1947 Nîmes Grand Prix

GP France Nîmes 1 June 1947 Circuit Nimes Courbessac 1947.svg III Grand Prix de Nîmes Nîmes-Courbessac Aerodrome, Nîmes Airfield circuit 5.216 km mi on 70 360.320 km mi on Luigi Villoresi ITA Maserati not known Luigi Villoresi ITA Maserati 3:00.4 Luigi Villoresi Maserati ITA Louis Chiron MON Talbot-Lago Reg Parnell GBR Maserati The III Grand Prix de Nîmes was a Formula One motor race held on 1 June 1947 at Nîmes-Courbessac Aerodrome, Nîmes, France. The race was held over 70 laps and was won by Luigi Villoresi in a Maserati 4CL. Villoresi started from pole position and set the fastest lap. Louis Chiron was second in a Talbot-Lago T26 and Reg Parnell third in a Maserati 4CL.https://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1947/1947.html#nimes 1947 Grands Prixhttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1947-nimes-grand-prix/ 1947 Grand Prix de Nimes Classification Pos No Driver Car Time/Laps 1 52 ITA Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CL 3:38:39.4; 99.94kph 2 38 MON Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago T26 +1:08.0 3 37 GBR Reg Parnell Maserati 4CL +1 lap 4 35 GBR Raymond Mays ERA B-Type +1 lap 5 46 FRA Charles Pozzi Delahaye 135 +4 laps 6 36 FRA Yves Giraud-Cabantous Delahaye 135 +4 laps 7 51 FRA Enrico Platé Maserati 4CL +5 laps 8 39 GBR Fred Ashmore ERA A-Type +6 laps 9 34 ITA "Raph" Maserati 4CL +7 laps 10 47 FRA Edmond MoucheFRA José Scaron Talbot-Lago T150C +7 laps 11 44 FRA Henri Trillaud Delahaye 135S +7 laps 12 42 FRA Pierre Meyrat Delahaye 135S +13 laps Ret 30 FRA Philippe Étancelin Maserati 4CL 54 laps, distributor Ret 55 FRA Raymond Sommer Maserati 4CL 46 laps, engine Ret 41 Siam B. Bira Maserati 4CL 40 laps Ret 56 FRA Louis Decarolis Bugatti Type 37A Ret 58 FRA Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 150SS Ret 57 FRA François Michaud Maserati 4CL Ret 32 FRA Maurice Trintignant Delage D6 Ret 31 FRA Henri Louveau Delage D6 Ret 54 FRA Pierre Levegh Delahaye 155 Ret 40 FRA Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 135S Ret 43 FRA Benoit Falchetto Bugatti Type 35 Ret 50 FRA Marcel Balsa Talbot-Lago T150C Ret 33 FRA Jean Achard Delage D6 1 lap, accident Ret 45 FRA Eugène Martin BMW 328 0 laps, accident References Nîmes Grand Prix 1947 1947 Frontieres Grand Prix 1947 Challenges AGACI 1933 Nîmes Grand Prix 1954 Nîmes Grand Prix Nîmes Nîmes Nîmes