1949 French Grand Prix

The 1949 French Grand Prix was held on July 17 at the Reims-Gueux circuit. It was won by Louis Chiron in a , after late leader Peter Whitehead's developed gearbox problems. Prince Bira of Thailand finished second in a , while Whitehead held on for third.
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==Background==
===Entry List===
No	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine
2 	Raymond Sommer 	Private 	 	T26C 	L6
4 	Philippe Étancelin 	Private 	 	T26C 	L6
6 	Louis Chiron 	SFACS Ecurie France 	 	T26C 	L6
8 	Yves Giraud-Cabantous 	Private 	 	T26C 	L6
10	Louis Rosier 	Private 	 	T26C 	L6
12	Pierre Levegh 	Private 	 	T26C 	L6
14	Georges Grignard 	Private 	 	T26C 	L6
16	Eugène Chaboud 	Ecurie Lutetia 	 	135 	V12
18	George Abecassis 	HW Motors 	 	GP 	L4
20	Luigi Villoresi 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	125 	V12
22	Alberto Ascari 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	125 	V12
24	Peter Whitehead 	Private 	 	125 	V12s
26	Luigi Fagioli 	Luigi Platé 	 	700 	L6
28	Giuseppe Farina 	Automobiles Talbot-Darracq SA	 	T26C 	L6
30	B. Bira 	Scuderia Enrico Platé 	 	4CLT/48	L4s
32	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Scuderia Enrico Platé 	 	4CLT/48	L4s
34	Juan Manuel Fangio 	Squadra Argentina 	 	4CLT/48	L4
36	Benedicto Campos 	Squadra Argentina 	 	4CLT/48	L4
38	Reg Parnell 	Scuderia Ambrosiana 	 	4CLT/48	L4
40	David Murray 	Private 	 	4CL 	L4
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
===Grid===
==Race==
===Results===
Pos	No	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired 	Grid
1 	6 	Louis Chiron 	 	64 	3:06:33.7 	9
2 	30	B. Bira 	 	64 	+ 17.6 	8
3 	24	Peter Whitehead 	 	64 	+ 48.5 	17
4 	10	Louis Rosier 	 	64 	+ 56.7 	3
5 	2 	Raymond Sommer 	 	61 	+ 3 Laps 	4
6 	16	Eugène Chaboud 	 	58 	+ 6 Laps 	12
NC 	14	Georges Grignard 	 	48 	Not classified	16
Ret	12	Pierre Levegh 	 	39 	Mechanical 	10
Ret	36	Benedicto Campos 	 	32 	Valve 	7
Ret	8 	Yves Giraud-Cabantous 	 	30 	Engine 	11
Ret	4 	Philippe Étancelin 	 	26 	Engine 	5
Ret	34	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	24 	Throttle 	2
Ret	38	Reg Parnell 	 	21 	Engine 	14
Ret	18	George Abecassis 	 	17 	Gearbox 	15
Ret	40	David Murray 	 	13 	Engine 	13
Ret	28	Giuseppe Farina 	 	11 	Gearbox 	6
Ret	20	Luigi Villoresi 	 	4 	Brakes 	1
WD 	22	Alberto Ascari 	 	 	 	
WD 	26	Luigi Fagioli 	 	 	 	
WD 	32	Emmanuel de Graffenried	 	 	 	
==Milestones==
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