1946 Nice Grand Prix

1946 Nice Grand Prix
Race details
Date	22 April 1946
Official name	V
Location	Nice, France
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.218 km ( mi)
Distance	65 laps, 209.170 km ( mi)
Pole position
Driver	Luigi Villoresi	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	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati
Second	Raymond Sommer	Alfa Romeo
Third	Eugène Chaboud	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. According to some sources this was the first official Formula 1 race.^[1]

Entry list[]

No	Driver	Car	Engine
2	Louis Chiron		Talbot-Lago
4	Raymond Sommer	Alfa Romeo 308	Alfa Romeo
6	Philippe Étançelin	Maserati 6CM	Maserati
8	/ Franco Cortese	Maserati 4CL	Maserati
10	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL	Maserati
12			Delahaye
14	Maurice Trintignant		Bugatti
16		Maserati 4CL	Maserati
18	Eugène Chaboud		Delahaye
20	Henri Louveau	Maserati 6CM	Maserati
22	Pierre Levegh		Talbot-Lago
24	Marcel Balsa		Talbot-Lago
26			Bugatti
28	Raph	Maserati 4CL	Maserati
30		Maserati 4CL	Maserati
32	Georges Grignard		Delahaye
34	Charles Pozzi		Delahaye
36			Alfa Romeo
38		Maserati 6CM	Maserati
40	Harry Schell	Maserati 6CM	Maserati
42	Franco Cortese	Maserati 4CL	Maserati
44			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	/ Franco Cortese	Maserati	58	+7 laps
6	2	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago	58	+7 laps
7	36		Alfa Romeo	55	+10 laps
8	34	Charles Pozzi	Delahaye	51	+14 laps
9	26		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		Maserati	22	Magneto
ret	12		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		Maserati	5
ret	42	Franco Cortese	Maserati	0	Supercharger
DNS	30		Maserati	0
DNS	44		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).

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