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1947 Roussillon Grand Prix
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | GP |
| Grand Prix | Roussillon |
| Date | 27 April, |
| Year | 1947 |
| Official name | II Grand Prix du Roussillon |
| Country | France |
| Location | Circuit des platanes de Perpignan |
| Perpignan, France | |
| Course | Street circuit |
| Course_mi | 1.577 |
| Course_km | 2.538 |
| Distance_laps | 58 |
| Distance_mi | 91.468 |
| Distance_km | 147.204 |
| Image | Circuit des platanes Perpignan.JPG |
| Pole_Driver | Raymond Sommer |
| Pole_Team | Maserati 4CM |
| Pole_Country | France |
| Pole_Time | 1:34.8 |
| Grid_from_heats | true |
| Fast_Driver | Raymond Sommer |
| Fast_Team | Maserati 4CM |
| Fast_Time | 1:34.2 |
| Fast_Country | France |
| First_Driver | Eugène Chaboud |
| First_Team | Talbot-Lago 26 |
| First_Country | France |
| Second_Driver | Henri Louveau |
| Second_Team | Delage D6 |
| Second_Country | France |
| Third_Driver | Yves Giraud-Cabantous |
| Third_Team | Delahaye 135 |
| Third_Country | France |
Perpignan, France The 1947 Roussillon Grand Prix (formally the II Grand Prix du Roussillon) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Circuit des Platanes de Perpignan on 8 May 1947.
Entry list
| No | Driver | Entrant | Car | Engine | Chassis | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 28 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA Eugène Chaboud | SFACS Ecurie France | Talbot-Lago T26 | Talbot | 90201 | |||||||||||||
| FRA Henri Trillaud | SFACS Ecurie France | Delahaye 135S | Delahaye | ||||||||||||||
| FRA Yves Giraud-Cabantous | SFACS Ecurie France | Delahaye 135S | Delahaye | ||||||||||||||
| FRA Raymond Sommer | Raymond Sommer | Maserati 4CM | Maserati 4CL | 1555 | |||||||||||||
| FRA Philippe Étancelin | Ecurie Gersac | Delage 3000 | Delage D6 | ||||||||||||||
| FRA Pierre Levegh | Ecurie Gersac | Delage 3000 | Delage D6 | ||||||||||||||
| FRA Jean Achard | Ecurie Gersac | Delage 3000 | Delage D6 | 880002 | |||||||||||||
| FRA Henri Louveau | SFACS Ecurie France | Delage 3000 | Delage D6 | 880004 | |||||||||||||
| FRA Roger Loyer | SFACS Ecurie France | Delahaye 135S | Delahaye | ||||||||||||||
| FRA Georges Grignard | Georges Grignard | Delahaye 135 | Delahaye | ||||||||||||||
| FRA Louis Rosier | SFACS Ecurie France | Talbot-Lago SS | Talbot | 90111 | |||||||||||||
| FRA Jean-Pierre Wimille | Equipe Gordini | Simca-Gordini 15 | Gordini | 0007GC |
Classification
In the first few laps, Georges Grignard, Philippe Étancelin, Jean Achard and Roger Loyer were involved in a four car accident with no injured but the abandon of Achard on his Delage D6 at lap 7. At lap 21, Jean-Pierre Wimille, second behind Sommer had engine trouble and retired. After a pole position and with the fastest lap, Raymond Sommer was still leading the race, but 14 laps from the end he retired. Eugène Chaboud won the race on Talbot-Lago T26, ex-Chiron 4.5l monoposto Darracq. Henri Louveau finish second just ahead of Yves Giraud-Cabantous.
| Pos | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |
| 2 | FRA Eugène Chaboud | Talbot-Lago T26 | 58 | 1:35:06.3 (92.81 km/h) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | FRA Henri Louveau | Delage D6 | 57 | +1 lap | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | FRA Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Delahaye 135 | 57 | +1 lap | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | FRA Pierre Levegh | Delage D6 | 57 | +1 lap | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 20 | FRA Georges Grignard | Delahaye 135 | 55 | +3 laps | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 28 | FRA Louis Rosier | Talbot-Lago SS | 55 | +3 laps | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | FRA Henri Trillaud | Delahaye 135S | 55 | +3 laps | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | FRA Raymond Sommer | Maserati 4CM | 44 | gearbox | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | FRA Roger Loyer | Delahaye 135S | 40 | condenser | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | FRA Philippe Étancelin | Delage D6 | 33 | engine | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 30 | FRA Jean-Pierre Wimille | Simca-Gordini 15 | 21 | overheating | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | FRA Jean Achard | Delage D6 | 7 | accident | 11 |
- Pole position: Raymond Sommer in 1:34.8
- Fastest lap: Raymond Sommer in 1:34.2 (96.94 km/h).
References
|Previous_year's_race = 1946 Roussillon Grand Prix |Next_year's_race = 1948 Roussillon Grand Prix
References
- ''Motor Sport'', XXIII n°6, June 1947, page 155.
- [http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1947/1947.html#rou II Grand Prix du Roussillon] ''silhouet.com''
- [http://f1-images.de/green/nowm/470427.htm 27-04-1947, Grand Prix du Roussillon, Perpignan] ''f1-images.de''
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