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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 | 14 |
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| Debutants | Bill Cotton (Driver),
Brian Shawe-Taylor (Driver),
Cuth Harrison (Driver),
David Hampshire (Driver),
David Murray (Driver),
Dudley Folland (Driver),
Duncan Hamilton (Driver),
Fred Ashmore (Driver),
Geoffrey Ansell (Driver),
George Abecassis (Driver),
George Nixon (Driver),
John Bolster (Driver),
Johnny Claes (Driver),
Ken Richardson (Driver),
Luigi Villoresi (Driver),
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Peter Walker (Driver),
Peter Whitehead (Driver),
Raymond Mays (Driver),
Roy Salvadori (Driver),
Tony Rolt (Driver),
Yves Giraud-Cabantous (Driver),
Aitken (Car Manufacturer),
Aitken Alfa (Car Model),
ERA (Car Model),
ERA A (Car Model),
Ferrari (Car Model),
Ferrari 125 (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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