Formula 1 1949
As in 1948, the AIACR nominated the Grands Prix of Britain, Belgium, Switzerland, France and Italy as Grandes Épreuves, the last of these being given the title European Grand Prix. After the slightly mysterious withdrawal of Alfa Corse, the Ferraris were the quickest cars of 1949, with Alberto Ascari winning at Bremgarten and at Monza, but Juan Manuel Fangio won five of the lesser Grands Prix in his Maserati 4CLT. Louis Chiron took a surprise win in his Lago-Talbot at the French GP after Luigi Villoresi's Ferrari and Fangio's Maserati both retired. It was the second time that season Villoresi had started from pole and retired - he'd suffered the same fate at Silverstone in a Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati.
The only other marque to win in F1 in 1949 was ERA, Bob Gerard taking the newest of the B-Types, R14B, to victory on Jersey and on the Isle of Man as well as second place in the British GP.
The races
3 Apr 1949 > Gran Premio di San Remo at Autodromo di Ospedaletti
18 Apr 1949 > Grand Prix de Pau
18 Apr 1949 > Richmond Trophy at Goodwood
24 Apr 1949 > Grand Prix de Paris at Montlhéry
28 Apr 1949 > Jersey Road Race at St Helier
8 May 1949 > Circuit du Roussillon at Perpignan
14 May 1949 > British Grand Prix at Silverstone
22 May 1949 > Marseilles Grand Prix
22 May 1949 > Preis der Ostschweiz at Erlen
26 May 1949 > British Empire Trophy at Douglas
5 Jun 1949 > Grand Prix des Frontieres at Chimay
19 Jun 1949 > Grand Prix de Belgique at Spa-Francorchamps
3 Jul 1949 > Grosser Preis der Schweiz at Bremgarten
10 Jul 1949 > Grand Prix d'Albi
17 Jul 1949 > Grand Prix de France (French Grand Prix) at Reims
31 Jul 1949 > Grote Prijs van Zandvoort
20 Aug 1949 > International Trophy at Silverstone
28 Aug 1949 > Lausanne Grand Prix
11 Sep 1949 > Gran Premio d'Italia (Italian Grand Prix) at Monza
17 Sep 1949 > Goodwood Trophy
25 Sep 1949 > Czechoslovakian Grand Prix at Brno
9 Oct 1949 > Coupe du Salon at Montlhéry