1946 Nice Grand Prix
| 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 | ||
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. It was the first race of the 1946 Grand Prix season. According to some sources, this was the first official Formula 1 race.[1]
Entry list
| No | Driver | Car | Engine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Louis Chiron | Talbot-Lago T26 | Talbot-Lago |
| 4 | Raymond Sommer | Alfa Romeo 308 | Alfa Romeo |
| 6 | Philippe Étancelin | 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 |
- Pole position: Luigi Villoresi in 1:45.0 (110.331 km/h)
- Fastest lap: Raymond Sommer in 1:44.8 (110.542 km/h).
References
- ^ "The First Ever Formula 1 Race - Nice, 1946". silodrome.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ I Grand Prix de Nice silhouet.com
- ^ 1946 Grand Prix de Nice statsf1.com
- ^ 1946 Nice Grand Prix ChicaneF1.com