1946 Nations Grand Prix

Race details
1946 Grand Prix season
Date	July 21, 1946
Official name	I Grand Prix des Nations
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Course	Street circuit 1.855 mi / 2.986 km
Distance	30 laps, 81.643 mi / 131.391 km
Pole
Driver	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo
Grid positions set by heat results
Fastest Lap
Driver	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo
Time	1:36.4
Podium
First	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo
Second	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo
Third	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo

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Classification

Final

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	42	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	44	1:15:49.4	1
2	44	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	44	+1:11.5
3	18	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	43	+1 Lap
4	46	Tazio Nuvolari	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	42	+2 Laps
5	38	Toulo de Graffenried	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	42	+2 Laps
6	2	Prince Bira	Private entry	ERA B	42	+2 Laps
7	20	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	38	+6 Laps
8	22	Raymond Sommer	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	36	+8 Laps
Ret	26	George Abecassis	Private entry	Alta	23	Carburettor
Ret	4	Reg Parnell	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	1	Accident
Ret	24	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CL	1	Accident

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Heat 1

Drivers in bold advanced to the final

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	18	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	32	59:45.5	1
2	20	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	32	+48.0
3	24	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CL	32	+51.0
4	4	Reg Parnell	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	31	+1 Lap
5	2	Prince Bira	Private entry	ERA B	30	+2 Laps
6	22	Raymond Sommer	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	30	+2 Laps
7	8	George Bainbridge	Private entry	ERA B	29	+3 Laps
8	10	Raphaël Béthenod de las Casas	Ecurie Naphtra Course	Maserati 4CL	29	+3 Laps
Ret	6	Peter Whitehead	Private entry	ERA B	28	Engine
Ret	14	Josef Vojlectovsky	Private entry	Maserati 6CM	28	Spark plugs
9	16	Eric Verkade	Private entry	Talbot 700	28	+4 Laps

• Pole position : Jean-Pierre Wimille, 1:37.5
• Fastest lap : Jean-Pierre Wimille, 1:47.2

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Heat 2

Drivers in bold advanced to the final

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	42	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	32	56:17.2	1
2	44	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	32	+33.0
3	46	Tazio Nuvolari	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	32	+1:11.0
4	38	Toulo de Graffenried	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	31	+1 Lap
5	34	Raymond Mays	ERA	ERA D	31	+1 Lap
6	26	George Abecassis	Private entry	Alta	31	+1 Lap
7	36	Ian Connell	Private entry	ERA B	30	+2 Laps
8	52	David Hampshire	Private entry	Delage 15S8	30	+2 Laps
9	28	Bob Gerard	Private entry	ERA B	28	+4 Laps
10	30	Harry Schell	Ecurie Lucy O´Reilly Schell	Maserati 6CM	27	+5 Laps
Ret	32	Max Christen	Private entry	Maserati 6CM	25
Ret	54	Leslie Brooke	ERA	ERA B	22	Brakes

• Pole position : Giuseppe Farina, 1:38.3
• Fastest lap : Giuseppe Farina, 1:42.3

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