1949 Jersey Road Race

The 3rd Jersey Road Race was a Formula One motor race held on 28 April 1949 at the St. Helier Circuit, in Saint Helier, Jersey. The 55-lap race was won by ERA driver Bob Gerard. Emmanuel de Graffenried finished second in a Maserati, and Raymond Mays was third in another ERA. Maserati driver Luigi Villoresi set pole position and fastest lap but finished sixth.Bugatti driver Kenneth Bear was killed in an accident during practice.

1949 Jersey Road Race
Non-championship race in the 1949 Formula One season
Race details
Date	28 April 1949
Official name	III J.C.C. Jersey Road Race
Location	Saint Helier, Jersey
Course length	5.15 kilometres (3.20 miles)
Distance	55 laps, 283.24 kilometres (176.00 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati
Time	2:00.0
Fastest lap
Driver	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati
Time	2:08.1
Podium
First	Bob Gerard	ERA
Second	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati
Third	Raymond Mays	ERA

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	12	Bob Gerard	F.R. Gerard	ERA B-Type	2:16:58.6, 124.08kph	12
2	2	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Enrico Plate	Maserati 4CLT/48	+1:40.6	5
3	14	Raymond Mays	R. Mays	ERA D-Type	+2:27.2	11
4	1	B. Bira	Prince Birabonse	Maserati 4CLT/48	+1 lap	2
5	5	Fred Ashmore	R. Parnell	Maserati 4CLT/48	+1 lap	10
6	3	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CLT/48	+1 lap	1
7	10	Peter Whitehead	P.N. Whitehead	Ferrari 125	+2 laps	7
8	16	David Hampshire	D.N. Hampshire	ERA B-Type	+3 laps	13
9	6	Bob Ansell	R.E. Ansell	Maserati 4CL	+3 laps	21
10	8	David Murray	D. Murray	Maserati 4CL	+5 laps	15
11	17	Geoff Ansell Brian Shawe-Taylor	G.E. Ansell	ERA B-Type	+5 laps	18
12	26	John Heath	J.B. Heath	HWM-Alta	+5 laps	20
Ret	19	George Nixon	G.R. Nixon	ERA A-Type	49 laps, accident	17
Ret	15	John Bolster	P.H. Bell	ERA B-Type	46 laps, valves	8
Ret	9	Duncan Hamilton Philip Fotheringham-Parker	J.D. Hamilton & P. Fotheringham-Parker	Maserati 6CM	29 laps, radiator	19
Ret	22	Louis Chiron	Ecurie France	Talbot-Lago T26C	14 laps, brakes	4
Ret	24	Frank le Gallais	Lord Selsdon	Talbot-Lago T26C	6 laps, gearbox	14
Ret	4	Reg Parnell	R. Parnell	Maserati 4CLT/48	4 laps, fuel pump	6
Ret	20	George Abecassis	G.E. Abecassis	Alta GP	1 lap, rear axle	16
DNS	6	George Bainbridge	R.E. Ansell	Maserati 4CL	car driven by Bob Ansell
DNS	11	Leslie Johnson	T.A.S.O. Mathieson	ERA E-Type		3
DNS	14	Ken Richardson	R. Mays	ERA D-Type	car driven by Mays
DNS	18	Cuth Harrison	T.C. Harrison	ERA C-Type		9
DNS	25	Kenneth Bear	K.W. Bear	Bugatti Type 59	crashed during practice, fatal accident
DNQ	7	Archie Baring	A.A. Baring	Maserati 4CM		(22)
DNQ	21	Michael Chorlton	M.C. Chorlton	CDL-Bugatti		(25)
DNQ	23	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago T26C		(24)
DNQ	28	Oscar Moore	O.B. Moore	OBM-BMW 328		(23)
DNA	27	Gordon Watson	G.M. Watson	Ferrari 166C
DNA	29	Sid Logan	S.G. Logan	Cooper T9-JAP