1949 BRDC International Trophy

The first BRDC International Trophy meeting, formally titled the Daily Express International Trophy, was held on 20 August 1949 at the Silverstone Circuit, England.[1] It was the first race meeting to only use the former airfield's perimeter roadways, rather than the main runways. The event was held over two heats of 20 laps and one final of 30 laps of the Grand Prix circuit. The final was won by Italian Alberto Ascari, who would go on to win the World Championship of Drivers twice. In addition to the main Formula One-regulation competition, the meeting also contained events for 500 cc racing cars and production cars.[2] The race meeting was attended by over 100,000 people, but was marred by the death of St. John Horsfall in an accident on the 13th lap of the final race.[3]

1949 BRDC International Trophy
Race details
Date 20 August 1949
Official name Daily Express International Trophy
Location Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.649 km (2.889 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Maserati
Time 1:56.0 (Heat 1)
1:55.0 (Heat 2)
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
Ferrari
Third
Ferrari

Results

Final
PosDriverChassisTime/Retired
1 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 125 59:42.6
2 Giuseppe Farina Ferrari 125 + 1.8 s
3 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 125 + 36.4 s
4 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CLT + 36.4 s
5 Peter Walker ERA E-type + 1:24.2
6 B. Bira Maserati 4CLT + 2:15.8
7 Bob Gerard ERA B-type + 1 lap
8 Fred Ashmore Maserati 4CLT + 1 lap
9 Cuth Harrison ERA B-type + 2 laps
10 Tony Rolt Alfa Romeo Aitken + 2 laps
11 David Hampshire ERA C-type + 2 laps
12 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago T26C + 3 laps
13 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T26C + 3 laps
14 Gordon Watson Alta 69 + 3 laps
15 Joe Fry Maserati 4CL + 3 laps
16 George Nixon ERA A-type + 3 laps
17 Roy Salvadori Maserati 4CL + 3 laps
18 David Murray Maserati 4CL + 4 laps
19 Joe Kelly Maserati 6CM + 4 laps
20 Geoffrey Crossley Alta GP + 4 laps
21 Geoff Richardson RRA + 9 laps
Ret St John Horsfall ERA B-type Fatal accident

Heats
Heat 1
PosDriverTime/Retired
1 B. Bira 39:00.2
2 Alberto Ascari + 0.8 s
3 Reg Parnell + 43.8 s
4 Bob Gerard +1:56.2
5 Cuth Harrison + 1 lap
6 St John Horsfall + 1 lap
7 Philippe Étancelin + 1 lap
8 Joe Fry + 2 laps
9 Johnny Claes + 2 laps
10 David Murray + 2 laps
11 Anthony Baring + 2 laps
12 Geoffrey Crossley + 2 laps
13 Richard Habershon + 3 laps
14 Brian Shawe-Taylor + 9 laps
Ret Peter Whitehead valve
Ret Duncan Hamilton oil pipe
Ret Graham Whitehead ?
Ret Michael Chorlton oil pipe
 Heat 2
PosDriverTime/Retired
1 Giuseppe Farina 39:44.4
2 Luigi Villoresi + 5.2 s
3 Emmanuel de Graffenried + 27.6 s
4 Peter Walker +1:44.8
5 Roy Salvadori + 1 lap
6 Tony Rolt + 1 lap
7 Fred Ashmore + 1 lap
8 David Hampshire + 1 lap
9 Pierre Levegh + 1 lap
10 Geoff Richardson + 2 laps
11 Gordon Watson + 2 laps
12 George Nixon + 2 laps
13 Joe Kelly + 2 laps
14 Geoff Ansell + 2 laps
Ret Leslie Brooke ?
Ret John Gordon Oil pump
Ret Louis Chiron Cylinder head gasket
DNS Raymond Mays

References

Citations
  1. "Motor Racing Gala at Silverstone". The Motor. 96 (2485): 3–4. 1949.
  2. "Racing at Silverstone". The Austin Magazine. 22: 624–625. July 1949.
  3. "In the World of Sport: Athletics, Car Racing, Golf and Angling". The Illustrated London News. 215 (5750–5762). August 27, 1949. p. 304.

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