1946 Marseille Grand Prix

The 1946 Marseille Grand Prix (formally the V Grand Prix de Marseille) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Marseille on 13 May 1946. The event included 2 x 15 lap heats followed by a 35 lap final.

1946 Marseille Grand Prix
Race details
Date	13 May 1946
Official name	V Grand Prix de Marseille
Location	Marseille, France
Course	Prado Street circuit
Course length	3.589 km (2.23 miles)
Distance	35 laps, 125.615 km (78.054 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Raymond Sommer	Maserati
Grid positions set by heat results
Fastest lap
Driver	Raymond Sommer	Maserati
Time	2:09.5 (99.771 km/h)
Podium
First	Raymond Sommer	Maserati
Second	Enrico Platé	Maserati
Third	Georges Grignard	Delahaye

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Heat	Heat Pos
1	2	Raymond Sommer	Maserati 4CL	35	1:20:37.7 (93.477 km/h)	2	1
2	26	Enrico Platé	Maserati 4CL	34	+1 lap	2	2
3	38	Georges Grignard	Delahaye 135S	34	+1 laps	1	3
4	10	Arialdo Ruggieri	Maserati 4CL	34	+1 laps	1	ret
5	14	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati 4CL	33	+2 laps	2	3
6	40	Roger Hillier	Delahaye 135S	33	+2 laps	2	5
7	4	Eugène Chaboud	Delahaye 135S	32	+3 laps	1	2
Ret	16	Ciro Basadonna	Maserati 4CL	26	?	1	6
Ret	36	Paul Friderich	Delahaye 135S	5	Fire	1	4
Ret	34	Robert Mazaud	Maserati 4CL	1	Accident	1	1
Ret	46	Jean Lucas	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	0	Clutch	2	6
DNS	32	Harry Schell	Maserati 6CM			1	5
DNS	50	Marcel Balsa	Bugatti T51			2	4
DNQ	6	Tazio Nuvolari	Maserati 4CL			2	Ret
DNQ	8	Franco Cortese	Maserati 4CL			1	Ret
DNQ	12	Philippe Verkade	Maserati 4CL			1	Crashed
DNQ	18	Alexis Constantin	Maserati 26			1	Ret
DNQ	30	Henri Louveau	Maserati 6CM			2	Ret
DNQ	42	Pierre Larrue	Delahaye 135S			1	Ret
DNQ	48	Maurice Trintignant	Bugatti T35C/51			2	Ret
DNQ	58	Eugène Martin	BMW 328 Martin Spécial			1	Crashed
DNQ	62	Discoride Lanza	Maserati 6CM			2	Ret
DNQ	64	Ugo Puma	Maserati 6CM			2	Ret
DNA	20	Roger Deho	Maserati 6CM
DNA	22	Clemente Biodetti	Maserati 4CL
DNA	24	Luigi Plate	Maserati 4CL
DNA	28	Mario Venturelli	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
DNA	44	Maurice Varet	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
DNA	52	Gianpierro Bianchetti	Bugatti 51A
DNA	54	Jean Achard	Bugatti 35
DNA	56	Marceron	Bugatti 35
DNA	60	Roger Wormser	Delahaye 135S
DNA	66	Georges Raph	Maserati 4CL
DNA	68	Louis Gerard	Maserati 8C-3000
DNA	70	Charles Lucas	Bugatti 35
DNA	72	Henri Trillaud	Maserati 26