The 10th Grand Prix de l'Albigeois was a Formula One motor race held on 29 August 1948 at Les Planques circuit in Albi in the Tarn department of France. The race was held over two heats of 17 laps, with the winner being decided by aggregate time.
The winner was Luigi Villoresi in a Maserati 4CLT/48; he also set fastest qualifying time, set fastest lap and won both heats by a comfortable margin. His aggregate time was over 1 minute and 40 seconds ahead of second placed Philippe Étancelin in a Talbot-Lago T26C. Louis Rosier was third in another T26C.
Results Qualifying Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time 1 10 Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 4CLT/48 3:14.2 2 24 Philippe Étancelin Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago T26C 3:20.2 3 14 Leslie Brooke Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 4CLT/48 3:21.3 4 4 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Ecurie France Talbot-Lago T26C 3:21.5 5 30 "Raph" Ecurie Mundia Course Talbot-Lago T26C 3:21.8 6 2 Louis Chiron Ecurie France Talbot-Lago T26C 3:22.4 7 32 Gianfranco Comotti Gianfranco Comotti Talbot-Lago T26C 3:24.1 8 8 Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C 3:28.5 9 36 Nello Pagani Enrico Plate Maserati 4CL 3:29.5 10 22 Salvador Fabregas Scuderia Auto Spagnola Maserati 4CL 3:30.7 11 48 Igor Troubetzkoy Scuderia Inter Ferrari 166 3:31.8 12 38 Pierre Levegh Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T26C 3:32.0 13 50 Ferdinando Righetti Scuderia Inter Ferrari 166 3:32.8 14 28 Bobbie Baird Bobbie Baird Emeryson-Duesenberg 3:36.3 15 26 Henri Louveau Ecurie Geneve Maserati 4CM 3:36.3 16 42 Charles Pozzi Ecurie Lutetia Talbot-Lago T26C 3:37.8 17 18 Juan Jover Scuderia Auto Spagnola Maserati 4CL 3:39.4 18 40 Eugene Chaboud Ecurie Lutetia Delahaye 135S 3:43.2 19 34 Emmanuel de Graffenried Enrico Plate Maserati 4CL 3:44.2 20 46 Pierre Meyrat Pierre Meyrat Delahaye 135S 3:44.6 21 12 B. Bira Prince Chula Maserati 4CL 3:45.3 22 20 Paco Godia Scuderia Auto Spagnola Maserati 4CL 3:52.5 23 44 Antonio Branca Antonio Branca Maserati 4CL 4:08.3
Aggregate result Pos. No. Driver Car Time 1 8 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 1:52:57.9 2 24 Philippe Étancelin Maserati +2:39.0 3 8 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago +1 lap 4 50 Nando Righetti Ferrari +2 laps 5 40 Eugène Chaboud Delahaye +3 laps 6 20 Francesco Godia Maserati +4 laps 7 32 Gianfranco Comotti Talbot-Lago +4 laps 8 46 Pierre Meyrat Delahaye +4 laps 9 38 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago +5 laps 10 2 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago +7 laps 11 10 Leslie Brooke Maserati +8 laps 12 26 Henri Louveau Maserati +8 laps Ret. 30 "Raph" Talbot-Lago 24 laps, accident Ret. 42 Charles Pozzi Talbot-Lago 19 laps Ret. 48 Igor Troubetzkoy Ferrari 17 laps, accident Ret. 34 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 16 laps Ret. 12 B. Bira Maserati 11 laps, piston Ret. 44 Antonio Branca Maserati 10 laps Ret. 22 Salvador Fabregas Maserati 9 laps, suspension Ret. 28 Bobbie Baird Emeryson-Duesenberg 2 laps, magneto Ret. 4 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago 1 lap, gearbox Ret. 18 Juan Jover Maserati 0 laps Ret. 36 Nello Pagani Maserati 0 laps, oil pipe
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