1947 Reims Grand Prix Explained

Country:France
Grand Prix:Reims
Official Name:I Grand Prix de Reims
Location:Reims-Gueux, Reims
Date:6 July
Year:1947
Course:Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:4.856
Course Km:7.816
Distance Laps:51
Distance Mi:247.688
Distance Km:398.616
Pole Driver:Christian Kautz
Pole Country: Switzerland
Pole Team:Maserati
Pole Time:2:51.1
Fast Driver:Luigi Villoresi
Fast Team:Maserati
Fast Time:2:58.2
Fast Country:Italy
First Driver:Christian Kautz
First Country: Switzerland
First Team:Maserati
Second Driver:Louis Chiron
Second Country:Monaco
Second Team:Talbot-Lago
Third Driver:Bob Gerard
Cuth Harrison
Third Country:UK
Third Team:ERA

The XVI Grand Prix de Reims, also known as the I Grand Prix de Reims, was a Formula One motor race held on 6 July 1947, at the Reims-Gueux circuit near Reims in north-eastern France. The race was run over 51 laps on a 7.816 km circuit of public roads and was won by Swiss driver Christian Kautz in a Maserati 4CL.

History

The 1947 Grand Prix at Reims (commonly known as the Reims Grand Prix) was the first major Grand Prix motor race held at Reims-Gueux after WW2. Officially billed as the XVI Grand Prix de Reims, the race number has its origin in the Grand Prix de la Marne, a pre-war Grand Prix racing series (1925-1937, plus one commemorative race held in 1952).

Post war political and financial re-organization moved the nationally sanctioned Grand Prix de France (Grand Prix de l'ACF) to the circuit Rouen-Les-Essarts after three editions were held at Reims in 1932, 1938 and 1939. Among those changes was renaming the old pre-war Marne GP to Grand Prix de Reims, officially billed as the XVI Grand Prix de Reims, based on the former Grand Prix de la Marne numbering sequence. Conflicts between local, regional, national and commercial interests, further complicated by the new post-war Formula 1 and Formula 2 series, led to various accounts of race name and numbering formats. As a result, some sources list the 1957 and 1962 Grand Prix de Reims as the 2nd (II) [1] [2] [3] and 3rd (III) GP de Reims respectively. [4] [5] [6]

Results

PosNo.DriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGrid
140  Christian KautzScuderia Enrico PlatéMaserati 4CL2:34:50.71
220 Louis ChironEcurie FranceTalbot-Lago 39+2:38.918
332 Bob Gerard
Cuth Harrison
Bob GerardERA B-Type+3 laps5
448 Eugène ChaboudEcurie FranceDelahaye 135+3 laps8
524 Edmond Mouche
José Scaron
Edmond MoucheTalbot-Lago T150C+4 laps10
626 Louis RosierLouis RosierTalbot-Lago T26SS+5 laps7
746 Charles PozziEcurie FranceDelahaye 135S+5 laps 9
Ret38 Maurice Trintignant
Henri Louveau
Ecurie GersacDelage D6-7045 laps - valves6
Ret12 Raymond SommerRaymond SommerMaserati 4CM38 laps - transmission3
Ret16 Fred Ashmore
Leslie Brooke
E.R.A. Ltd.ERA B-Type33 laps - connecting rod 17
Ret8 Luigi VilloresiScuderia AmbrosianaMaserati 4CL32 laps - engine15
Ret10 Alberto AscariScuderia AmbrosianaMaserati 4CLT26 laps - engine16
Ret44 Yves Giraud-CabantousEcurie FranceDelahaye 13522 laps - valves4
Ret4 'Raph'Ecurie Naphtra CourseMaserati 4CL19 laps - oil piping13
Ret30 Peter WhiteheadPeter WhiteheadERA B-Type11 laps - piston11
Ret34 Reg ParnellReg ParnellERA E Type7 laps -supercharger20
Ret28 Leslie BrookeE.R.A. Ltd.ERA E-Type5 laps - oil Pressure19
Ret6 Kenneth EvansConnell / EvansMaserati 6C-15004 laps - engine14
Ret2 Enrico PlatéScuderia Enrico PlatéMaserati 4CL1 lap - crash12
DSQ14 Henri LouveauScuderia Enrico PlatéMaserati 4CM25 laps - outside assistance2
DNA18 Jean-Pierre WimilleEcurie Naphtra CourseMaserati 4CL  --
DNA22 Luigi ChinettiEcurie FranceTalbot MD  --
DNA36 Jean AchardEcurie GersacDelage D6-70  --
DNA42 Philippe ÉtancelinEcurie GersacDelage D6-70  --
DNA44 Maurice VaretEcurie FranceDelahaye 135CS  --
Sources:[7] [8] [9] [10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1957 - II Grand Prix de Reims . statsf1.com . August 3, 2014.
  2. Web site: XXIII Grand Prix de Reims . silhouet.com . August 3, 2014.
  3. Web site: II Grand Prix de Reims 1957 . formula2.net . August 3, 2014.
  4. Web site: III Grand Prix de Reims . silhouet.com . August 3, 2014.
  5. Web site: 1962 III Grand Prix de Reims . statsf1.com . August 3, 2014.
  6. Web site: XXVIII Grand Prix Internationale de Reims 1962 . formula2.net . August 3, 2014.
  7. Web site: 1947 XVI Grand Prix de Reims (anciennement Grand Prix de la Marne) . forix.com . July 25, 2014.
  8. Web site: 1947 XVI Grand Prix de Reims . silhouet.com . July 25, 2014.
  9. Web site: 1947 XVI Grand Prix de Reims . statsf1.com . July 25, 2014.
  10. Web site: Palmares des GP du Circuit de Reims-Gueux (French Language) . amis-du-circuit-de-gueux.fr . July 25, 2014.