1946 Belgian Grand Prix
# 1946 Belgian Grand Prix

The 1946 Belgian Grand Prix was a non-championship sportscar race held on 16 June 1946 in the public park of Bois de la Cambre in Brussels.

## Report

There were two supporting races. The 2000 cc (1000 cc s/c) race, officially called the Seaman Cup, was won by St John Horsfall driving an Aston Martin, with Leslie Johnson coming second in a Frazer Nash and earning the Winston Churchill Cup for the fastest lap. The 1100 cc race was won by Franco Bertani in a Stanguellini, ahead of Simca-Gordini co-founder Amédée Gordini in a car of his own construction, the latter having turned around whilst leading.

## Entries

| No | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 51 | T.A.S.O. Mathieson | T.A.S.O. Mathieson | Talbot-Lago | |
| 52 | Louis Chiron | Lord Selsdon | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T26C |
| 53 | Harry Herkuleyns | Harry Herkuleyns | MG | MG Magnette K3 |
| 54 | Jacques Seylair | | Delage | |
| 55 | Pierre Levegh | Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T150C |
| 56 | Raymond Sommer | Raymond Sommer | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T26C |
| 58 | Henri Trillaud | Ecurie Henri Trillaud | Delahaye | Delahaye 135CS |
| 59 | Leslie Johnson | Leslie Johnson | Talbot-Lago | Talbot-Lago T150C |
| 60 | Pat Garland | Pat Garland | Delage | Delage D6-70 |
| 62 | "Borelli" | | Alfa Romeo | |
| 64 | Pierre Flahaut | | Amilcar | |
| 65 | Louis Villeneuve | | Delahaye | |
| 66 | Georges Grignard | Georges Grignard | Delahaye | Delahaye 135CS |
| 67 | Charles Pozzi | | Delahaye | |
| 68 | Eugène Chaboud | Eugène Chaboud | Delahaye | Delahaye 135CS |
| 69 | "Lascaud" | | Amilcar | |
| 70 | Joseph Chotard | | Delahaye | |
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## Classification

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/retired |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 68 | Eugène Chaboud | Delahaye | 33 | 1:07.45.2 |
| 2 | 55 | Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago | 33 | +4.0 sec |
| 3 | 56 | Raymond Sommer | Talbot-Lago | 33 | |
| 4 | 66 | Georges Grignard | Delahaye | 32 | +1 lap |
| 5 | 58 | Henri Trillaud | Delahaye | 31 | +2 laps |
| 6 | 60 | Pat Garland | Delage | | |
| 7 | 53 | Harry Herkuleyns | MG | | |
| Ret | 52 | Louis Chiron | Talbot-Lago | | Fuel pump |
| Ret | 59 | Leslie Johnson | Talbot-Lago | | Gearbox |
| DNS | 51 | T.A.S.O. Mathieson | Talbot-Lago | | |
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## Footnotes

* ↑ The Motor Sport Database erroneously attributes this lap, 1:58.6 at a speed of 69.72 mph (112.20 km/h), as the fastest lap of the main Grand Prix.
* ↑ Motor Sport reports that Seylair finished 7th, Lascaud 8th, Villeneuve 9th and Flahaut 10th. Racing Sportscars reports that these drivers never took up their entries to the event.
