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
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