The 18th Grand Prix des Frontières was a Formula One motor race held on 5 June 1949 at the Chimay Street Circuit in Chimay, Belgium. The Grand Prix was won by Guy Mairesse in a Talbot-Lago T26C, setting fastest lap also. Lance Macklin finished second in a Maserati 6CM and Johnny Claes was third in another T26C.
Classification
Race Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired 1 22 Guy Mairesse Ecurie France Talbot-Lago T26C 1:10:10.0, 138.95 kph 2 12 Lance Macklin L. Macklin Maserati 6CM +3:37.0 3 4 Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago T26C +4:38.0 4 14 Pierre Meyrat Ecurie Letitia Talbot Spéciale +4:38.2 5 37 "Raph" Ecurie Mundia Course Delahaye 135 +2 laps Ret. 16 Charles Pozzi Ecurie Letitia Talbot Spéciale 6 laps Ret. 2 Havaux Havaux Bugatti Type 49B 2 laps DNS 8 Arthur Legat A. Legat Maserati 6CM DNS 30 Paul Demesse A. Legat Bugatti Type 37A DNA 6 Horace Ripley H.J. Ripley Talbot Driver ill DNA 18 Alexandre Constantin A. Constantin Maserati 8C DNA 20 Pat Garland P.A.T. Garland Talbot-Lago T26C DNA 24 Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C DNA 26 Henri Louveau Ecurie Rosier Talbot Spéciale DNA 29 Alexander Orley A. Orley Veritas-BMW 328
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