1947 Nice Grand Prix

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	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati
Time	1:43.3
Fastest lap
Driver	Raymond Sommer	Maserati
Time	1:44.0
Podium
First	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati
Second	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Simca Gordini
Third	Fred Ashmore Reg Parnell	ERA

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