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.[1][2]
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
|
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