1946 Nice Grand Prix

GP Nice 22 April, 1946 V Grand Prix de Nice France Nice, France Street circuit 2.000 3.218 65 130.000 209.170 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CL Italy 1861 1:45.0 true Raymond Sommer Alfa Romeo 308 1:44.8 France Luigi Villoresi Maserati Italy 1861 Raymond Sommer Alfa Romeo France Eugène Chaboud Delahaye France thumb|Start of the 1946 Nice Grand Prix 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. It was the first race of the 1946 Grand Prix season. According to some sources, this was the first official Formula 1 race.http://silodrome.com/the-first-ever-formula-1-race-nice-1946/ The First Ever Formula 1 Race - Nice, 1946 silodrome.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121028010017/http://silodrome.com/the-first-ever-formula-1-race-nice-1946/ 28 October 2012 20 October 2021 Entry list No Driver Car Engine 2 MCO Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago T26 Talbot-Lago 4 FRA Raymond Sommer Alfa Romeo 308 Alfa Romeo 6 FRA Philippe Étancelin Maserati 6CM Maserati 8 ITA 1861 Arialdo Ruggieri / ITA 1861 Franco Cortese Maserati 4CL Maserati 10 ITA 1861 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CL Maserati 12 FRA Henri Trillaud Delahaye 135S Delahaye 14 FRA Maurice Trintignant Bugatti T35C/51 Bugatti 16 FRA Robert Mazaud Maserati 4CL Maserati 18 FRA Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 135S Delahaye 20 FRA Henri Louveau Maserati 6CM Maserati 22 FRA Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T150C Talbot-Lago 24 FRA Marcel Balsa Talbot-Lago T150C Talbot-Lago 26 FRA Fernand Bianchi Bugatti T51A Bugatti 28 FRA Raph Maserati 4CL Maserati 30 ITA 1861 Discoride Lanza Maserati 4CL Maserati 32 FRA Georges Grignard Delahaye 135S Delahaye 34 FRA Charles Pozzi Delahaye 135S Delahaye 36 FRA Maurice Varet Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Alfa Romeo 38 FRA Roger Deho Maserati 6CM Maserati 40 USA 1912 Harry Schell Maserati 6CM Maserati 42 ITA 1861 Franco Cortese Maserati 4CL Maserati 44 FRA Paul Friderich Delahaye 155 Delahaye Classification PosI Grand Prix de Nice silhouet.com1946 Grand Prix de Nice statsf1.com1946 Nice Grand Prix ChicaneF1.comNoDriverCarLapsTime/RetiredGrid 1 10 ITA 1861 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 65 2:00:04.5 (104.52 km/h) 1 2 4 FRA Raymond Sommer Alfa Romeo 64 +1 lap 3 18 FRA Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 61 +4 laps 4 32 FRA Georges Grignard Delahaye 59 +6 laps 5 8 ITA 1861 Arialdo Ruggieri / ITA 1861 Franco Cortese Maserati 58 +7 laps 6 2 MCO Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago 58 +7 laps 7 36 FRA Maurice Varet Alfa Romeo 55 +10 laps 8 34 FRA Charles Pozzi Delahaye 51 +14 laps 9 26 FRA Fernand Bianchi Bugatti 48 +17 laps 10 20 FRA Henri Louveau Maserati 44 +21 laps ret 22 FRA Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 41 Rear axle ret 14 FRA Maurice Trintignant Bugatti 30 Ignition ret 16 FRA Robert Mazaud Maserati 22 Magneto ret 12 FRA Henri Trillaud Delahaye 20 Connecting rod ret 40 USA 1912 Harry Schell Maserati 20 Accident ret 28 FRA Raph Maserati 15 ret 24 FRA Marcel Balsa Talbot-Lago 15 ret 6 FRA Philippe Étançelin Maserati 8 Magneto ret 38 FRA Roger Deho Maserati 5 ret 42 ITA 1861 Franco Cortese Maserati 0 Supercharger DNS 30 ITA 1861 Discoride Lanza Maserati 0 DNS 44 FRA 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 Nice