| 1946 Turin Grand Prix | ||||
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Grande Épreuve 3 of 3 in the 1946 Grand Prix season
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| Race details | ||||
| Date | 1 September 1946 | |||
| Official name | III Gran Premio del Valentino | |||
| Location |
Valentino Park Turin, Italy | |||
| Course | Street circuit | |||
| Course length | 4.489 km (2.789 miles) | |||
| Distance | 60 laps, 269.926 km (167.724 miles) | |||
| Weather | Light rain from lap 30, turning to heavy rain before the finish[1] | |||
| Pole position | ||||
| Driver | Alfa Romeo | |||
| Time | 2:18.6 | |||
| Fastest lap | ||||
| Driver |
 Jean-Pierre Wimille | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Time | 2:22.1 | |||
| Podium | ||||
| First | Alfa Romeo | |||
| Second | Alfa Romeo | |||
| Third | Maserati | |||
The 1946 Turin Grand Prix (formally known as the III Gran Premio del Valentino) was a Grand Prix motor race held on 1 September 1946 on a temporary street circuit at Valentino Park in Turin, Italy. It was the first time the event had been held since the end of the Second World War, as well as the first ever Formula One race, as the race regulations anticipated the official introduction of the new formula on 1 January 1947. It was also the third of the Grandes Épreuves of the 1946 Grand Prix season, a selection of prestigious Grands Prix recognised by the AIACR.[2]
The race was attended by 120,000–200,000 spectators.[1][3]
- ^ a b Farinelli, Aldo (3 September 1946). "I vincitori dei milioni e della corsa". La Nuova Stampa (in Italian) (206): 3. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Etzrodt, Hans. "Grand Prix Winners 1895-1949: Part 3 (1934-1949)". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007.
- ^ "Turin G.P." Motor Sport. 22 (10): 8. October 1946.