1947 British Empire Trophy
Date | 21.08.1947 | Category | International Formula |
Circuit | Douglas | Championship | |
Race title | IX British Empire Trophy | Round | |
Distance | 40 laps = 155.12 miles | Country | Isle of Man |
Winner's speed: 68.02 mph
Pole's speed: 114.612 kmh
Fastest lap speed: 70.53 mph
Rank | Pos. | # | Driver | Entrant | Car | Laps | Time | Status | FL time | FL rank | Grid | Row | Qual time |
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1 | 1 | 22 | Bob Gerard | F.R. Gerard | ERA B | 40 | 2:16'52 | finished | 3'18 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3'28 |
2 | 2 | 32 | Peter Whitehead | P.N. Whitehead | ERA B | 40 | 2:18'35 | finished | 2 | 1 | 3'18 | ||
3 | 3 | 36 | Robert Ansell | R.E. Ansell | Maserati 4CL | 39 | 2:17'28 | finished | 7 | 3 | 3'32 | ||
4 | 4 | 20 | Leslie Brooke | ERA Ltd | ERA E | 38 | 2:18'48 | finished | 9 | 4 | 3'33 | ||
5 | 5 | 34 | Prince B. Bira | Prince Chula of Siam | Maserati 4CL | 38 | 2:19'49 | finished | 1 | 1 | 3'16 | ||
6 | 6 | 16 | Brian Shawe-Taylor | R.E. Ansell | ERA B | 38 | 2:20'24 | finished | 8 | 3 | 3'33 | ||
6 | 6 | 16 | George Bainbridge | R.E. Ansell | ERA B | 38 | 2:20'24 | finished | |||||
7 | 7 | 12 | Barry Woodall | E.B.W. Woodall | Delage 15S8 | 36 | 2:19'38 | finished | 11 | 5 | 3'41 | ||
8 | 8 | 46 | Sheila Darbishire | S.B. Reece | Riley | 32 | 2:19'21 | finished | 14 | 6 | 3'54 | ||
9 | 9 | 24 | Cuth Harrison | T.C. Harrison | ERA B | 25 | 2:17'24 | finished | 6 | 3 | 3'31 | ||
10 | 48 | Tony Rolt | A.P.R. Rolt | Alfa-Romeo B | 24 | DNF, oil pressure | 4 | 2 | 3'26 | ||||
11 | 14 | George Abecassis | G.E. Abecassis | ERA A | 2 | DNF, crash | 3 | 1 | 3'20 | ||||
12 | 10 | David Hampshire | R.H. Parnell | Challenger Delage | 19 | DNF, magneto | 13 | 5 | 3'45 | ||||
13 | 2 | Geoff Crossley | Geoff Crossley | Alta | 18 | DNF, oil leak | 12 | 5 | 3'45 | ||||
14 | 38 | Guy Jason-Henry | J.S. Gordon | Maserati 6CM | 8 | DNF, fuel starvation | 15 | 6 | 4'29 | ||||
15 | 50 | Leslie Johnson | L.G. Johnson | Talbot 150C | 0 | DNF, fire | 10 | 4 | 3'39 | ||||
16 | 8 | Michael Chorlton | M.C. Chorlton | Bugatti 51A | DNS, practice crash | ||||||||
17 | 34 | Prince B. Bira | Prince Chula of Siam | ERA B | DNA | ||||||||
18 | 26 | Raymond Mays | Raymond Mays | ERA B | DNA, car not repaired | ||||||||
19 | 28 | Reg Parnell | R.H. Parnell | ERA E | DNA, car not repaired | ||||||||
20 | 30 | Joe Ashmore | R.H. Parnell | ERA A | DNA, driver injury | ||||||||
21 | 4 | Gordon Watson | G.M. Watson | Alta | DNA | ||||||||
22 | 4 | Robert Cowell | Alta | DNA | |||||||||
23 | 6 | John Williams | J.H. Williams | Alta | DNA | ||||||||
24 | 18 | John Bolster | P.H. Bell | ERA B | DNA | ||||||||
25 | 44 | Fred Ashmore | R.H. Parnell | Maserati 4CL | DNA |