1946 Belgian Grand Prix
1946 Belgian Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 16 June 1946 | ||
Official name | IX Grand Prix Automobile de Belgique | ||
Location |
Bois de la Cambre Brussels, Belgium | ||
Course | Street circuit | ||
Course length | 3.7 km (2.3 mi) | ||
Distance | 33 laps, 122.1 km (75.9 mi) | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
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Time | ? | ||
Podium | |||
First | |||
Second | |||
Third |
The 1946 Belgian Grand Prix was a non-championship sportscar race held on 16 June 1946 in the public park of Bois de la Cambre in Brussels.
Report[]
There were two supporting races. The 2000 cc (1000 cc s/c) race, officially called the Seaman Cup, was won by St John Horsfall driving an Aston Martin, with Leslie Johnson coming second in a Frazer Nash and earning the Winston Churchill Cup for the fastest lap.[a] The 1100 cc race was won by Franco Bertani in a Stanguellini, ahead of Simca-Gordini co-founder Amédée Gordini in a car of his own construction, the latter having turned around whilst leading.[4][6][5][2]
Entries[]
No | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis |
---|---|---|---|---|
51 | ![]() |
T.A.S.O. Mathieson | Talbot-Lago | |
52 | ![]() |
Lord Selsdon | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T26C |
53 | ![]() |
Harry Herkuleyns | MG | MG Magnette K3 |
54 | ![]() |
Delage | ||
55 | ![]() |
Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T150C |
56 | ![]() |
Raymond Sommer | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T26C |
58 | ![]() |
Ecurie Henri Trillaud | Delahaye | Delahaye 135CS |
59 | ![]() |
Leslie Johnson | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T150C |
60 | ![]() |
Pat Garland | Delage | Delage D6-70 |
62 | "Borelli" | Alfa Romeo | ||
64 | ![]() |
Amilcar | ||
65 | ![]() |
Delahaye | ||
66 | ![]() |
Georges Grignard | Delahaye | Delahaye 135CS |
67 | ![]() |
Delahaye | ||
68 | ![]() |
Eugène Chaboud | Delahaye | Delahaye 135CS |
69 | ![]() |
Amilcar | ||
70 | ![]() |
Delahaye | ||
Sources:[1][3] |
Classification[]
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/retired |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 68 | ![]() |
Delahaye | 33 | 1:07.45.2 |
2 | 55 | ![]() |
Talbot-Lago | 33 | +4.0 sec |
3 | 56 | ![]() |
Talbot-Lago | 33 | |
4 | 66 | ![]() |
Delahaye | 32 | +1 lap |
5 | 58 | ![]() |
Delahaye | 31 | +2 laps |
6 | 60 | ![]() |
Delage | ||
7 | 53 | ![]() |
MG | ||
Ret | 52 | ![]() |
Talbot-Lago | Fuel pump | |
Ret | 59 | ![]() |
Talbot-Lago | Gearbox | |
DNS | 51 | ![]() |
Talbot-Lago | ||
Sources:[b][1][3] |
Footnotes[]
- ^ The Motor Sport Database erroneously attributes this lap, 1:58.6 at a speed of 69.72 mph (112.20 km/h),[3][4][5] as the fastest lap of the main Grand Prix.
- ^ Motor Sport reports that Seylair finished 7th, Lascaud 8th, Villeneuve 9th and Flahaut 10th.[2] Racing Sportscars reports that these drivers never took up their entries to the event.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "GP Belgium - Sports 4500 cc or 2250 cc s/c 1946 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Form on the Continent". Motor Sport. September 1946. pp. 200, 199. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "1946 Belgian Grand Prix | Motorsport Database". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b "GP Belgium - Sports 2000 cc or 1000 cc s/c 1946 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Reports of Recent Events". Motor Sport. August 1946. p. 171. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "GP Belgium - Sports 1100 cc 1946 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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