1948 Formula Libre Races
Maipokal-Rennen
9 May 1948 - Hockenheim: 61.8 km (7.72 km x 8 laps)
1 Georg Meier Veritas 23m25.6s, 158.0 kph
2 Roland Mall BMW-Eigenbau
3 Egon Brütsch EBS-Maserati 6 laps
R Leonhard Joa Maserati
? Kurt Kiefer Maserati
Castletown Trophy
25 May 1948 - Douglas, Isle of Man:
1 Ken Bear Bugatti T59
2 Dennis Poore Alfa Romeo 8C-35
3 Jack Fairman Bugatti
R Roy Salvadori Alfa Romeo P3
30 May 1948 - Köln: 55.42 km (10 laps x 5.542 km)
Combined Formula Libre and Formula 2 race
1 Kurt Kiefer Maserati 30m58.6, 107.4 kph
2 Hellmuth Deutz Alfa Romeo 31m04.2
? Georg Meier Veritas 31m15.4 1st F2
R Egon Brütsch EBS-Maserati supercharger
Dreieck-Rennen
11 July 1948 - Karlsruhe:
1 2 Egon Brütsch EBS-Maserati 113.8 kph
2 4 Roland Mall BMW-Eigenbau - 1 lap
3 Hellmuth Deutz Alfa Romeo - 1 lap
R 1 Helmut Polensky Mono-Pol head gasket (last lap)
R 6 Hermann Holbein HH48 transmission (last lap)
? ? ? Monoposto with twin rear wheels
no other starters
Qualifying (2-1-2-1):
1 Egon Brütsch EBS-Maserati
2 Helmut Polensky Mono-Pol
3 Roland Mall BMW-Eigenbau
4 Hermann Holbein HH48
5 Hellmuth Deutz Alfa Romeo
6 ?
Wald-Rennen
8 August 1948 - Aachen:
1 1 Helmut Polensky Mono-Pol 100.7 kph
2 2 Egon Brütsch EBS-Maserati 98.9 kph
3 Hellmuth Deutz Alfa Romeo - 1 lap
4 Hermann Holbein HH48 - 1 lap
no other starters
Qualifying (2-1-2):
1 Helmut Polensky Mono-Pol
2 Egon Brütsch EBS-Maserati
3 Hellmuth Deutz Alfa Romeo
4 Hermann Holbein HH48
I Preis der Ostschweiz
8 August 1948 – Erlen: 140.80 km (2.816 km x 50 laps)
1 Emmanuel De Graffenried Maserati 4CL
2 Rudolf Fischer Gordini 11
3 Walter Wüst Cisitalia D46
4 Antonio Branca Maserati 4CL
5 Humbert Joly Cisitalia D46
R C.Basadonna Cisitalia D46
R Claude Bernheim Cisitalia D46
R R.Ramseyer Maserati 4CL
Rund um Schotten
15 August 1948 - Schottenring:
1 Egon Brütsch EBS-Maserati 112.5 kph
2 Georg Meier Veritas 107.0 kph
3 Roland Mall BMW-Eigenbau 106.3 kph
4 Ferdinand Lehder LTE 98.1 kph
R Helmut Polensky Mono-Pol 1 lap
? ? ? (750cc monoposto)
? ? ? (750cc monoposto)
no other starters
18 September 1948 - Goodwood
1 Dennis Poore Alfa Romeo 8C-35
2 Peter Walker ERA B
3 John Bolster ERA B
- Graham Whitehead ERA B
- Geoff Richardson Riley-ERA
I Goodwood Trophy
18 September 1948 – Goodwood: 19.15 km (3.83 km x 5 laps)
1 Reg Parnell Maserati 4CLT/48 1596
2 Bob Gerard ERA B R14B
3 David Hampshire ERA A R1A
4 Cuth Harrison ERA B R8B
5 Duncan Hamilton Maserati 6CM
6 Geoff Ansell ERA B R9B
7 Roy Salvadori Maserati 4CM
8 Peter Walker ERA B R7B
9 Anthony Baring Maserati 6CM
Grenzlandring-Rennen
19 September 1948 - Grenzlandring: 45.025 km (9.005 km x 5 laps)
1 Roland Mall BMW-Eigenbau 16m48.1, 160.7 kph
2 Helmut Polensky Mono-Pol 16m52.7
3 Hellmut Deutz Alfa Romeo 16m58.5
4 Fritz Huschke von Hanstein BMW
R ? ?
NS Manfred von Brauchitsch Mono-Pol car used by Polensky
no other starters
Fastest Lap: Roland Mall, 3m15.2 (166.0 kph)
Gran Premio de la América del Sur
20 October-8 November 1948 - Buenos Aires (Argentina) to Caracas (Venezuela), via Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia: 5950 miles
1 12 Domingo Marimón/Pedro Duhalde Chevrolet
Juan Gálvez/Desiderio Avila Ford
R Oscar Gálvez/Federico Herrero Ford Coupe V8 *
Eusebio Marcilla Chevrolet
Pablo Gulle
Héctor Spicci Sedes
R 1 Juan Manuel Fangio/Daniel Urrutia Chevrolet V8 crash - Urrutia died from his injuries (29th Oct)
141 entries
One crew died after falling down a precipice between La Quiaca (Argentina) and Potosí (Bolivia).
* Freewheeled across the finishing line after damaging his engine pulling his brother out of a
ravine on the final stage. The rules said that you had to finish under your own power, so
although he was ahead of the field on time, he was not classified as a finisher.