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1946 Nations Grand Prix

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1946 Nations Grand Prix
Grande Épreuve 2 of 3 in the 1946 Grand Prix season
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Race details
Date 21 July 1946
Official name I Grand Prix des Nations
Location Geneva, Switzerland
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.986 km (1.855 miles)
Distance 44 laps, 131.391 km (81.643 miles)
Pole position
Driver Alfa Romeo
Grid positions set by heat results
Fastest lap
Driver France Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Romeo
Time 1:36.4
Podium
First Alfa Romeo
Second Alfa Romeo
Third Alfa Romeo

The 1946 Nations Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held in Geneva on 21 July 1946.[1]

Classification

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Final

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Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 42 Italy Giuseppe Farina Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 44 1:15:49.4 1
2 44 Italy Carlo Felice Trossi Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 44 +1:11.5
3 18 France Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 43 +1 Lap
4 46 Italy Tazio Nuvolari Scuderia Milano Maserati 4CL 42 +2 Laps
5 38 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Ecurie Autosport Maserati 4CL 42 +2 Laps
6 2 Thailand Prince Bira Private entry ERA B 42 +2 Laps
7 20 Italy Achille Varzi Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 38 +6 Laps
8 22 France Raymond Sommer Scuderia Milano Maserati 4CL 36 +8 Laps
Ret 26 United Kingdom George Abecassis Private entry Alta 23 Carburettor
Ret 4 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Private entry Maserati 4CL 1 Accident
Ret 24 Italy Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Milano Maserati 4CL 1 Accident

Heat 1

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Drivers in bold advanced to the final

Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 18 France Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 32 59:45.5 1
2 20 Italy Achille Varzi Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 32 +48.0
3 24 Italy Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Milano Maserati 4CL 32 +51.0
4 4 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Private entry Maserati 4CL 31 +1 Lap
5 2 Thailand Prince Bira Private entry ERA B 30 +2 Laps
6 22 France Raymond Sommer Scuderia Milano Maserati 4CL 30 +2 Laps
7 8 United Kingdom George Bainbridge Private entry ERA B 29 +3 Laps
8 10 France "Raph" Ecurie Naphtra Course Maserati 4CL 29 +3 Laps
Ret 6 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Private entry ERA B 28 Engine
Ret 14 Switzerland Josef Vojlectovsky Private entry Maserati 6CM 28 Spark plugs
9 16 Netherlands Eric Verkade Ecurie Autosport Talbot 700 28 +4 Laps

Heat 2

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Drivers in bold advanced to the final

Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 42 Italy Giuseppe Farina Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 32 56:17.2 1
2 44 Italy Carlo Felice Trossi Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 32 +33.0
3 46 Italy Tazio Nuvolari Scuderia Milano Maserati 4CL 32 +1:11.0
4 38 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Ecurie Autosport Maserati 4CL 31 +1 Lap
5 34 United Kingdom Raymond Mays ERA ERA D 31 +1 Lap
6 26 United Kingdom George Abecassis Private entry Alta 31 +1 Lap
7 36 United Kingdom Ian Connell Private entry ERA B 30 +2 Laps
8 52 United Kingdom David Hampshire Private entry Delage 15S8 30 +2 Laps
9 28 United Kingdom Bob Gerard Private entry ERA B 28 +4 Laps
10 30 United States Harry Schell Écurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell Maserati 6CM 27 +5 Laps
Ret 32 Switzerland Max Christen Private entry Maserati 6CM 25
Ret 54 United Kingdom Leslie Brooke ERA ERA B 22 Brakes

References

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  1. ^ "1946 Geneva Grand Prix". Motor Sport magazine. Retrieved 1 November 2024.


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