The 1948 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Valentino Park in Turin, Italy on 5 September 1948. It was won by French driver Jean-Pierre Wimille in an Alfa Romeo 158.
Classification Pos Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Romeo 158 75 3:10:42.4 1 2 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CLT/48 74 + 1 lap 3 3 Raymond Sommer Ferrari 125 73 + 2 laps 4 4 Alberto Ascari Maserati 4CLT/48 72 + 3 laps 7 5 Reg Parnell Maserati 4CLT/48 72 + 3 laps 9 6 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C 70 + 5 laps 14 7 Franco Comotti Talbot-Lago T26C 70 + 5 laps 10 8 Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago T26C 69 + 6 laps 16 9 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CL 67 + 8 laps 11 10 Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 135 S 67 + 8 laps 20 11 Leslie Brooke Maserati 4CLT/48 67 + 8 laps 18 NC B. Bira Ferrari 125 66 + 9 laps 15 Ret Carlo Felice Trossi Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 158 53 Supercharger 2 Ret Giuseppe Farina Ferrari 125 51 Accident 6 Ret Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 158 42 Accident 5 Ret Piero Taruffi Maserati 4CL 41 Valve 13 Ret Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago T26 41 Cylinder head gasket 8 Ret Yves Giraud-Cabantous Simca-Gordini T15 40 Engine 19 Ret Franco Cortese Maserati 4CL 12 Engine 12 Ret Robert Manzon Simca-Gordini T15 9 Engine 17 DNQ Charles Pozzi Talbot-Lago T26SS Did not qualify DNQ Nello Pagani Maserati 4CL Did not qualify DNQ Juan Jover Maserati 4CL Did not qualify DNQ Mario Lietti Talbot-Darracq 700 Did not qualify DNQ Dioscoride Lanza Maserati 4CL Did not qualify DNQ Richard Ramseyer Maserati 4CM Did not qualify DNQ Paco Godia Maserati 4CL Did not qualify DNQ Lamberto Grolla Stanguellini Did not qualify DNP John Gordon Bennett ERA B-Type Not present
References http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1948/1948.html#italia http://www.statsf1.com/en/1948-hc/grand-prix-38.aspx