The I Velká cena Československa was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Masaryk Circuit on 25 September 1949. The race was won by Peter Whitehead driving a Ferrari 125. Czechoslovak driver Václav Uher died in crash during practice. Giuseppe Farina crashed into spectators in the first lap of the race and killed two of them. Tatraplan of Bruno Sojka was in streamlined configuration. This was the last Grand Prix before the rise of the Formula One World Championship.
Race
Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 14 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 125 20 2:48:41.0 8 2 3 Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago T26C 20 +35.6 5 3 15 Franco Cortese Ferrari 166 C 20 + 4:49.4 17 4 2 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T26C 19 + 1 Lap 13 5 8 Henri Louveau Maserati 4CL 19 + 1 Lap 23 6 1 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago T26C 19 + 1 Lap 12 7 6 Piero Carini Maserati A6GCS 18 + 2 Laps 14 8 4 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C 18 + 2 Laps 11 9 22 Bruno Sojka Tatra 602 18 + 2 Laps 18 10 26 Jaroslav Vlček Magda II-Fiat 17 + 3 Laps 20 11 27 František Dobrý Frazer Nash-Bristol 17 + 3 Laps 19 Ret 9 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CLT/48 13 Engine 3 Ret 11 David Murray Maserati 4CLT/48 13 Engine 16 Ret 17 Maurice Trintignant Simca-Gordini T15 9 Accident 9 Ret 7 Louis Chiron Maserati 4CLT/48 8 Gearbox 4 Ret 24 Antonín Komár Cisitalia D46-Fiat 6 Differential 21 Ret 18 Robert Manzon Simca-Gordini T15 4 Valve 6 Ret 10 B. Bira Maserati 4CLT/48 3 Accident 1 Ret 19 Zdeněk Trejbal Simca-Gordini T15 2 Engine 10 Ret 23 Vladimír Formánek Cisitalia D46-Fiat 1 Engine 22 Ret 12 Reg Parnell Maserati 4CLT/48 1 Accident 7 Ret 5 Giuseppe Farina Maserati 4CLT/48 1 Accident 2 DNS 41 Aldo Gordini Simca-Gordini T15 0 Did not start 15 DNS 25 Václav Uher Maserati 6CM - Fatal practice accident - DNS 28 Karel Vlašín Mono JK-Lancia - Collision with truck in practice - DNA 16 Luigi Chinetti Ferrari 125 - Did not arrive - DNA 20 Marc Versini Delage D6-3LS - Did not arrive - DNA 21 Jiří Pohl MG K3 - Did not arrive -
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