1946 Marseille Grand Prix
| 1946 Marseille Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race details | |||
| Date | 13 May 1946 | ||
| Official name | V Grand Prix de Marseille | ||
| Location | Marseille, France | ||
| Course | Prado Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.589 km (2.23 miles) | ||
| Distance | 35 laps, 125.615 km (78.054 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Maserati | ||
| Grid positions set by heat results | |||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Raymond Sommer | Maserati | |
| Time | 2:09.5 (99.771 km/h) | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Maserati | ||
| Second | Maserati | ||
| Third | Delahaye | ||
The 1946 Marseille Grand Prix (formally the V Grand Prix de Marseille) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Marseille on 13 May 1946. The event included 2 x 15 lap heats followed by a 35 lap final.
Classification
| Pos [1][2] |
No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Heat | Heat Pos |
| 1 | 2 | Raymond Sommer | Maserati 4CL | 35 | 1:20:37.7 (93.477 km/h) | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 26 | Enrico Platé | Maserati 4CL | 34 | +1 lap | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 38 | Georges Grignard | Delahaye 135S | 34 | +1 laps | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 10 | Arialdo Ruggieri | Maserati 4CL | 34 | +1 laps | 1 | ret |
| 5 | 14 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati 4CL | 33 | +2 laps | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 40 | Roger Hillier | Delahaye 135S | 33 | +2 laps | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | Eugène Chaboud | Delahaye 135S | 32 | +3 laps | 1 | 2 |
| Ret | 16 | Ciro Basadonna | Maserati 4CL | 26 | ? | 1 | 6 |
| Ret | 36 | Paul Friderich | Delahaye 135S | 5 | Fire | 1 | 4 |
| Ret | 34 | Robert Mazaud | Maserati 4CL | 1 | Accident | 1 | 1 |
| Ret | 46 | Jean Lucas | Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 | 0 | Clutch | 2 | 6 |
| DNS | 32 | Harry Schell | Maserati 6CM | 1 | 5 | ||
| DNS | 50 | Marcel Balsa | Bugatti T51 | 2 | 4 | ||
| DNQ | 6 | Tazio Nuvolari | Maserati 4CL | 2 | Ret | ||
| DNQ | 8 | Franco Cortese | Maserati 4CL | 1 | Ret | ||
| DNQ | 12 | Philippe Verkade | Maserati 4CL | 1 | Crashed | ||
| DNQ | 18 | Alexis Constantin | Maserati 26 | 1 | Ret | ||
| DNQ | 30 | Henri Louveau | Maserati 6CM | 2 | Ret | ||
| DNQ | 42 | Pierre Larrue | Delahaye 135S | 1 | Ret | ||
| DNQ | 48 | Maurice Trintignant | Bugatti T35C/51 | 2 | Ret | ||
| DNQ | 58 | Eugène Martin | BMW 328 Martin Spécial | 1 | Crashed | ||
| DNQ | 62 | Discoride Lanza | Maserati 6CM | 2 | Ret | ||
| DNQ | 64 | Ugo Puma | Maserati 6CM | 2 | Ret | ||
| DNA | 20 | Roger Deho | Maserati 6CM | ||||
| DNA | 22 | Clemente Biodetti | Maserati 4CL | ||||
| DNA | 24 | Luigi Plate | Maserati 4CL | ||||
| DNA | 28 | Mario Venturelli | Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 | ||||
| DNA | 44 | Maurice Varet | Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 | ||||
| DNA | 52 | Gianpierro Bianchetti | Bugatti 51A | ||||
| DNA | 54 | Jean Achard | Bugatti 35 | ||||
| DNA | 56 | Marceron | Bugatti 35 | ||||
| DNA | 60 | Roger Wormser | Delahaye 135S | ||||
| DNA | 66 | Georges Raph | Maserati 4CL | ||||
| DNA | 68 | Louis Gerard | Maserati 8C-3000 | ||||
| DNA | 70 | Charles Lucas | Bugatti 35 | ||||
| DNA | 72 | Henri Trillaud | Maserati 26 |
References
- ^ 1946 Grand Prix de Marseille statsf1.com
- ^ 1946 Marseille Grand Prix ChicaneF1.com