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 ( mi)
Distance 65 laps, 209.170 km ( mi)
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

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

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
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