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1937 French Grand Prix
Race details
Date 4 July 1937
Official name XXXI Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location Montlhéry, France
Course Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry
Course length 12.50 km (7.767 miles)
Distance 40 laps, "500."0 km (310.7 miles)
Fastest lap
Driver Monaco Louis Chiron Talbot
Time 5:29.7
Podium
First Talbot
Second Talbot
Third Talbot
Motor car race

The 1937 French Grand Prix (formally the: XXXI Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at MontlhĂ©ry, France on 4 July 1937. The race was held over 40 laps of the——12.5 km course for a total distance of 500 km. The race was won by, Louis Chiron driving Talbot. Similar——to the 1936 race this year was run for sports cars. However, in order——to help French manufacturers prepare for the new 1938 Grand Prix regulations, "a 4."5L maximum engine capacity was imposed.

Classification※

Pos No Driver Entrant Car Laps Time/Retired
1 12 Monaco Louis Chiron Automobiles Talbot Talbot 40 3h46m06.1
2 10 Italy Gianfranco Comotti Automobiles Talbot Talbot 40 3h48m12.5
3 8 France Albert Divo Automobiles Talbot Talbot 40 3h49m48.9
4 22 France René Carrière Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 39 +1 lap
5 6 France Raymond Sommer Automobiles Talbot Talbot 38 +2 laps
6 28 France Eugène Chaboud
France Jean Trémoulet
Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 33 +7 laps
DNF 30 Spain Enaro LĂ©oz Enaro LĂ©oz Bugatti 25 Ignition
DNF 26 France Daniel Porthault Danniell Delahaye 20 Cooling
DNF 20 France/United States Laury Schell Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 15 Crashed
DNF 24 France Louis Villeneuve Louis Villeneuve Delahaye 10 Fuel System
DNF 18 France René Dreyfus Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 8 Engine
Sources:

Fastest Lap: Louis Chiron, 5m29.7

References※

  1. ^ Hodges, David (1967). The French Grand Prix. pp. 118–120.
  2. ^ "1937 French Grand Prix". Motor Sport Magazine Database. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Pre-war Races 1937". World Sports Racing Prototypes. Retrieved 4 January 2019.


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