1947 Marseille Grand Prix
| 1947 Marseille Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race details | |||
| Date | 18 May 1947 | ||
| Official name | VI Grand Prix de Marseille | ||
| Location | Prado, Marseille | ||
| Course | Temporary Street Circuit | ||
| Course length | 4.399 km (2.733 mi) | ||
| Distance | 69 laps, 303.538 km (188.610 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Maserati | ||
| Time | 2:14.7 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Drivers |
 Raymond Sommer | Maserati | |
 Luigi Villoresi | Maserati | ||
| Time | 2:17.2 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Talbot-Lago | ||
| Second | Maserati | ||
| Third | Delage | ||
The VI Grand Prix de Marseille was a
Maserati 4CL and Henri Louveau third in a Delage 3L. Raymond Sommer was on pole position, and set joint fastest lap with Luigi Villoresi; both retired their Maseratis with mechanical problems.[1][2]
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Time/Laps | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | Eugène Chaboud
|
Talbot-Lago MC | 2:50:23.6; 106.89kph | 3 |
| 2 | 32 |  Enrico Platé
|
Maserati 4CL
|
+1 lap | 5 |
| 3 | 12 | Henri Louveau
|
Delage 3L | +2 laps | 9 |
| 4 | 14 | Pierre Levegh
|
Delage 3L | +3 laps | 11 |
| 5 | 18 |  David Hampshire Fred Ashmore
|
ERA A-Type | +3 laps | 10 |
| 6 | 46 | Jean Achard
|
Delage 3L | +4 laps | |
| 7 | 24 | Yves Giraud-Cabantous
|
Delahaye 135S | +7 laps | |
| 8 | 38 | Edmond Mouche José Scaron
|
Talbot-Lago 150C | +8 laps | 6 |
| 9 | 42 | François Michaud
|
Bugatti Type 57S
|
+9 laps | |
| Ret | 48 | Louis Rosier
|
Talbot-Lago T150S | Cylinder head | |
| Ret | 26 | Charles Pozzi
|
Delahaye 135S | Half shaft | |
| Ret | 44 | Maurice Trintignant
|
Bugatti Type 51A | Overheating | |
| Ret | 40 | Marcel Balsa
|
Talbot-Lago 150C | ||
| Ret | 28 | Roger Loyer
|
Delahaye 135S | Con-rod | |
| Ret | 10 | Philippe Étancelin
|
Delage 3L | Engine | |
| Ret | 20 | Ian Connell
|
Maserati 6CM | 27 laps, suspension | 8 |
| Ret | 4 |  Louis Chiron
|
Maserati 4CL
|
27 laps, mechanical | 4 |
| Ret | 8 | Nello Pagani
|
Maserati 4CL
|
23 laps, mechanical | 7 |
| Ret | 2 | Raymond Sommer
|
Maserati 4CL
|
10 laps, engine | 1 |
| Ret | 30 | Luigi Villoresi
|
Maserati 4CL
|
9 laps, engine | 2 |
| Ret | 16 | Reg Parnell
|
Maserati 4CL
|
2 laps, piston | |
| Ret | 36 | Emmanuel de Graffenried
|
Maserati 4CL
|
0 laps | |
| DNS | 34 | Benoit Falchetto
|
Bugatti Type 35 |
References