1947 Reims Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Date | July 6, 1947 | ||
| Official name | I Grand Prix de Reims | ||
| Location | Reims-Gueux, Reims | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 7.816 km (4.856 mi) | ||
| Distance | 51 laps, 398.616 km (247.688 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Maserati 4CL | ||
| Time | 2:51.1 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
Luigi Villoresi |
Maserati 4CL | |
| Time | 2:58.2 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Maserati 4CL | ||
| Second |
 Talbot-Lago 39 | ||
| Third |
 ERA B-Type | ||
The XVI (16th) Grand Prix de Reims (also known as the I Grand Prix de Reims) was held under Grand Prix regulations on July 6, 1947, at the Reims-Gueux circuit near Reims in north-eastern France. The race was run over 51 laps on a 7.816 km circuit of public roads and was won by Swiss driver Christian Kautz in a Maserati 4CL.
History
The 1947 Grand Prix at Reims (commonly known as the Reims Grand Prix) was the first major Grand Prix motor race held at Reims-Gueux after WW2. Officially billed as the XVI Grand Prix de Reims, the race number has its origin in the Grand Prix de la Marne, a pre war Grand Prix racing series (1925-1937, plus one commemorative race held in 1952).
Post war political and financial re-organization moved the nationally sanctioned Grand Prix de France (Grand Prix de l'ACF) to the circuit Rouen-Les-Essarts after three editions were held at Reims in 1932, 1938 and 1939. Among those changes was renaming the old pre-war Marne GP to Grand Prix de Reims, officially billed as the XVI Grand Prix de Reims, based on the former Grand Prix de la Marne numbering sequence. Conflicts between local, regional, national and commercial interests, further complicated by the new post-war Formula 1 and Formula 2 series, led to various accounts of race name and numbering formats. As a result, some sources list the 1957 and 1962 Grand Prix de Reims as the 2nd (II) [1][2][3] and 3rd (III) GP de Reims respectively. [4][5][6]
Results
| Pos | No. | Driver | Entrant | Constructor /Car | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | 40 |  Christian Kautz |
Scuderia Enrico Platé | Maserati 4CL | 2:34:50.7 | 1 |
| 2 | 20 |  Louis Chiron |
Ecurie France | Talbot-Lago 39 | 2:37:29.6 | 18 |
| 3 | 32 | Bob Gerard Cuth Harrison |
Bob Gerard (Private) | ERA B-Type | 48 Laps - 2:36:33.4 | 5 |
| 4 | 48 | Eugène Chaboud |
Ecurie France | Delahaye 135 | 48 Laps - 2:37:29.1 | 8 |
| 5 | 24 | Edmond Mouche.svg.png){kind=small} José Scaron |
Mouche (Private) | Talbot-Lago 82930 | 47 Laps - 2:37:30.3 | 10 |
| 6 | 26 | Louis Rosier |
Rosier (Private) | Talbot-Lago 90111 | 46 Laps - 2:35:57.1 | 7 |
| 7 | 46 | Charles Pozzi |
Ecurie France | Delahaye 135S | 46 Laps - 2:36:12.4 | 9 |
| DNF | 38 | Maurice Trintignant Henri Louveau |
Ecurie Gersac | Delage D6-70 | 45 Laps - Valves | 6 |
| DNF | 12 | Raymond Sommer |
Sommer (Private) | Maserati 4CM | 38 Laps - Transmission | 3 |
| DNF | 16 | Fred Ashmore Leslie Brooke |
E.R.A. Ltd. | ERA B Type | 33 Laps - Connecting rod | 21 |
| DNF | 8 | Luigi Villoresi |
Scuderia Ambrosiana | Maserati 4CL | 32 Laps - Engine | 15 |
| DNF | 10 | Alberto Ascari |
Scuderia Ambrosiana | Maserati 4CLT | 26 Laps - Engine | 16 |
| DNF | 44 | Yves Giraud-Cabantous |
Ecurie France | Delahaye 135 | 22 Laps - Valves | 4 |
| DNF | 4 | 'Raph' |
Ecurie Naphtra Course | Maserati 4CL | 19 Laps - Oil piping | 13 |
| DNF | 30 | Peter Whitehead |
Peter Whitehead (Private) | ERA B Type | 11 Laps - Piston | 11 |
| DNF | 34 | Reg Parnell |
Reg Parnell (Private) | ERA E Type | 7 Laps - Supercharger | 20 |
| DNF | 28 | Leslie Brooke |
E.R.A. Ltd. | ERA E Type | 5 Laps - Oil Pressure | 21 |
| DNF | 6 | Kenneth Evans |
Connell / Evans (Private) | Lotus-Climax 24 | 4 Laps - Engine | 14 |
| DNF | 2 | Enrico Platé |
Scuderia Enrico Platé | Maserati 4CL | 1 Lap - Crash | 12 |
| DNA | 18 | Jean-Pierre Wimille |
Ecurie Naphtra Course | Maserati 4CL | - | - |
| DNA | 22 |  Luigi Chinetti |
Ecurie France | Talbot MD | - | - |
| DNA | 36 | Jean Achard |
Ecurie Gersac | Delage D6-70 | - | - |
| DNA | 42 | Philippe Etancelin |
Ecurie Gersac | Delage D6-70 | - | - |
| DNA | 44 | Maurice Varet |
Ecurie France | Delahaye 135CS | - | - |
| Sources:[7][8][9][10] | ||||||
References
- ↑ "1957 - II Grand Prix de Reims". statsf1.com. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ↑ "XXIII Grand Prix de Reims". silhouet.com. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ↑ "II Grand Prix de Reims 1957". formula2.net. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ↑ "III Grand Prix de Reims". silhouet.com. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ↑ "1962 III Grand Prix de Reims". statsf1.com. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ↑ "XXVIII Grand Prix Internationale de Reims 1962". formula2.net. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ↑ "1947 XVI Grand Prix de Reims (anciennement Grand Prix de la Marne)". forix.com. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "1947 XVI Grand Prix de Reims". silhouet.com. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "1947 XVI Grand Prix de Reims". statsf1.com. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Palmares des GP du Circuit de Reims-Gueux (French Language)". amis-du-circuit-de-gueux.fr. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
External links
- Maserati - 100 Years - 1947
- Circuit de Reims - History
- Circuits: Reims
- Circuit Reims-Gueux (1926-1969) on Google Maps (Historic Grand Prix Circuits)
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