The following is an overview of the events of 1947 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 30 May31st Indianapolis 500 9–13 June29th Isle of Man TT 21–22 June14th Mille Miglia
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef7MarchWalter RöhrlGermanRally driverWorld Rally champion (, ).29AugustJames HuntBritishRacing driverFormula One World Champion ().24SeptemberBernard BéguinFrenchRally driver1987 Tour de Corse winner.14OctoberRikky von OpelLiechtensteinerRacing driverThe first Liechtensteiner Formula One driver.10DecemberJürgen BarthGermanRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().
See also List of 1947 motorsport champions
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