# 1949 French Grand Prix

The 1949 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Reims on 17 July 1949. The race was won by Louis Chiron, who was driving a Talbot-Lago T26C.

## Entries

| No | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine |
| 2 | Raymond Sommer | Private | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot L6 |
| 4 | Philippe Étancelin | Private | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot L6 |
| 6 | Louis Chiron | SFACS Ecurie France | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot L6 |
| 8 | Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Private | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot L6 |
| 10 | Louis Rosier | Private | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot L6 |
| 12 | Pierre Levegh | Private | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot L6 |
| 14 | Georges Grignard | Private | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot L6 |
| 16 | Eugène Chaboud | Ecurie Lutetia | Delahaye | Delahaye 135 | Delahaye V12 |
| 18 | George Abecassis | HW Motors | Alta | Alta GP | Alta L4 |
| 20 | Luigi Villoresi | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | Ferrari 125 | Ferrari V12 |
| 22 | Alberto Ascari | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | Ferrari 125 | Ferrari V12 |
| 24 | Peter Whitehead | Private | Ferrari | Ferrari 125 | Ferrari V12s |
| 26 | Luigi Fagioli | Luigi Platé | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago 700 | Talbot L6 |
| 28 | Giuseppe Farina | Automobiles Talbot-Darracq SA | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot L6 |
| 30 | B. Bira | Scuderia Enrico Platé | Maserati | Maserati 4CLT/48 | Maserati L4s |
| 32 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Scuderia Enrico Platé | Maserati | Maserati 4CLT/48 | Maserati L4s |
| 34 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Squadra Argentina | Maserati | Maserati 4CLT/48 | Maserati L4 |
| 36 | Benedicto Campos | Squadra Argentina | Maserati | Maserati 4CLT/48 | Maserati L4 |
| 38 | Reg Parnell | Scuderia Ambrosiana | Maserati | Maserati 4CLT/48 | Maserati L4 |
| 40 | David Murray | Private | Maserati | Maserati 4CL | Maserati L4 |

## Classification
### Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | 6 | Louis Chiron | Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 64 | 3:06:33.7 | |
| 2 | 30 | B. Bira | Maserati | 64 | + 17.6 | |
| 3 | 24 | Peter Whitehead | Ferrari | 64 | + 48.5 | |
| 4 | 10 | Louis Rosier | Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 64 | + 56.7 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | Raymond Sommer | Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 61 | + 3 Laps | |
| 6 | 16 | Eugène Chaboud | Delahaye | 58 | + 6 Laps | |
| NC | 14 | Georges Grignard | Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 48 | Not classified | |
| Ret | 12 | Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 39 | Mechanical | |
| Ret | 36 | Benedicto Campos | Maserati | 32 | Valve | |
| Ret | 8 | Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 30 | Engine | |
| Ret | 4 | Philippe Étancelin | Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 26 | Engine | |
| Ret | 34 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | 24 | Throttle | 2 |
| Ret | 38 | Reg Parnell | Maserati | 21 | Engine | |
| Ret | 18 | George Abecassis | Alta | 17 | Gearbox | |
| Ret | 40 | David Murray | Maserati | 13 | Engine | |
| Ret | 28 | Giuseppe Farina | Talbot-Lago-Talbot | 11 | Gearbox | |
| Ret | 20 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 4 | Brakes | 1 |
| WD | 22 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | | | |
| WD | 26 | Luigi Fagioli | Talbot-Lago-Talbot | | | |
| WD | 32 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati | | | |