1947 Nice Grand Prix
20 July - Nice: 100 laps x 3.213 km = 321.333 km
Fastest Lap: Raymond Sommer (Maserati 4CL), 1:44.0, 69.08mph Pole Position: Luigi Villores Results: 1 12 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CL 3h07m07.1, 63.92mph 2 28 Jean-Pierre Wimille Simca-Gordini 15 98 laps 3 10 Fred Ashmore/R. Parnell ERA A-Type R1A 98 laps 4 14 Alberto Ascari Maserati 4CL 97 laps 5 34 Charles Pozzi Delahaye 135 95 laps 6 4 Louis Rosier Talbot 150SS 93 laps 7 8 Leslie Brooke ERA B 87 laps 8 22 Eugene Chaboud Delahaye 135S 67 laps Did Not Finish: 6 Reg Parnell Maserati 4CL 59 Selector rod 42 Pierre 'Levegh' Maserati 4CL 46 engine 26 Henri Louveau Maserati 4CL 46 ignition 24 'Raph' Maserati 4CL 43 spun out 30 Louis Chiron Talbot 26 38 gasket 38 Raymond Sommer Maserati 4CL 28 fire 16 E. de Graffenried Maserati 4CL 18 Engine 18 Adolphe Mandirola Maserati 8 16 engine 2 Kenneth Evans Maserati 6CM 8 selector rod 20 Fred Meyer Maserati 4CL 5 ignition 32 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot 26SS 5 Cylinder haed