1947 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

GP Brazil Rio de Janeiro Circuit-gavea-1934-(openstreetmap).png 20 April 1947 VIII Grande Prêmio da Cidade de Rio de Janeiro Gávea, Rio de Janeiro Temporary road circuit 10.77 km mi on 15 161.595 km mi on Luigi Villoresi Maserati 7:26.1 ITA Chico Landi Alfa Romeo BRA Luigi Villoresi Maserati ITA George Raph Maserati FRA The VIII Grande Prêmio da Cidade de Rio de Janeiro was a Grand Prix motor race held on 20 April 1947 at the Gávea street circuit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The race was planned over 20 laps but was reduced to 15 because of rain. Chico Landi won while driving an Alfa Romeo 308. Luigi Villoresi, in a Maserati 4CL started from pole and finished second. George Raph came in third with a Maserati 6CM.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1947/1947.html#rio 1947 Grands Prix 2022-10-27https://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1947&gp=Rio%20GP&r=1 VIII Grande Prêmio da Cidade de Rio de Janeiro 2022-10-27 Classification PosDriverCarTime/RetiredGrid 1 BRA Chico Landi Alfa Romeo 308 2:03:14.5, 78.969kph 2 2 ITA Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CL +5:52.9 1 3 FRA George Raph Maserati 6CM +1 lap 4 BRA Hélio Ramos Alfa Romeo +1 lap 6 Ret ITA Achille Varzi Alfa Romeo 308 6 laps 7 Ret BRA Gino Bianco Maserati 8CM 3 Ret BRA Ruben Abrunhosa Studebaker 5 Ret BRA Henrique Casini Maserati Ret BRA João Santos Mauro Maserati 4 Ret ITA Giacomo Palmieri Maserati Ret BRA Osmar Lage Maserati References Additional reading https://www.periodicos.rc.biblioteca.unesp.br/index.php/motriz/article/view/2116 Antes de Fittipaldi, Piquet e Senna: o automobilismo no Brasil (1908-1954) 2009-02-17 Motriz. Revista de Educação Física. 1 Melo Victor Andrade 104–115 15 pt-br http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09523367.2011.537915 Before Fittipaldi, Piquet and Senna: The Beginning of Motor Racing in Brazil (1908–1954) 2011 The International Journal of the History of Sport 2 Melo Victor Andrade de 253–267 10.1080/09523367.2011.537915 0952-3367 subscription Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix 1947 1947 Pau Grand Prix 1947 Roussillon Grand Prix 1941 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix 1948 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix Category:Auto races in Brazil Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix