The 6th Grand Prix de Nice was a Grand Prix motor race held at Nice in France on 20 July 1947. The race was won by Luigi Villoresi, who started from pole, in a Maserati 4CL. Jean-Pierre Wimille was second in a Simca Gordini Type 15 and Fred Ashmore and Reg Parnell shared third place in an ERA A-Type, Parnell's own car having retired with gearbox problems. Raymond Sommer set fastest lap in a Maserati 4CL but retired after his car caught fire.
Classification Pos No Driver Car Time/Retired Grid 1 12 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CL 3:07:07.1 (102.87 km/h) 1 2 28 Jean-Pierre Wimille Simca Gordini Type 15 +2 laps 11 3 10 Fred Ashmore Reg Parnell ERA A-Type +2 laps 12 4 14 Alberto Ascari Maserati 4CL +3 laps 3 5 34 Charles Pozzi Delahaye 135 +5 laps 15 6 4 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 150SS +7 laps 14 7 8 Leslie Brooke ERA B-Type +13 laps 20 8 22 Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 135S +33 laps 6 Ret 6 Reg Parnell Maserati 4CL 59 laps, selector rod 8 Ret 26 Henri Louveau Maserati 4CL 46 laps, magneto 13 Ret 42 Pierre Levegh Maserati 4CL 46 laps, engine 9 Ret 24 "Raph" Maserati 4CL 43 laps, spun off 7 Ret 30 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago T26 38 laps, gasket 5 Ret 38 Raymond Sommer Maserati 4CL 28 laps, fire 2 Ret 16 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CL 18 laps, engine 4 Ret 18 Adolphe Mandirola Maserati 8CM 16 laps, engine 19 Ret 2 Kenneth Evans Maserati 6CM 8 laps, selector rod 16 Ret 20 Fred Meyer Maserati 4CL 5 laps, ignition 17 Ret 32 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago 26SS 5 laps, cylinder head 10 DNS 36 Benoit Falchetto Bugatti Type 35 18
References