1949 Monte Carlo Rally
| 1949 Monte Carlo Rally XIX Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo | |||
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| Host country |  Monaco | ||
| Dates run | 24 – 30 January 1949 | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews | 230 at start, 166 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Jean Trévoux Hotchkiss 686 GS | ||
The 1949 Monte Carlo Rally was the 19th Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo, the first since the end of the Second World War. It was won by Jean Trévoux.[1] W.M. Couper's lightly used Bentley Mark VI won the Grand Prix d'Honneur in the Comfort Competition.[2]
Entry list
Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36 |  Jean Trévoux | Hotchkiss 686 GS | |
| 2 | 38 |  Maurice Worms | Hotchkiss 686 GS | |
| 3 | 68 |  František Dobry | Bristol 400 | |
| 4 | 126 |  Leonard Potter | Allard L 3.6 | |
| 5 | 42 |  Ken Wharton | Ford 3.6 L | |
| 6 | 49 |  Paul Vallée | Delahaye 135 MS | |
| 7 | 22 |  Jean Laroche | Salmson S4 E | |
| 8 | 30 |  Alan Godsal | Allard L 3.6 | |
| 9 | 177 | .svg.png) Manuel Giró i Minguella | Ford V8 | |
| 10 | 159 | .svg.png) Salvador Fabregas Bas | Talbot 4L | |
| 11 | 128 |  Godfrey Imhof | Allard 3.9 | |
| 12 | 129 |  Countess von Limburg Stirum | Ford V8 | |
| 13 | 66 |  Louis Rosier | Renault 4CV | |
| 14 | 10 |  T. C. Wise | Jowett Javelin | |
| 15 | 75 |  Berger | Citroën 11 | |
| 16 | 142 |  Jean Sandt | Citroën 11 | |
| 17 | 85 |  Norma | Simca 8 | |
| 18 | 88 |  Boulard | Citroën 11 | |
| 19 | 154 |  Maurice Gatsonides | Hillman Minx | |
| 20 | 12 |  Hall | Lagonda 4.5. L | |
| 21 | 205 | .svg.png) M. J. Palma | Ford V8 | |
| 22 | 131 |  R. Smith | Jowett Javelin | |
| 23 | 86 |  Louis Chiron | Austin 16 | |
| 24 | 56 |  Sydney Allard | Allard L 3.6 | |
| 25 | 3 |  Taulelle | Talbot 2.7 L | |
| 26 | 60 |  Mike Couper | Bentley Mark VI | |
| 27 | 50 |  Brugairolles | Citroën 15/6 | |
| 28 | 158 |  S. Kohout/J. Světlík | Tatra 87 | |
| 29 | 4 |  Peraud | Renault 4CV | |
| 30 | 63 |  Dufour | Delahaye 135 | |
| 31 | 7 | .svg.png) Henry Senn | Simca 8 | |
| 32 | 11 |  M. Allison | Lancia Dilambda 8 | |
| 33 | 206 | .svg.png) Simão/Chalskelman | Mercury 3.9 L | |
| 34 | 125 |  P. R. Monkhouse | Sunbeam-Talbot Ten | |
| 35 | 37 |  Finigan | Standard Vanguard | |
| 36 | 152 |  Fowler | Healey 2.4 L | |
| 37 | 140 |  Harper | Vauxhall Velox | |
| 38 | 113 |  Verner Hansson | Studebaker Champion | |
| 39 | 220 |  François Landon/Ferdinand Auriach | Renault 4CV | |
| 40 | 172 |  Marcel Becquart/Henri Secret | Hotchkiss 686 | |
| 41 | 124 |  Nick Haines | Sunbeam-Talbot Ten | |
| 42 | 184 |  Maurice	Wick | Allard M1 | JYT950 | 
| 43 | 153 |  G. Goedhard G. | Volkswagen Typ 11 (1131cc) | |
| 44 | 74 |  Pierre Laureys/R. Oury | Renault 4CV | |
| 45 | 150 |  Hugo Reichmann | Bentley Mark VI | |
| 46 | 130 |  L. Feitz | Chrysler New Yorker | |
| 47 | 135 |  Elsie Mary Wisdom-Gleed/Betty Haig | Morris Minor MM | #1, Coupe des Dames | 
| 48 | 83 |  Marc Angelvin/Nicole Angelvin | Simca 6 | |
| 49 | 123 |  George Hartwell | Sunbeam-Talbot Ten | |
| 50 | 72 |  Leopold Lancman/Miloslav Šipek | Aero-Minor | |
| 51 | 6 |  Bernard Denis/A. Funel | Hotchkiss 864 | |
| 52 | 121 |  Greta Molander/Helga Åhrberg | Dodge Kingsway | #2, Coupe des Dames | 
| 53 | 207 | .svg.png) Manuel Nunes dos Santos/Jaime Rodrigues | Oldsmobile | |
| 54 | 108 |  G. Erikson | Dodge Kingsway | |
| 55 | 1 |  Roger Montabert/Henri Peignaux | Delahaye 135 | |
| 56 | 103 |  Iwan Hartley | Simca 8 | 
References
- ^ "Rallye Monte-Carlo 1949". Rallye Monte-Carlo 1949.
- ^ "The First Post-War Monte Carlo Rally". Motor Sport. March 1949. p. 4.
- ^ "1949 Miscellaneous Rallies".
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