| Type: | GP |
| Grand Prix: | Nice |
| Date: | 22 April, |
| Year: | 1946 |
| Official Name: | V Grand Prix de Nice |
| Country: | France |
| Location: | Nice, France |
| Course: | Street circuit |
| Course Mi: | 2.000 |
| Course Km: | 3.218 |
| Distance Laps: | 65 |
| Distance Mi: | 130.000 |
| Distance Km: | 209.170 |
| Pole Driver: | Luigi Villoresi |
| Pole Team: | Maserati 4CL |
| Pole Country: | Italy |
| Pole Flag Suffix: | 1861 |
| Pole Time: | 1:45.0 |
| Grid From Heats: | true |
| Fast Driver: | Raymond Sommer |
| Fast Team: | Alfa Romeo 308 |
| Fast Time: | 1:44.8 |
| Fast Country: | France |
| First Driver: | Luigi Villoresi |
| First Team: | Maserati |
| First Country: | Italy |
| First Flag Suffix: | 1861 |
| Second Driver: | Raymond Sommer |
| Second Team: | Alfa Romeo |
| Second Country: | France |
| Third Driver: | Eugène Chaboud |
| Third Team: | Delahaye |
| Third Country: | France |
The 1946 Nice Grand Prix (officially the V Grand Prix de Nice) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Nice in France on Monday, 22 April 1946. According to some sources this was the first official Formula 1 race.[1]
| No | Driver | Car | Engine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Louis Chiron | Talbot-Lago T26 | Talbot-Lago | |
| 4 |  Raymond Sommer | Alfa Romeo 308 | ||
| 6 | Philippe Étancelin | Maserati 6CM | Maserati | |
| 8 |  Arialdo Ruggieri / Franco Cortese | Maserati 4CL | Maserati | |
| 10 | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati 4CL | Maserati | |
| 12 | Henri Trillaud | Delahaye 135S | Delahaye | |
| 14 | Maurice Trintignant | Bugatti T35C/51 | Bugatti | |
| 16 | Robert Mazaud | Maserati 4CL | Maserati | |
| 18 | Eugène Chaboud | Delahaye 135S | Delahaye | |
| 20 | Henri Louveau | Maserati 6CM | Maserati | |
| 22 | Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago T150C | Talbot-Lago | |
| 24 | Marcel Balsa | Talbot-Lago T150C | Talbot-Lago | |
| 26 | Fernand Bianchi | Bugatti T51A | Bugatti | |
| 28 | Raph | Maserati 4CL | Maserati | |
| 30 | Discoride Lanza | Maserati 4CL | Maserati | |
| 32 | Georges Grignard | Delahaye 135S | Delahaye | |
| 34 | Charles Pozzi | Delahaye 135S | Delahaye | |
| 36 | Maurice Varet | Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 | Alfa Romeo | |
| 38 | Roger Deho | Maserati 6CM | Maserati | |
| 40 |  Harry Schell | Maserati 6CM | Maserati | |
| 42 | Franco Cortese | Maserati 4CL | Maserati | |
| 44 | Paul Friderich | Delahaye 155 | Delahaye |
| Pos [2] [3] [4] | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati | 65 | 2:00:04.5 (104.52 km/h) | 1 | |
| 2 | 4 | Raymond Sommer | Alfa Romeo | 64 | +1 lap | ||
| 3 | 18 | Eugène Chaboud | Delahaye | 61 | +4 laps | ||
| 4 | 32 | Georges Grignard | Delahaye | 59 | +6 laps | ||
| 5 | 8 | Arialdo Ruggieri / Franco Cortese | Maserati | 58 | +7 laps | ||
| 6 | 2 | Louis Chiron | Talbot-Lago | 58 | +7 laps | ||
| 7 | 36 | Maurice Varet | Alfa Romeo | 55 | +10 laps | ||
| 8 | 34 | Charles Pozzi | Delahaye | 51 | +14 laps | ||
| 9 | 26 | Fernand Bianchi | Bugatti | 48 | +17 laps | ||
| 10 | 20 | Henri Louveau | Maserati | 44 | +21 laps | ||
| ret | 22 | Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago | 41 | Rear axle | ||
| ret | 14 | Maurice Trintignant | Bugatti | 30 | Ignition | ||
| ret | 16 | Robert Mazaud | Maserati | 22 | Magneto | ||
| ret | 12 | Henri Trillaud | Delahaye | 20 | Connecting rod | ||
| ret | 40 | Harry Schell | Maserati | 20 | Accident | ||
| ret | 28 | Raph | Maserati | 15 | |||
| ret | 24 | Marcel Balsa | Talbot-Lago | 15 | |||
| ret | 6 | Philippe Étançelin | Maserati | 8 | Magneto | ||
| ret | 38 | Roger Deho | Maserati | 5 | |||
| ret | 42 | Franco Cortese | Maserati | 0 | Supercharger | ||
| DNS | 30 | Discoride Lanza | Maserati | 0 | |||
| DNS | 44 | Paul Friderich | Delahaye | 0 |