
Ret	N/A	Luigi Plate	Talbot-Lago	14	Accident	N/A
Ret	N/A	Chico Landi	Maserati	9	Suspension	N/A
Ret	N/A	Franco Comotti	Talbot-Lago	8	NC	N/A
Ret	N/A	Luigi Fagioli	Talbot-Lago	1	Mechanical	N/A

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from:

• Web site: Ospedaletti Circuit blog . 2014-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110119114127/http://www.marinadiospedaletti.it/gran-premio-1948 . 2011-01-19 . dead ., or
• Web site: 1948 Non-World Championship Grands Prix . 2014-03-02.

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