1946 Nice Grand Prix

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type = GP

|Grand Prix = Nice

|Date = 22 April,

|Year = 1946

|Official name = V Grand Prix de Nice

|Country = France

|Location = Nice, France

|Course = Street circuit

|Course_mi = 2.000

|Course_km = 3.218

|Distance_laps = 65

|Distance_mi = 130.000

|Distance_km = 209.170

|Pole_Driver = Luigi Villoresi

|Pole_Team = Maserati 4CL

|Pole_Country = Italy

|Pole_flag_suffix = 1861

|Pole_Time = 1:45.0

|Grid_from_heats = true

|Fast_Driver = Raymond Sommer

|Fast_Team = Alfa Romeo 308

|Fast_Time = 1:44.8

|Fast_Country = France

|First_Driver = Luigi Villoresi

|First_Team = Maserati

|First_Country = Italy

|First_flag_suffix = 1861

|Second_Driver = Raymond Sommer

|Second_Team = Alfa Romeo

|Second_Country = France

|Third_Driver = Eugène Chaboud

|Third_Team = Delahaye

|Third_Country = France

}}

File:Start of the 1946 Nice Grand Prix.jpg

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. It was the first race of the 1946 Grand Prix season. According to some sources, this was the first official Formula 1 race.{{cite web|url=http://silodrome.com/the-first-ever-formula-1-race-nice-1946/ |title=The First Ever Formula 1 Race - Nice, 1946 |website=silodrome.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028010017/http://silodrome.com/the-first-ever-formula-1-race-nice-1946/ |archive-date=28 October 2012|access-date=20 October 2021}}

Entry list

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No ! Driver ! Car ! Engine
2 \| {{flagicon\|MCO}} Louis Chiron \| Talbot-Lago T26 \| Talbot-Lago
4 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Raymond Sommer \| Alfa Romeo 308 \| Alfa Romeo
6 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Philippe Étancelin \| Maserati 6CM \| Maserati
8 \| {{flagicon\|ITA\|1861}} Arialdo Ruggieri / {{flagicon\|ITA\|1861}} Franco Cortese \| Maserati 4CL \| Maserati
10 \| {{flagicon\|ITA\|1861}} Luigi Villoresi \| Maserati 4CL \| Maserati
12 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Henri Trillaud \| Delahaye 135S \| Delahaye
14 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Maurice Trintignant \| Bugatti T35C/51 \| Bugatti
16 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Robert Mazaud \| Maserati 4CL \| Maserati
18 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Eugène Chaboud \| Delahaye 135S \| Delahaye
20 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Henri Louveau \| Maserati 6CM \| Maserati
22 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Pierre Levegh \| Talbot-Lago T150C \| Talbot-Lago
24 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Marcel Balsa \| Talbot-Lago T150C \| Talbot-Lago
26 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Fernand Bianchi \| Bugatti T51A \| Bugatti
28 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Raph \| Maserati 4CL \| Maserati
30 \| {{flagicon\|ITA\|1861}} Discoride Lanza \| Maserati 4CL \| Maserati
32 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Georges Grignard \| Delahaye 135S \| Delahaye
34 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Charles Pozzi \| Delahaye 135S \| Delahaye
36 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Maurice Varet \| Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 \| Alfa Romeo
38 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Roger Deho \| Maserati 6CM \| Maserati
40 \| {{flagicon\|USA\|1912}} Harry Schell \| Maserati 6CM \| Maserati
42 \| {{flagicon\|ITA\|1861}} Franco Cortese \| Maserati 4CL \| Maserati
44 \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Paul Friderich \| Delahaye 155 \| Delahaye

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! Driver

! Car

! Engine

| {{flagicon|MCO}} Louis Chiron

| Talbot-Lago T26

| Talbot-Lago

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Raymond Sommer

| Alfa Romeo 308

| Alfa Romeo

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Étancelin

1946 Nice Grand Prix

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