1949 BRDC International Trophy

Template:Short description The first BRDC International Trophy meeting, formally titled the Daily Express International Trophy, was held on 20 August 1949 at the Silverstone Circuit, England. It was the first race meeting to only use the former airfield's perimeter roadways, rather than the main runways. The event was held over two heats of 20 laps and one final of 30 laps of the Grand Prix circuit. The final was won by Italian Alberto Ascari, who would go on to win the World Championship of Drivers twice. In addition to the main Formula One-regulation competition, the meeting also contained events for 500 cc racing cars and production cars. The race meeting was attended by over 100,000 people, but was marred by the death of St. John Horsfall in an accident on the 13th lap of the final race.

Results

Final

Pos	Driver	Chassis	Time/Retired
1	Template:Flagicon Alberto Ascari	Ferrari 125	59:42.6
2	Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Farina	Maserati 4CLT/48	+ 1.8 s
3	Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari 125	+ 36.4 s
4	Template:Flagicon Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati 4CLT	+ 36.4 s
5	Template:Flagicon Peter Walker	ERA E-type	+ 1:24.2
6	Template:Flagicon B. Bira	Maserati 4CLT	+ 2:15.8
7	Template:Flagicon Bob Gerard	ERA B-type	+ 1 lap
8	Template:Flagicon Fred Ashmore	Maserati 4CLT	+ 1 lap
9	Template:Flagicon Cuth Harrison	ERA B-type	+ 2 laps
10	Template:Flagicon Tony Rolt	Alfa Romeo Aitken	+ 2 laps
11	Template:Flagicon David Hampshire	ERA C-type	+ 2 laps
12	Template:Flagicon Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago T26C	+ 3 laps
13	Template:Flagicon Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago T26C	+ 3 laps
14	Template:Flagicon Gordon Watson	Alta 69	+ 3 laps
15	Template:Flagicon Joe Fry	Maserati 4CL	+ 3 laps
16	Template:Flagicon George Nixon	ERA A-type	+ 3 laps
17	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Maserati 4CL	+ 3 laps
18	Template:Flagicon David Murray	Maserati 4CL	+ 4 laps
19	Template:Flagicon Joe Kelly	Maserati 6CM	+ 4 laps
20	Template:Flagicon Geoffrey Crossley	Alta GP	+ 4 laps
21	Template:Flagicon Geoff Richardson	RRA	+ 9 laps
Ret	Template:Flagicon St John Horsfall	ERA B-type	Fatal accident

Heats

Heat 1 Pos Driver Time/Retired 1 Template:Flagicon B. Bira 39:00.2 2 Template:Flagicon Alberto Ascari + 0.8 s 3 Template:Flagicon Reg Parnell + 43.8 s 4 Template:Flagicon Bob Gerard +1:56.2 5 Template:Flagicon Cuth Harrison + 1 lap 6 Template:Flagicon St John Horsfall + 1 lap 7 Template:Flagicon Philippe Étancelin + 1 lap 8 Template:Flagicon Joe Fry + 2 laps 9 Template:Flagicon Johnny Claes + 2 laps 10 Template:Flagicon David Murray + 2 laps 11 Template:Flagicon Anthony Baring + 2 laps 12 Template:Flagicon Geoffrey Crossley + 2 laps 13 Template:Flagicon Richard Habershon + 3 laps 14 Template:Flagicon Brian Shawe-Taylor + 9 laps Ret Template:Flagicon Peter Whitehead valve Ret Template:Flagicon Duncan Hamilton oil pipe Ret Template:Flagicon Graham Whitehead ? Ret Template:Flagicon Michael Chorlton oil pipe Pole position: Alberto Ascari – 1:56.0

Heat 2 Pos Driver Time/Retired 1 Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Farina 39:44.4 2 Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi + 5.2 s 3 Template:Flagicon Emmanuel de Graffenried + 27.6 s 4 Template:Flagicon Peter Walker +1:44.8 5 Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori + 1 lap 6 Template:Flagicon Tony Rolt + 1 lap 7 Template:Flagicon Fred Ashmore + 1 lap 8 Template:Flagicon David Hampshire + 1 lap 9 Template:Flagicon Pierre Levegh + 1 lap 10 Template:Flagicon Geoff Richardson + 2 laps 11 Template:Flagicon Gordon Watson + 2 laps 12 Template:Flagicon George Nixon + 2 laps 13 Template:Flagicon Joe Kelly + 2 laps 14 Template:Flagicon Geoff Ansell + 2 laps Ret Template:Flagicon Leslie Brooke ? Ret Template:Flagicon John Gordon Oil pump Ret Template:Flagicon Louis Chiron Cylinder head gasket DNS Template:Flagicon Raymond Mays Pole position: Emmanuel de Graffenried – 1:55.0

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