1946 Turin Grand Prix

1946 Turin Grand Prix
Race details
Date	1 September 1946
Official name	III Gran Premio del Valentino
Location	Valentino Park Turin, Italy
Course	Street circuit
Course length	4.489 km (2.789 miles)
Distance	60 laps, 269.926 km (167.724 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo
Time	?
Fastest lap
Driver	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo
Time	2:22.1
Podium
First	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo
Second	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo
Third	Raymond Sommer	Maserati

The 1946 Turin Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Valentino Park on 1 September 1946. It is claimed to be the first ever Formula One race, as the race regulations anticipated the official introduction of the new formula on 1 January 1947.

Classification

Final

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	46	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	60	2:35:45.8
2	52	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	60	+0.5
3	22	Raymond Sommer	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	58	+2 Laps
4	10	Eugène Chaboud	Ecurie France	Delahaye 135S	55	+5 Laps
5	26	Enrico Platé	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	55	+5 Laps
6	54	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	51	+9 Laps
7	56	Louis Chiron	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	50	+10 Laps
8	18	Leslie Brooke	ERA	ERA B	50	+10 Laps
9	4	Discoride Lanza	Private entry	Maserati 4CM	50	+10 Laps
Ret	32	Christian Kautz	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	38	Engine
Ret	50	Peter Whitehead	Private entry	ERA E	32	Gearbox
Ret	36	Henri Louveau	Scuderia Automovilistica Milan	Maserati 4CL	30	Collision
Ret	40	Franco Cortese	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	25	Magneto
Ret	28	Arialdo Ruggieri	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	17	Supercharger
Ret	48	Tazio Nuvolari	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	12	Lost wheel
Ret	16	Giorgio Pelassa	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	10	Lost wheel
Ret	24	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	8	Ignition
Ret	64	Emilio Romano	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	7	Ignition
Ret	42	Reg Parnell	Private entry	ERA C	3	Gearbox
Ret	8	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	0	Differential	1
DNQ	2	"Raph"	Ecurie Naphtra Course	Maserati 4CL
DNQ	6	Harry Schell	Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell	Maserati 6CM
DNQ	12	Georges Grignard	Ecurie France	Delahaye 135