1946 Belgian Grand Prix

1946 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Date 16 June 1946
Official name IX Grand Prix Automobile de Belgique
Location Bois de la Cambre
Brussels, Belgium
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.7 km (2.3 miles)
Distance 33 laps, 122.1 km (75.9 miles)
Fastest lap
Driver France Leslie Johnson[1]
Time 1:58.6
Podium
First
Second
Third

The 1946 Belgian Grand Prix was a non-championship sportscar race held on 16 June 1946 in the public park of Bois de la Cambre in Brussels.

Report

There were two supporting races. The 2000 cc (1000 cc s/c) race, officially called the Seaman Cup, was won by St John Horsfall driving an Aston Martin, with Leslie Johnson coming second in a Frazer Nash and earning the Winston Churchill Cup for the fastest lap.[a] The 1100 cc race was won by Franco Bertani in a Stanguellini, ahead of Simca-Gordini co-founder Amédée Gordini in a car of his own construction, the latter having turned around whilst leading.[3][5][4][6]

Entries

No Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis
51 United Kingdom T.A.S.O. Mathieson T.A.S.O. Mathieson Talbot-Lago
52 Monaco Louis Chiron Lord Selsdon Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C
53 Netherlands Harry Herkuleyns Harry Herkuleyns MG MG Magnette K3
54 France Jacques Seylair Delage
55 France Pierre Levegh Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T150C
56 France Raymond Sommer Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C
58 France Henri Trillaud Ecurie Henri Trillaud Delahaye Delahaye 135CS
59 United Kingdom Leslie Johnson Leslie Johnson Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T150C
60 United Kingdom Pat Garland Pat Garland Delage Delage D6-70
62 "Borelli" Alfa Romeo
64 France Pierre Flahaut Amilcar
65 France Louis Villeneuve Delahaye
66 France Georges Grignard Georges Grignard Delahaye Delahaye 135CS
67 France Charles Pozzi Delahaye
68 France Eugène Chaboud Eugène Chaboud Delahaye Delahaye 135CS
69 France "Lascaud" Amilcar
70 France Joseph Chotard Delahaye
Sources:[7][2]

Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/retired
1 68 France Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 33 1:07.45.2
2 55 France Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 33 +4.0 sec
3 56 France Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago 33
4 66 France Georges Grignard Delahaye 32 +1 lap
5 58 France Henri Trillaud Delahaye 31 +2 laps
6 60 United Kingdom Pat Garland Delage
7 53 Netherlands Harry Herkuleyns MG
Ret 52 Monaco Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago Fuel pump
Ret 59 United Kingdom Leslie Johnson Talbot-Lago Gearbox
DNS 51 United Kingdom T.A.S.O. Mathieson Talbot-Lago
Sources:[b][7][2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ The Motor Sport Database erroneously attributes this lap, 1:58.6 at a speed of 69.72 mph (112.20 km/h),[2][3][4] as the fastest lap of the main Grand Prix.
  2. ^ Motor Sport reports that Seylair finished 7th, Lascaud 8th, Villeneuve 9th and Flahaut 10th.[6] Racing Sportscars reports that these drivers never took up their entries to the event.[7]

References

  1. ^ "1946 Belgian Grand Prix | Motorsport Database".
  2. ^ a b c "1946 Belgian Grand Prix | Motorsport Database". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "GP Belgium - Sports 2000 cc or 1000 cc s/c 1946 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Reports of Recent Events". Motor Sport. August 1946. p. 171. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  5. ^ "GP Belgium - Sports 1100 cc 1946 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Form on the Continent". Motor Sport. September 1946. pp. 200, 199. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "GP Belgium - Sports 4500 cc or 2250 cc s/c 1946 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.