1946 in Sports - Motor Racing

Motor Racing

  • FIA promulgates new Formula A open-wheel racing regulations (1950, they are formally renamed Formula One).
    • 1 September—the Turin Grand Prix is the first race under the new regulations. It is won by Achille Varzi in an Alfa Romeo 158 Alfetta.
  • The first Cooper 500 F3 car is built, launching the most successful and prolific racing constructor ever. More than 300 Cooper 500s will be built in all.
    • 1 September—at the Brighton Speed Trials, J. N. Cooper scores the 500's first win. The car will go on to win 64 of 78 major events it enters between 1951 and 1954.

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