1946 Nice Grand Prix

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. According to some sources this was the first official Formula 1 race.^[1]

1946 Nice Grand Prix
Race details
Date	22 April 1946
Official name	V Grand Prix de Nice
Location	Nice, France
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.218 km (2.000 miles)
Distance	65 laps, 209.170 km (130.000 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL
Time	1:45.0
Grid positions set by heat results
Fastest lap
Driver	Raymond Sommer	Alfa Romeo 308
Time	1:44.8
Podium
First	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati
Second	Raymond Sommer	Alfa Romeo
Third	Eugène Chaboud	Delahaye

Start of the 1946 Nice Grand Prix

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

Pos [2][3][4]	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
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).

References

1. "The First Ever Formula 1 Race - Nice, 1946". silodrome.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
2. I Grand Prix de Nice silhouet.com
3. 1946 Grand Prix de Nice statsf1.com
4. 1946 Nice Grand Prix ChicaneF1.com