1949 Roussillon Grand Prix

The 1949 Roussillon Grand Prix (formally the IV Grand Prix du Roussillon) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Circuit des Platanes de Perpignan in Perpignan, France on 8 May 1949. The Grand Prix was raced in two 50 laps sessions, with the final standing given by the addition of the two results.

Entry list

Juan Manuel Fangio is on a two victory in a row (San Remo and Pau) for his first racing season in Europe. Henri Louveau share during the races his Delage 3000 n°22 with Francisco Godia Sales. Eugène Martin wasn't present despite his commitment.

No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Engine	Chassis	Qual.
2	Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer	Equipe Gordini	Simca Gordini T11	Gordini	0006GC	5
4	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Squadra Argentina	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 4CL		2
6	Template:Flagicon Benedicto Campos	Squadra Argentina	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 4CL		4
8	Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 4CL		3
10	Template:Flagicon Prince Bira	Prince Bira	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 4CL		1
12	Template:Flagicon Emmanuel de Graffenried	Scuderia Enrico Platé	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 4CL		8
14	Template:Flagicon Nello Pagani	Scuderia Enrico Platé	Maserati 4CL	Maserati 4CL		9
16	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Equipe Gordini	Simca Gordini T15	Gordini	0011GC	6
18	Template:Flagicon Robert Manzon	Equipe Gordini	Simca Gordini T11	Gordini	0004GC	7
20	Template:Flagicon Eugène Martin	Eugène Martin	Jicey-BMW	BMW 328		DNA
22	Template:Flagicon Henri Louveau Template:Flagicon Francisco Godia Sales	Henri Louveau	Delage 3000	Delage D6	880004	11
24	Template:Flagicon Pierre Levegh	Pierre Bouillin	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 23CV	110005	10

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Time
1	10	Template:Flagicon Prince Bira	Maserati 4CLT/48	1.27.9
2	4	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati 4CLT/48	1.29.2
3	8	Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CLT/48	1.29.5
4	6	Template:Flagicon Benedicto Campos	Maserati 4CLT/48	?
5	2	Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer	Simca Gordini T11	?
6	16	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Simca Gordini T15	1.31.3
7	18	Template:Flagicon Robert Manzon	Simca Gordini T11	1.32.6
8	12	Template:Flagicon Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati 4CLT/48	1.32.6
9	14	Template:Flagicon Nello Pagani	Maserati 4CL	1.34.0
10	24	Template:Flagicon Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago T26C	1.35.3
11	22	Template:Flagicon Henri Louveau	Delage 3000	1.35.5

Classification

The heat 1 saw Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Villoresi fight for the first position but the Italian driver entered the pits to repair an oil pump problem. Luigi Villoresi lost 5 laps and Juan Manuel Fangio finished the 50 laps first with 25 seconds ahead of Prince Bira.

In the second heat, Prince Bira took the lead immediately over Juan Manuel Fangio who kept a close gap with the Siam driver. Prince Bira who needed to distance the Argentine attack and realized the fastest lap was 1:27.3 and won Heat 2 with less than a second ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio, Luigi Villoresi finished third.

Juan Manuel Fangio won the Grand Prix. It was his third of four consecutive wins in France. Prince Bira finished second and Argentine Benedicto Campos third. Fangio won his third victory in a row in Grand Prix motor racing.

Heat 1

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati 4CLT/48	50	1:17:06.8 (98.75 km/h)	2
2	10	Template:Flagicon Prince Bira	Maserati 4CLT/48	50	1:17:31.9	1
3	6	Template:Flagicon Benedicto Campos	Maserati 4CLT/48	49	+1 lap	4
4	12	Template:Flagicon Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati 4CLT/48	49	+1 lap	8
5	18	Template:Flagicon Robert Manzon	Simca Gordini T11	49	+1 lap	7
6	14	Template:Flagicon Nello Pagani	Maserati 4CL	48	+2 laps	9
7	24	Template:Flagicon Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago T26C	46	+4 laps	10
8	16	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Simca Gordini T15	45	+5 laps	6
9	8	Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CLT/48	45	+5 laps	3
10	22	Template:Flagicon Henri Louveau	Delage 3000	44	+6 laps	11
Ret	2	Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer	Simca Gordini T11	2	Crash	5

• Pole position: Prince Bira in 1.27.9
• Fastest lap: Juan Manuel Fangio in 1:29.2 (102.37 km/h).

Heat 2

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	10	Template:Flagicon Prince Bira	Maserati 4CLT/48	50	1:16:09.4 (99.36 km/h)	2
2	4	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati 4CLT/48	50	1:16:09.9	1
3	8	Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CLT/48	50	1:17:14.1	9
4	6	Template:Flagicon Benedicto Campos	Maserati 4CLT/48	49	+1 lap	3
5	12	Template:Flagicon Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati 4CLT/48	48	+2 laps	4
6	24	Template:Flagicon Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago T26C	47	+3 laps	7
7	16	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Simca Gordini T15	46	+4 laps	8
8	14	Template:Flagicon Nello Pagani	Maserati 4CL	46	+4 laps	6
9	22	Template:Flagicon Henri Louveau Template:Flagicon Francisco Godia Sales	Delage 3000	44	+6 laps	10 –
Ret	18	Template:Flagicon Robert Manzon	Simca Gordini T11	24	Ret	5

• Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio (The starting grid of the heat 2 is the order of the standing from the heat 1).
• Fastest lap: Prince Bira in 1:27.3

Aggregate final standing

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	4	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati 4CLT/48	100	2.33'16.7 (99.36 km/h)
2	10	Template:Flagicon Prince Bira	Maserati 4CLT/48	100*	2.33'41.3
3	6	Template:Flagicon Benedicto Campos	Maserati 4CLT/48	98	+2 laps
4	12	Template:Flagicon Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati 4CLT/48	97	+3 laps
5	14	Template:Flagicon Nello Pagani	Maserati 4CL	94	+6 laps
6	8	Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CLT/48	93	+7 laps
7	24	Template:Flagicon Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago T26C	93	+7 laps
8	16	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Simca Gordini T15	91	+9 laps
9	22	Template:Flagicon Henri Louveau Template:Flagicon Francisco Godia Sales	Delage 3000	88	+12 laps
nc	18	Template:Flagicon Robert Manzon	Simca Gordini T11	73	Ret
nc	2	Template:Flagicon Raymond Sommer	Simca Gordini T11	2	Crash