The 1947 French Grand Prix was the first post-war Grande Epreuve held in France. While reconstruction was still underway for the pre-war circuits in the north, a course was laid out using a motorway in the Parilly district of Lyon. Since Lyon was part of Vichy France during the war, damage to the city and infrastructure was negligible.
Background[]
Qualifying[]
Qualifying Results[]
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Race[]
Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |  Louis Chiron
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 Talbot-Lago
|
70 | 4:03:40.7 | 2 |
| 2 | 24 | Henri Louveau
|
 Maserati
|
70 | 4:05:18.6 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | Eugène Chaboud
|
Talbot-Lago
|
69 | + 1 Lap | 3 |
| 4 | 30 | Louis Rosier
|
Talbot-Lago
|
69 | + 1 Lap | 7 |
| 5 | 32 | Charles Pozzi
|
Delahaye
|
67 | + 3 Laps | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Franco Comotti
|
Talbot-Lago
|
62 | + 8 laps | 15 |
| 7 | 38 |  Peter Whitehead Ian Connell
|
ERA
|
61 | + 9 Laps | 6 |
| 8 | 40 | Maurice Varet Pierre Meyrat
|
Delahaye
|
61 | + 9 Laps | 12 |
| Ret | 44 | Alberto Ascari
|
Maserati
|
63 | Engine | 17 |
| Ret | 28 | Reg Parnell Wilkie Wilkinson
|
ERA
|
39 | Steering | 10 |
| Ret | 8 | Yves Giraud-Cabantous Peter Mitchell-Thomson
|
Talbot
|
39 | Engine | 9 |
| Ret | 16 | Raph
|
Maserati
|
36 | Engine | 5 |
| Ret | 18 | Pierre Levegh
|
Maserati
|
23 | Engine/Accident | 4 |
| Ret | 22 |  Emmanuel de Graffenried
|
Maserati
|
21 | Engine | 14 |
| Ret | 42 | Luigi Villoresi
|
Maserati
|
4 | Engine | 16 |
| Ret | 10 |  Luigi Chinetti
|
Talbot
|
1 | Engine | 18 |
| Ret | 26 | Leslie Brooke
|
ERA
|
1 | Engine | 8 |
| Ret | 14 | Raymond Sommer
|
CTA-Arsenal
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0 | Driveshaft | 13 |
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Milestones[]
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| Circuits | Le Mans (1906, 1921, 1929) Dieppe (1907-1908, 1912) Amiens (1913) Lyon (1914, 1924) Strasbourg (1922) Tours (1923) Montlhéry (1925, 1927, 1931, 1933-1937) Reims-Gueux (1932, 1938-1939, 1948–1951, 1953–1954, 1956, 1958–1961, 1963, 1966) Lyon-Parilly (1947) Rouen-Les-Essarts (1952, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1968) Charade Circuit (1965, 1969–1970, 1972) Bugatti Circuit (1967) Circuit Paul Ricard (1971, 1973, 1975–1976, 1978, 1980, 1982–1983, 1985–1990, 2018–2019, 2021-2022) Dijon-Prenois (1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1984) Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours (1991–2008) |
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| Races | 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009–2017 • 2018 • 2019 • | |
| European Championship Races | 1931 • 1932 • 1933–1937 • 1938 • 1939 | |
| Non-Championship Races | 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909–1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915–1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931–1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938–1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 |
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