1948 British Empire Trophy

Tuesday, May 25, 1948
British Empire Trophy

Race Winner

Geoffrey Ansell , Geoffrey Ansell

Country

Britain

Circuit

Laps

36

Pole

Bob Gerard , Bob Gerard

Past Results

1947, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932

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Race Results

Position	Driver	No.	Team	Vehicle	Time	Points
1 5	Geoffrey Ansell	10	Geoffrey Ansell	ERA B-type	2h 3m 45s	0
2 9	David Hampshire	12	Joe Ashmore	ERA A-type	2h 4m 28s	0
3 4	Leslie Brooke	16	Leslie Brooke	ERA B-type	2h 5m 19s	0
4 11	Cuth Harrison	22	Cuth Harrison	ERA B-type	0h 0m 0s	0
5 19	Leslie Johnson	24	Leslie Johnson	ERA E-type	0h 0m 0s	0
6 15	Gordon Watson	4	Gordon Watson	Alta	0h 0m 0s	0
7 11	Guy Jason-Henry	52	Selbourne Mayfair	Delahaye 135S	0h 0m 0s	0
8 14	Michael Chorlton	6	Michael Chorlton	Bugatti T51A	0h 0m 0s	0
9 8	Archie Baring	42	Archie Baring	Maserati 6CM	0h 0m 0s	0
DNS	John Gordon	44	JS Gordon	Maserati 6CM	0h 0m 0s	0
DNS	Fred Ashmore	40	Reg Parnell	Maserati 4CL	0h 0m 0s	0
DNS	Sheila Darbishire	18	Sheila Darbishire	ERA B-type	0h 0m 0s	0
R	Tony Rolt	50	Tony Rolt	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B "P3"	0h 0m 0s	0
R	Reg Parnell	40	Reg Parnell	Maserati 4CL	0h 0m 0s	0
R	Wilkie Wilkinson	30	Reg Parnell	ERA E-type	0h 0m 0s	0
R	Roy Salvadori	48	Roy Salvadori	Maserati 4CM	0h 0m 0s	0
R	Peter Walker	32	Peter Walker	ERA B-type	0h 0m 0s	0
	John Bolster					0
	Raymond Mays					0
R	George Abecassis	2	George Abecassis	Alta GP	0h 0m 0s	0
R	Duncan Hamilton	36	George Abecassis	Maserati 6CM	0h 0m 0s	0
R	Bob Ansell	38	Bob Ansell	Maserati 4CL	0h 0m 0s	0
R	Bob Gerard	20	Bob Gerard	ERA B-type	0h 0m 0s	0
R	Paul Emery	54	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Duesenberg	0h 0m 0s	0

Qualifying

Grid	Driver	Team	Time
1	Bob Gerard	Bob Gerard	0h 0m 0s
2	Reg Parnell	Reg Parnell	0h 0m 0s
3	Tony Rolt	Tony Rolt	0h 0m 0s
4	Bob Ansell	Bob Ansell	0h 0m 0s
5	Raymond Mays	Raymond Mays	0h 0m 0s
6	Geoffrey Ansell	Geoffrey Ansell	2h 3m 45s
7	Leslie Brooke	Leslie Brooke	2h 5m 19s
8	Paul Emery	Emeryson Cars	0h 0m 0s
9	John Bolster	PHC Bell	0h 0m 0s
10	Duncan Hamilton	George Abecassis	0h 0m 0s
11	David Hampshire	Joe Ashmore	2h 4m 28s
12	George Abecassis	George Abecassis	0h 0m 0s
13	Wilkie Wilkinson	Reg Parnell	0h 0m 0s
14	Fred Ashmore	Reg Parnell	0h 0m 0s
15	Cuth Harrison	Cuth Harrison	0h 0m 0s
16	John Gordon	JS Gordon	0h 0m 0s
17	Archie Baring	Archie Baring	0h 0m 0s
18	Guy Jason-Henry	Selbourne Mayfair	0h 0m 0s
19	Peter Walker	Peter Walker	0h 0m 0s
20	Roy Salvadori	Roy Salvadori	0h 0m 0s
21	Gordon Watson	Gordon Watson	0h 0m 0s
22	Michael Chorlton	Michael Chorlton	0h 0m 0s
23	Sheila Darbishire	Sheila Darbishire	0h 0m 0s
24	Leslie Johnson	Leslie Johnson	0h 0m 0s

Circuit - Douglas

Country

Britain

Location

Douglas, Isle of Man

Type

Temporary street circuit

Length

3.89 (Miles)

First Race

1933 Mannin Moar

3,128

Championships

12,833

Results

15,933

Drivers

8,248

Teams

856

Circuits