1946 Nations Grand Prix

The 1946 Nations Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held in Geneva on 21 July 1946.

1946 Nations Grand Prix
Race details
Date	21 July 1946
Official name	I Grand Prix des Nations
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Course	Street circuit
Course length	2.986 km (1.855 miles)
Distance	44 laps, 131.391 km (81.643 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo
Grid positions set by heat results
Fastest lap
Driver	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo
Time	1:36.4
Podium
First	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo
Second	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo
Third	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo

Classification

Final

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	42	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	44	1:15:49.4	1
2	44	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	44	+1:11.5
3	18	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	43	+1 Lap
4	46	Tazio Nuvolari	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	42	+2 Laps
5	38	Toulo de Graffenried	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	42	+2 Laps
6	2	Prince Bira	Private entry	ERA B	42	+2 Laps
7	20	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	38	+6 Laps
8	22	Raymond Sommer	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	36	+8 Laps
Ret	26	George Abecassis	Private entry	Alta	23	Carburettor
Ret	4	Reg Parnell	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	1	Accident
Ret	24	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CL	1	Accident

Heat 1

Drivers in bold advanced to the final

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	18	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	32	59:45.5	1
2	20	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	32	+48.0
3	24	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CL	32	+51.0
4	4	Reg Parnell	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	31	+1 Lap
5	2	Prince Bira	Private entry	ERA B	30	+2 Laps
6	22	Raymond Sommer	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	30	+2 Laps
7	8	George Bainbridge	Private entry	ERA B	29	+3 Laps
8	10	"Raph"	Ecurie Naphtra Course	Maserati 4CL	29	+3 Laps
Ret	6	Peter Whitehead	Private entry	ERA B	28	Engine
Ret	14	Josef Vojlectovsky	Private entry	Maserati 6CM	28	Spark plugs
9	16	Eric Verkade	Private entry	Talbot 700	28	+4 Laps

• Pole position : Jean-Pierre Wimille, 1:37.5
• Fastest lap : Jean-Pierre Wimille, 1:47.2

Heat 2

Drivers in bold advanced to the final

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	42	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	32	56:17.2	1
2	44	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	32	+33.0
3	46	Tazio Nuvolari	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	32	+1:11.0
4	38	Toulo de Graffenried	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	31	+1 Lap
5	34	Raymond Mays	ERA	ERA D	31	+1 Lap
6	26	George Abecassis	Private entry	Alta	31	+1 Lap
7	36	Ian Connell	Private entry	ERA B	30	+2 Laps
8	52	David Hampshire	Private entry	Delage 15S8	30	+2 Laps
9	28	Bob Gerard	Private entry	ERA B	28	+4 Laps
10	30	Harry Schell	Écurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell	Maserati 6CM	27	+5 Laps
Ret	32	Max Christen	Private entry	Maserati 6CM	25
Ret	54	Leslie Brooke	ERA	ERA B	22	Brakes

• Pole position : Giuseppe Farina, 1:38.3
• Fastest lap : Giuseppe Farina, 1:42.3