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1946 Nice Grand Prix

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Date
  
22 April 1946

Location
  
Nice, France

Course length
  
3.218 km ( mi)

Official name
  
V Grand Prix de Nice

Course
  
Street circuit

Distance
  
65 laps, 209.170 km ( mi)

The 1946 Nice Grand Prix (officially the V Grand Prix de Nice) was a Grand Prix motor race held in Nice on Monday, 22 April 1946. According to some sources this was the first official Formula 1 race.

Classification

  • Pole position: Luigi Villoresi in 1:45.0 (110.331 km/h)
  • Fastest lap: Raymond Sommer in 1:44.8 (110.542 km/h).

    • References

    1946 Nice Grand Prix Wikipedia
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