1949 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix


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.

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGrid
12 Peter WhiteheadFerrari 125202:48:41.08
224 Philippe ÉtancelinTalbot-Lago T26C20+35.65
315 Franco CorteseFerrari 166S20+ 4:49.417
42 Pierre LeveghTalbot-Lago T26C19+ 1 Lap13
58 Henri LouveauMaserati 4CL19+ 1 Lap23
61 Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago T26C19+ 1 Lap12
76 Piero CariniMaserati 4CLT/4819+ 1 Lap14
84 Louis RosierTalbot-Lago T26C19+ 1 Lap11
922 Bruno SojkaTatraplan18+ 2 Laps18
1025 Jaroslav VlčekMagda II-Fiat17+ 3 Laps20
1127 František DobrýBMW 32817+ 3 Laps19
Ret9 Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati 4CLT/4813Engine3
Ret11 David MurrayMaserati 4CLT13Engine16
Ret17 Maurice TrintignantSimca-Gordini9Accident9
Ret7 Louis ChironMaserati 4CLT8Gearbox4
Ret24 Antonín KomárCisitalia D46??21
Ret18 Robert ManzonSimca-Gordini4Valve6
Ret10 B. BiraMaserati 4CLT/483Accident1
Ret18 Zdeněk TrejbalSimca-Gordini2Engine10
Ret41 Aldo GordiniSimca-Gordini1?15
Ret23 Vladimír FormánekCisitalia D461?22
Ret12 Reg ParnellMaserati 4CLT1Accident7
Ret5 Giuseppe FarinaMaserati 4CLT/481Accident2
DNS- Luigi ChinettiFerrari 125-?-
DNS- Marc VersiniDelage-?-
DNS- Jiří PohlMG K-?-
DNS- Václav UherMaserati 6CM-Fatal practice accident-
DNS- Karel VlašínMono J.K.-Collision with truck in practice-
DNS- Boško MilenkovićBugatti T51-Started unofficially-
DNS- Yuri SidorovTatraplan-Not present-