The 1948 Circuito del Garda was a motor race for Formula One cars held at Circuito del Garda, Salò on 24 October 1948. Giuseppe Farina won the race in a Ferrari 125, the first Grand Prix win for a purpose-built single-seater Ferrari. Farina also qualified on pole position and set fastest lap. Bruno Sterzi was second in a privately entered Ferrari 166 S and Luigi Villoresi third in a Maserati 4CLT/48.
Result Pos No Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 6 Giuseppe Farina Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 125 2:30:49.8, 117.24kph 1 2 34 Bruno Sterzi Bruno Sterzi Ferrari 166 S +2:34.2 2 3 20 Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 4CLT/48 +2:38.2 3 4 2 Soave Besana Comte Soave Besana Ferrari 166 S +3:27.4 5 10 Eugène Chaboud Ecurie France Talbot-Lago T26C +6:00.2 6 14 Ferdinando Righetti Clemente Biondetti Ferdinando Righetti Ferrari 166 S +8:28.2 7 4 Pierre Levegh Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T26C +1 lap 8 22 Igor Troubetzkoy Igor Troubetzkoy Ferrari 166C +2 laps 9 8 Cuth Harrison Cuth Harrison ERA B-Type +10 laps Ret 38 Giampiero Bianchetti Giampiero Bianchetti Ferrari 166SC Ret 48 Ugo Bornioli Ugo Bornioli Cisitalia D46-Fiat Ret 24 Federico Pariani Federico Pariani Cisitalia D46-Fiat Ret 18 Giovanni Bracco Giovanni Bracco Ferrari 166C 4 Ret 28 Emilio Romano Emilio Romano Maserati A6GCS 30 Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 15 16 Clemente Biondetti Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 166SC
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