The 1949 Monte Carlo Rally was the 19th Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo, the first since the end of the Second World War. It was won by Jean Trévoux. W.M. Couper's lightly used Bentley Mark VI won the Grand Prix d'Honneur in the Comfort Competition.
Results
Pos. No. Driver Car Notes 1 36 Jean Trévoux Hotchkiss 686 GS 2 38 Maurice Worms Hotchkiss 686 GS 3 68 František Dobry Bristol 400 4 126 Leonard Potter Allard L 3.6 5 42 Ken Wharton Ford 3.6 L 6 49 Paul Vallée Delahaye 135 MS 7 22 Jean Laroche Salmson S4 E 8 30 Alan Godsal Allard L 3.6 9 177 Manuel Giró i Minguella Ford V8 10 159 Salvador Fabregas Bas Talbot 4L 11 128 Godfrey Imhof Allard 3.9 12 129 Countess von Limburg Stirum Ford V8 13 66 Louis Rosier Renault 4CV 14 10 T. C. Wise Jowett Javelin 15 75 Berger Citroën 11 16 142 Jean Sandt Citroën 11 17 85 Norma Simca 8 18 88 Boulard Citroën 11 19 154 Maurice Gatsonides Hillman Minx 20 12 Hall Lagonda 4.5. L 21 205 M. J. Palma Ford V8 22 131 R. Smith Jowett Javelin 23 86 Louis Chiron Austin 16 24 56 Sydney Allard Allard L 3.6 25 3 Taulelle Talbot 2.7 L 26 60 Mike Couper Bentley Mark VI 27 50 Brugairolles Citroën 15/6 28 158 S. Kohout/J. Světlík Tatra 87 29 4 Peraud Renault 4CV 30 63 Dufour Delahaye 135 31 7 Henry Senn Simca 8 32 11 M. Allison Lancia Dilambda 8 33 206 Simão/Chalskelman Mercury 3.9 L 34 125 P. R. Monkhouse Sunbeam-Talbot Ten 35 37 Finigan Standard Vanguard 36 152 Fowler Healey 2.4 L 37 140 Harper Vauxhall Velox 38 113 Verner Hansson Studebaker Champion 39 220 François Landon/Ferdinand Auriach Renault 4CV 40 172 Marcel Becquart/Henri Secret Hotchkiss 686 41 124 Nick Haines Sunbeam-Talbot Ten 42 184 Maurice Wick Allard M1 JYT950 43 153 G. Goedhard G. Volkswagen Typ 11 (1131cc) 44 74 Pierre Laureys/R. Oury Renault 4CV 45 150 Hugo Reichmann Bentley Mark VI 46 130 L. Feitz Chrysler New Yorker 47 135 Elsie Mary Wisdom-Gleed/Betty Haig Morris Minor MM #1, Coupe des Dames 48 83 Marc Angelvin/Nicole Angelvin Simca 6 49 123 George Hartwell Sunbeam-Talbot Ten 50 72 Leopold Lancman/Miloslav Šipek Aero-Minor 51 6 Bernard Denis/A. Funel Hotchkiss 864 52 121 Greta Molander/Helga Åhrberg Dodge Kingsway #2, Coupe des Dames 53 207 Manuel Nunes dos Santos/Jaime Rodrigues Oldsmobile 54 108 G. Erikson Dodge Kingsway 55 1 Roger Montabert/Henri Peignaux Delahaye 135 56 103 Iwan Hartley Simca 8
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