1947 French Grand Prix

  1947 French Grand Prix

Race details
1947 Grand Prix season
Date	21 September 1947
Official name	XXXIV Grand Prix de l'ACF
Location	Lyon-Parilly, France
Course	7.289 km (4.529 mi)
Distance	70 laps, 510.262 km (317.063 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Henri Louveau	Maserati
Time	3:17.9
Fastest lap
Drivers	Alberto Ascari Luigi Villoresi "Raph"	Maserati Maserati Maserati
Time	3:17.5
Podium
First	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago
Second	Henri Louveau	Maserati
Third	Eugène Chaboud	Talbot-Lago

The 1947 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Lyon-Parilly on 21 September 1947.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	6	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago T26	70	4:03:40.7	2
2	24	Henri Louveau	Maserati 4CL	70	4:05:18.6	1
3	2	Eugène Chaboud	Talbot-Lago T150C	69	+ 1 lap	3
4	30	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago T150C	69	+ 1 lap
5	32	Charles Pozzi	Delahaye 135	67	+ 3 laps
Ret	44	Alberto Ascari	Maserati 4CL	63	Piston
6	4	Franco Comotti	Talbot-Lago T150C	62	+ 7 laps
Ret	28	Reg Parnell Wilkie Wilkinson	ERA E-Type	39	Steering
Ret	8	Yves Giraud-Cabantous John Selsdon	Talbot T150C	39	Engine
Ret	16	"Raph"	Maserati 4CL	36	Engine
Ret	18	Pierre Levegh	Maserati 4CL	25	Accident
Ret	22	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati 4CL	21	Engine
Ret	42	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL	4	Engine
Ret	26	Leslie Brooke	ERA E-Type	1	Engine
Ret	10	Luigi Chinetti	Talbot 26	1	Engine
Ret	14	Raymond Sommer	CTA-Arsenal	0	Rear axle

References

• http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1947/1947.html#acf