The 9th Grand Prix de l'Albigeois was a Formula One motor race held on 13 July 1947 at Les Planques circuit in Albi in the Tarn department of France. The winner of the 40 lap race was Louis Rosier in a Talbot-Lago T150SS. Second was Raymond Sommer in a Simca Gordini Type 11 and Charles Pozzi was third in a Delahaye 135. Maserati drivers Henri Louveau and Luigi Villoresi set pole and fastest lap respectively, but both retired.
Results Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time Grid 1 26 Louis Rosier Ecurie Tricolore Talbot-Lago T150SS 2:29:48.7; 142.28kph 7 2 32 Raymond Sommer Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 11 +2:02.2 12 3 46 Charles Pozzi Charles Pozzi Delahaye 135S +1 lap 15 4 44 Roger Loyer Roger Loyer Cisitalia D46-Fiat +2 laps 14 5 40 Eugenio Minetti Scuderia Ambrosiana Cisitalia D46-Fiat +4 laps 17 6 34 Maurice Trintignant Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 11 +5 laps 5 7 28 Charles de Cortanze Pierre Veyron Émile Darl'mat Darl'mat-Peugeot +5 laps 10 Ret 48 Eugène Chaboud Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 135S 39 laps, accident 4 Ret 2 Pierre Levegh Ecurie Naphtra Course Maserati 4CL 33 laps, valve Ret 20 Jean Achard Ecurie France-Course Delahaye 155 21 laps, wheel Ret 8 Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 4CL 20 laps, out of fuel Ret 18 Leslie Brooke Leslie Brooke ERA B-Type 18 laps, engine 6 Ret 6 Ian Connell I.F. Connell & K.D. Evans Maserati 6CM 9 laps, spin 18 Ret 14 Henri Louveau Henri Louveau Maserati 4CL 7 laps, engine 1 Ret 30 Jean-Pierre Wimille Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 15 7 laps, engine 2 Ret 36 Igor Troubetzkoy Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 11 5 laps, accident 16 Ret 16 Fred Ashmore Reg Parnell ERA A-Type 2 laps, overheating Ret 54 Harry Schell Ecurie Laury Schell Cisitalia D46-Fiat 1 lap, piston 13 Ret 4 Raph Ecurie Naphtra Course Maserati 4CL Engine Ret 22 Reg Parnell Reg Parnell Maserati 4CL Piston 20 Ret 24 Edmond Mouche José Scaron Talbot-Lago T150C Engine 3 Ret 42 Dorino Serafini Dorino Serafini Cisitalia D46-Fiat Retired 11 Ret 52 'Robert' 'Robert' Cisitalia D46-Fiat Retired 9 Ret 60 Marius Porta Robert Manzon Cisitalia D46-Fiat Retired 19 Ret 62 René Bonnet Deutsch et Bonnet DB-Citroen Transmission 8 DNS 12 Raymond Sommer Raymond Sommer Cisitalia D46-Fiat Drove car no. 32 DNA 10 Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 4CL DNA 38 Philippe Étancelin Ecurie Gersac Delage D6 DNA 50 Adolfo Mandirola Adolfo Mandirola Maserati 6CM DNA 56 Raymond de Saugé Raymond de Saugé Cisitalia D46 DNA 58 Enrico Platé Enrico Platé Maserati 4CL
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