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1947 Nice Grand Prix
Race details
Date 20 July 1947
Official name VI Grand Prix de Nice
Location Nice, France
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.213 kilometres (1.996 miles)
Distance 100 laps, 321.3 kilometres (199.6 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Time 1:43.3
Fastest lap
Driver France Raymond Sommer Maserati
Time 1:44.0
Podium
First Maserati
Second Simca Gordini
Third ERA
Motor car race

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 Italy Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CL 3:07:07.1 (102.87 km/h) 1
2 28 France Jean-Pierre Wimille Simca Gordini Type 15 +2 laps 11
3 10 United Kingdom Fred Ashmore
United Kingdom Reg Parnell 		ERA A-Type +2 laps 12
4 14 Italy Alberto Ascari Maserati 4CL +3 laps 3
5 34 France Charles Pozzi Delahaye 135 +5 laps 15
6 4 France Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 150SS +7 laps 14
7 8 United Kingdom Leslie Brooke ERA B-Type +13 laps 20
8 22 France Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 135S +33 laps 6
Ret 6 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Maserati 4CL 59 laps, selector rod 8
Ret 26 France Henri Louveau Maserati 4CL 46 laps, magneto 13
Ret 42 France Pierre Levegh Maserati 4CL 46 laps, engine 9
Ret 24 France "Raph" Maserati 4CL 43 laps, spun off 7
Ret 30 Monaco Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago T26 38 laps, gasket 5
Ret 38 France Raymond Sommer Maserati 4CL 28 laps, fire 2
Ret 16 Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CL 18 laps, engine 4
Ret 18 Switzerland Adolphe Mandirola Maserati 8CM 16 laps, engine 19
Ret 2 United Kingdom Kenneth Evans Maserati 6CM 8 laps, selector rod 16
Ret 20 Switzerland Fred Meyer Maserati 4CL 5 laps, ignition 17
Ret 32 France Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago 26SS 5 laps, cylinder head 10
DNS 36 France Benoit Falchetto Bugatti Type 35 18


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References

  1. "1947 Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  2. "1947 Nice Grand Prix". Retrieved 2022-11-22.
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