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| Date | Saturday 14 May 1949 |
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| Event |  British GP |
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| Circuit | Silverstone |
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| Event Format | Race of 100 laps |
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| Championship | Non-championship |
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| Race number | #8 of 24 in 1949
#91 (of all time) |
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| Laps | 100 |
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| Circuit Perimeter | 4828 m |
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| Race Distance | 4828 × 100 − 10 = 482.790 km |
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| Grid Format | 5-5-5-5 |
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| Pole Position | Left |
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| First Corner | Unknown |
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| Entries | 29 |
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| Qualifiers | 25 |
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| Finishers | 11 |
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| Debutants | Anthony Baring (Driver),
Bill Cotton (Driver),
Bob Gerard (Driver),
Brian Shawe-Taylor (Driver),
Cuth Harrison (Driver),
David Hampshire (Driver),
David Murray (Driver),
Dudley Folland (Driver),
Duncan Hamilton (Driver),
Emmanuel de Graffenried (Driver),
Fred Ashmore (Driver),
George Nixon (Driver),
John Bolster (Driver),
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Johnny Claes (Driver),
Ken Richardson (Driver),
Peter Walker (Driver),
Raymond Mays (Driver),
Roy Salvadori (Driver),
Tony Rolt (Driver),
Aitken (Car Manufacturer),
Aitken Alfa (Car Model),
ERA (Car Model),
ERA A (Car Model),
Ferrari (Car Model),
Ferrari 125 Thinwall Special (Car Model),
Talbot-Lago (Car Model)
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| Milestones | Maserati – 1st Fastest Lap (Engine Manufacturer)
Maserati – 1st Pole Position (Engine Manufacturer)
Maserati – 1st Win (Engine Manufacturer)
 Luigi Villoresi – 1st Pole Position (Driver)
Maserati – 1st Fastest Lap (Car Manufacturer)
Maserati – 1st Pole Position (Car Manufacturer)
Maserati – 1st Win (Car Manufacturer)
 Emmanuel de Graffenried – 1st Win (Driver)
 Prince Bira – 1st Fastest Lap (Driver)
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