1947 Salon Grand Prix

The 3rd Grand Prix du Salon was a Formula One motor race held on 16 November 1947 at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry, in Montlhéry near Paris.

The 48-lap race was won by Talbot-Lago driver Yves Giraud-Cabantous. Eugène Chaboud in another Talbot-Lago was second and Charles Pozzi was third in a Delahaye. Talbot-Lago driver Louis Chiron started from pole but failed to finish, as did Raymond Sommer who set fastest lap in a Maserati.^[1]^[2]

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	8	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Ecurie France	Talbot-Lago T26C	2:06:28.2, 142.83kph	2
2	2	Eugène Chaboud	Eugène Chaboud	Talbot-Lago T26SS	+3 laps	3
3	12	Charles Pozzi	Charles Pozzi	Delahaye 135S	+3 laps	4
4	16	Alexis Constantin	Alexis Constantin	Delage 3L	+3 laps	8
5	6	Henri Louveau	Henri Louveau	Maserati 4CL	+3 laps	5
6	4	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Talbot-Lago T150SS	+5 laps	6
7	42	'Robert'	'Robert'	Fiat	+5 laps	12
8	54	René Bonnet	Deutsch et Bonnet	DB-Citroen	+8 laps	10
9	20	Pierre Meyrat	Pierre Meyrat	Delahaye 135S	+16 laps	9
Ret	40	Roger Loyer	Roger Loyer	Maserati 4CM	24 laps, rear axle	11
Ret	10	Louis Chiron	Ecurie France	Talbot-Lago T26C	18 laps, transmission	1
Ret	22	Raymond Sommer	Raymond Sommer	Maserati 4CL	18 laps, engine	7
Ret	44	André Boyer	Ecurie France	Cisitalia D46-Fiat	3 laps, retired	15
Ret	50	'Jannin'	'Jannin'	Testa d'Oro-Fiat	1 lap, retired	16
DNS	28	'Vedor'	'Vedor'	Talbot-Lago T26C		14
DNS	36	Emile Cornet	Emile Cornet	Delage 3L		13

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