1949 Lausanne Grand Prix

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type = GP

|Country = SUI

|Image = 1947-1949Lousanne.jpg

|Grand Prix = Lausanne Grand Prix

|GP_Suffix =

|Official name = Lausanne Grand Prix

|Location = Lausanne

|Date = 27 August

|Year = 1949

|Course =

|Course_length = {{convert|3.252|km|mi|abbr=on}}

|Distance_laps = 90

|Distance_length= {{convert|292.67|km|mi|abbr=on}}

|Weather =

|Pole_Driver = Giuseppe Farina

|Pole_Country = ITA

|Pole_Team = Maserati

|Pole_Time = 1:42.4

|Fast_Driver =

|Fast_Team =

|Fast_Time =

|Fast_Country =

|First_Driver = Giuseppe Farina

|First_Country = ITA

|First_Team = Maserati

|Second_Driver = Alberto Ascari

|Second_Country = ITA

|Second_Team = Ferrari

|Third_Driver = Emmanuel de Graffenried

|Third_Country = CH

|Third_Team = 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.{{cite web|title=1949 Grands Prix|url=http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1949/49laus.html|accessdate=2022-08-10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/f1/results/1949/lausanne/|title=Lausanne Grand Prix|accessdate=2022-08-10}}

Classification

=Race=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"

!Pos

!No

!Driver

!Entrant

!Manufacturer

!Time/Retired

!Grid

1

| 10

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Farina

| G. Farina

| Maserati 4CLT/48

| 2:44:27.2, 105.91kph

| 1

2

| 14

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alberto Ascari

| Scuderia Ferrari

| Ferrari 125

| +20.8s

| 2

3

| 26

| {{flagicon|CH}} Emmanuel de Graffenried

| Scuderia Enrico Platé

| Maserati 4CLT/48

| +3 laps

| 5

4

| 38

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Cortese

| Scuderia Ferrari

| Ferrari 166

| +3 laps

| 15

5

| 4

| {{flagicon|MON}} Louis Chiron

| Ecurie France

| Talbot-Lago T26C

| +4 laps

| 9

6

| 12

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luigi Villoresi

| Scuderia Ferrari

| Ferrari 125

| +5 laps

| 3

7

| 8

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Johnny Claes

| Ecurie Belge

| Talbot-Lago T26C

| +6 laps

| 12

8

| 30

| {{flagicon|CH}} Toni Branca

| A. Branca

| Maserati 4CL

| +10 laps

| 13

9

| 20

| {{flagicon|GBR}} David Murray
{{flagicon|GBR}} Roy Parnell

| D.A. Hampshire

| ERA B-Type

| +12 laps

| 14

10

| 22

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Whitehead

| P.N. Whitehead

| Ferrari 125

| +12 laps

| 7

Ret.

| 24

| {{flagicon|Siam}} B. Bira

| Scuderia Enrico Platé

| Maserati 4CLT/48

| 69 laps, fuel tank

| 4

Ret.

| 2

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Raymond Sommer

| G. Bianchetti

| Ferrari 166

| 48 laps, overheating

| 8

Ret.

| 6

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Étancelin

| Philippe Étancelin

| Talbot-Lago T26C

| 34 laps, spin

| 6

Ret.

| 28

| {{flagicon|CH}} Frankie Séchehaye

| Scuderia Enrico Platé

| Maserati 4CL

| 24 laps, spin

| 16

Ret.

| 16

| {{flagicon|GBR}} David Hampshire

| Reg Parnell

| Maserati 4CLT/48

| 14 laps, magneto

| 10

Ret.

| 36

| {{flagicon|GER}} Hans Stuck

| H. Stuck

| AFM-BMW 328

| 6 laps, fuel feed

| 11

DNQ

| 32

| {{flagicon|CH}} Max Christen

| M. Christen

| Suiza-Maserati

|

|

DNQ

| 34

| {{flagicon|CH}} Ernest Ramseyer

| Ecurie Geneve

| Maserati 4CM

|

|

References

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{{F1 NC race report

| Name_of_race = Lausanne Grand Prix

| Year_of_race = 1949

| Previous_race_in_season = 1949 BRDC International Trophy

| Next_race_in_season = 1949 Goodwood Trophy

| Previous_year's_race = 1947 Lausanne Grand Prix

| Next_year's_race = —

}}

Lausanne Grand Prix