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1946 Nice Grand Prix
The 1946 Nice Grand Prix (officially the V Grand Prix de Nice) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Nice in France on Monday, 22 April 1946. According to some sources this was the first official Formula 1 race.[1]
| 1946 Nice Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race details | |||
| Date | 22 April 1946 | ||
| Official name | V Grand Prix de Nice | ||
| Location | Nice, France | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.218 km (2.000 miles) | ||
| Distance | 65 laps, 209.170 km (130.000 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Maserati 4CL | ||
| Time | 1:45.0 | ||
| Grid positions set by heat results | |||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Raymond Sommer | Alfa Romeo 308 | |
| Time | 1:44.8 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Maserati | ||
| Second | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Third | Delahaye | ||
Entry list edit
| No | Driver | Car | Engine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Louis Chiron | Talbot-Lago T26 | Talbot-Lago |
| 4 | Raymond Sommer | Alfa Romeo 308 | Alfa Romeo |
| 6 | Philippe Étançelin | Maserati 6CM | Maserati |
| 8 | Arialdo Ruggieri / Franco Cortese | Maserati 4CL | Maserati |
| 10 | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati 4CL | Maserati |
| 12 | Henri Trillaud | Delahaye 135S | Delahaye |
| 14 | Maurice Trintignant | Bugatti T35C/51 | Bugatti |
| 16 | Robert Mazaud | Maserati 4CL | Maserati |
| 18 | Eugène Chaboud | Delahaye 135S | Delahaye |
| 20 | Henri Louveau | Maserati 6CM | Maserati |
| 22 | Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago T150C | Talbot-Lago |
| 24 | Marcel Balsa | Talbot-Lago T150C | Talbot-Lago |
| 26 | Fernand Bianchi | Bugatti T51A | Bugatti |
| 28 | Raph | Maserati 4CL | Maserati |
| 30 | Discoride Lanza | Maserati 4CL | Maserati |
| 32 | Georges Grignard | Delahaye 135S | Delahaye |
| 34 | Charles Pozzi | Delahaye 135S | Delahaye |
| 36 | Maurice Varet | Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 | Alfa Romeo |
| 38 | Roger Deho | Maserati 6CM | Maserati |
| 40 | Harry Schell | Maserati 6CM | Maserati |
| 42 | Franco Cortese | Maserati 4CL | Maserati |
| 44 | Paul Friderich | Delahaye 155 | Delahaye |
Classification edit
| Pos [2][3][4] | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati | 65 | 2:00:04.5 (104.52 km/h) | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | Raymond Sommer | Alfa Romeo | 64 | +1 lap | |
| 3 | 18 | Eugène Chaboud | Delahaye | 61 | +4 laps | |
| 4 | 32 | Georges Grignard | Delahaye | 59 | +6 laps | |
| 5 | 8 | Arialdo Ruggieri / Franco Cortese | Maserati | 58 | +7 laps | |
| 6 | 2 | Louis Chiron | Talbot-Lago | 58 | +7 laps | |
| 7 | 36 | Maurice Varet | Alfa Romeo | 55 | +10 laps | |
| 8 | 34 | Charles Pozzi | Delahaye | 51 | +14 laps | |
| 9 | 26 | Fernand Bianchi | Bugatti | 48 | +17 laps | |
| 10 | 20 | Henri Louveau | Maserati | 44 | +21 laps | |
| ret | 22 | Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago | 41 | Rear axle | |
| ret | 14 | Maurice Trintignant | Bugatti | 30 | Ignition | |
| ret | 16 | Robert Mazaud | Maserati | 22 | Magneto | |
| ret | 12 | Henri Trillaud | Delahaye | 20 | Connecting rod | |
| ret | 40 | Harry Schell | Maserati | 20 | Accident | |
| ret | 28 | Raph | Maserati | 15 | ||
| ret | 24 | Marcel Balsa | Talbot-Lago | 15 | ||
| ret | 6 | Philippe Étançelin | Maserati | 8 | Magneto | |
| ret | 38 | Roger Deho | Maserati | 5 | ||
| ret | 42 | Franco Cortese | Maserati | 0 | Supercharger | |
| DNS | 30 | Discoride Lanza | Maserati | 0 | ||
| DNS | 44 | Paul Friderich | Delahaye | 0 |
- Pole position: Luigi Villoresi in 1:45.0 (110.331 km/h)
- Fastest lap: Raymond Sommer in 1:44.8 (110.542 km/h).