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
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).
References edit
- ^ "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