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.
Entry list No Driver Car Engine 2 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago T26 Talbot-Lago 4 Raymond Sommer Alfa Romeo 308 Alfa Romeo 6 Philippe Étancelin Maserati 6CM Maserati 8 Arialdo Ruggieri / Franco Cortese Maserati 4CL Maserati 10 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CL Maserati 12 Henri Trillaud Delahaye 135S Delahaye 14 Maurice Trintignant Bugatti T35C/51 Bugatti 16 Robert Mazaud Maserati 4CL Maserati 18 Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 135S Delahaye 20 Henri Louveau Maserati 6CM Maserati 22 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago T150C Talbot-Lago 24 Marcel Balsa Talbot-Lago T150C Talbot-Lago 26 Fernand Bianchi Bugatti T51A Bugatti 28 Raph Maserati 4CL Maserati 30 Discoride Lanza Maserati 4CL Maserati 32 Georges Grignard Delahaye 135S Delahaye 34 Charles Pozzi Delahaye 135S Delahaye 36 Maurice Varet Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Alfa Romeo 38 Roger Deho Maserati 6CM Maserati 40 Harry Schell Maserati 6CM Maserati 42 Franco Cortese Maserati 4CL Maserati 44 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 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).
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