The XVI (16th) Grand Prix de Reims (also known as the I Grand Prix de Reims) was held under

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regulations on July 6, 1947, at the

Reims-Gueux The circuit Reims-Gueux was a Grand Prix motor racing road course, located in Gueux, Marne, Gueux, 7.5 km (5 miles) west of Reims in the Champagne (historical province), Champagne region of north-eastern France, established in 1926 as the sec ...

circuit near

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in north-eastern France. The race was run over 51 laps on a 7.816 km circuit of public roads and was won by Swiss driver

Christian Kautz Christian Kautz (born 23 November 1913 – died on 4 July 1948) was an auto racing driver from Switzerland. Son of a Swiss multi-millionaire, his career started with Mercedes-Benz as a junior driver in 1936, then as an Auto Union junior driver in ...

in a

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History

The 1947 Grand Prix at Reims (commonly known as the Reims Grand Prix) was the first major

motor race held at

after WW2. Officially billed as the XVI Grand Prix de Reims, the race number has its origin in the Grand Prix de la Marne, a pre war Grand Prix racing series (1925-1937, plus one commemorative race held in 1952). Post war political and financial re-organization moved the nationally sanctioned

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(Grand Prix de l'ACF) to the circuit

Rouen-Les-Essarts Rouen-Les-Essarts was a motor racing circuit in Orival, near Rouen, France. From its opening in 1950, Rouen-Les-Essarts was recognized as one of Europe's finest circuits, with modern pits, a wide track, and spectator grandstands. The street ci ...

after three editions were held at Reims in 1932, 1938 and 1939. Among those changes was renaming the old pre-war Marne GP to Grand Prix de Reims, officially billed as the XVI Grand Prix de Reims, based on the former Grand Prix de la Marne numbering sequence. Conflicts between local, regional, national and commercial interests, further complicated by the new post-war Formula 1 and Formula 2 series, led to various accounts of race name and numbering formats. As a result, some sources list the 1957 and 1962 Grand Prix de Reims as the 2nd (II) and 3rd (III) GP de Reims respectively.

Results

References

External links

Maserati - 100 Years - 1947

Circuit Reims-Gueux (1926-1969) on Google Maps
(Historic Grand Prix Circuits) {{Grand Prix race report , Name_of_race =

Reims Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment ...

, Year_of_race = 1947 , Previous_year's_race = — , Next_year's_race = 1957 Reims Grand Prix

Reims Grand Prix