The 1948 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race, held in Monte Carlo on 16 May 1948.
The first event under a new formula, 1½ litres supercharged or 4½ litres naturally aspirated, it featured a motley crowd of marques.Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p.1383. Jean-Pierre Wimille's Simca-Gordini took an early lead, but was overwhelmed by the Maserati 4CLs of Giuseppe Farina and then Luigi Villoresi.Kettlewell, p.1383. Farina would take the win.
The event included a motorcycle race, open to 500cc bikes, for the only time in the Monaco Grand Prix's history. It was marred by the death of British rider Norman Linnecar.
Classification Pos Driver Car Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 Giuseppe Farina Maserati 4CLT 100 3:18:26.9 1 2 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago T26 100 + 35.2 11 3 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CL 98 + 2 laps 7 4 Maurice Trintignant Simca-Gordini 15 98 + 2 laps 13 5 Luigi Villoresi Alberto Ascari Maserati 4CLT 97 + 3 laps 3 6 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago 95 + 5 laps 12 7 Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 135S 88 + 12 laps 19 NC Clemar Bucci Maserati 4CLT 65 + 35 laps 8 Ret Piero Taruffi Cisitalia D.46 64 Fuel tank 4 Ret Nello Pagani Maserati 4CL 64 Gearbox 9 Ret Alberto Ascari Maserati 4CL 61 Oil pump 6 Ret Jean-Pierre Wimille Simca-Gordini T11 60 Engine 2 Ret Prince Igor Troubetzkoy Ferrari 166C 58 Accident 16 Ret Cuth Harrison ERA B-Type 47 Engine 17 Ret Reg Parnell ERA E-Type 22 Oil line 18 Ret Tazio Nuvolari Cisitalia D.46 16 Engine 15 Ret Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago T26 16 Engine 14 Ret Raymond Sommer Simca-Gordini T15 5 Valve 5 Ret 'B.Bira' Simca-Gordini T15 5 Oil 10
References
Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp. 1381–4. London: Orbis, 1974.