The VIII Grande Prêmio da Cidade de Rio de Janeiro was a Grand Prix motor race held at Gávea, Rio de Janeiro on 20 April 1947. 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 was.
Classification PosDriverCarTime/RetiredGrid 1 Chico Landi Alfa Romeo 308 2:03:14.5, 78.969kph 2 2 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CL +5:52.9 1 3 George Raph Maserati 6CM +1 lap 4 Hélio Ramos Alfa Romeo +1 lap 6 Ret Achille Varzi Alfa Romeo 308 6 laps 7 Ret Gino Bianco Maserati 8CM 3 Ret Ruben Abrunhosa Studebaker 5 Ret Henrique Casini Maserati Ret João Santos Mauro Maserati 4 Ret Giacomo Palmieri Maserati Ret Osmar Lage Maserati
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