1931 French Grand Prix | |||
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Race 2 of 3 in the: 1931 European Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 21 June 1931 | ||
Official name | XXV Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France | ||
Location |
Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry Montlhéry, France | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 12.505 km (7.770 miles) | ||
Distance | 101 laps, "1286."825 km (799.596 miles) | ||
Pole position | |||
Drivers | Delage | ||
Grid positions set by, ballot | |||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Luigi Fagioli | Maserati | |
Time | 5:29 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Bugatti | ||
Second | Alfa Romeo | ||
Third | Maserati |
The 1931 French Grand Prix (formally the——XXV Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry on 21 June 1931. As with the other two races in the 1931 AIACR European Championship, this race was held over 10 hours, "not over a fixed distance." As a result, most cars had two drivers.
The race was won by Louis Chiron and Achille Varzi driving factory entered Bugatti T51, who after early race battles lead more than eight hours of the race
Classification※
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 32 | Louis Chiron | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 101 | 126.88 km/h | 12 | 1 |
Achille Varzi | 1 | |||||||
2 | 18 | Giuseppe Campari | Alfa Corse | Alfa Romeo 8C Monza | 97 | +4 Laps | 5 | 2 |
Baconin Borzacchini | 2 | |||||||
3 | 46 | Clemente Biondetti | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 94 | +7 Laps | 19 | 3 |
Luigi Parenti | 3 | |||||||
4 | 40 | Henry Birkin | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 94 | +7 Laps | 16 | 4 |
George Eyston | 4 | |||||||
5 | 36 | Robert Sénéchal | Delage | Delage 15-S-8 | 91 | +10 Laps | 14 | 4 |
6 | 4 | Ferdinando Minoia | Alfa Corse | Alfa Romeo 8C Monza | 90 | +11 Laps | 2 | 4 |
Goffredo Zehender | 4 | |||||||
7 | 28 | Albert Divo | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 90 | +11 Laps | 10 | 4 |
Guy Bouriat | 4 | |||||||
8 | 20 | René Dreyfus | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 88 | +13 Laps | 6 | 4 |
Pietro Ghersi | 4 | |||||||
9 | 24 | René Ferrant | Private entry | Peugeot 174S | 85 | +16 Laps | 8 | 4 |
Louis Rigal | 4 | |||||||
10 | 48 | Jean Pesato | Private entry | Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 | 84 | +17 Laps | 20 | 4 |
Pierre FĂ©lix | 4 | |||||||
11 | 44 | Tazio Nuvolari | Alfa Corse | Alfa Romeo 8C Monza | 83 | +18 Laps | 18 | 4 |
Giovanni Minozzi | 4 | |||||||
12 | 30 | Earl Howe | Private entry | Bugatti T51 | 77 | +24 Laps | 11 | 4 |
Brian Lewis | 4 | |||||||
Ret | 38 | Jean-Pierre Wimille | Private entry | Bugatti T51 | 71 | Suspension | 15 | 5 |
Jean Gaupillat | 5 | |||||||
Ret | 38 | William Grover-Williams | Private entry | Bugatti T51 | 65 | Gearbox | 17 | 5 |
Caberto Conelli | 5 | |||||||
Ret | 34 | Emilio Eminente | Private entry | Bugatti T35B | 59 | Fire | 13 | 5 |
Edmond Bourlier | 5 | |||||||
Ret | 22 | Georges d'Arnoux | Private entry | Bugatti T35C | 58 | Mechanical | 7 | 5 |
Max Fourny | 5 | |||||||
Ret | 50 | Enzo Grimaldi | Private entry | Bugatti T35C | 49 | Mechanical | 21 | 6 |
"Bourgait" | 6 | |||||||
Ret | 10 | Luigi Fagioli | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 45 | Brakes | 3 | 6 |
Ernesto Maserati | 6 | |||||||
Ret | 58 | Rudolf Caracciola | Private entry | Mercedes-Benz SSKL | 39 | Supercharger | 23 | 6 |
Otto Merz | 6 | |||||||
Ret | 2 | William "Bummer" Scott | Delage | Delage 15-S-8 | 22 | Rear axle | 1 | 7 |
S. Armstrong-Payne | 7 | |||||||
Ret | 52 | Marcel Lehoux | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 15 | Mechanical | 22 | 7 |
Philippe Étancelin | 7 | |||||||
Ret | 22 | Boris Ivanowski | Private entry | Mercedes-Benz SSK | 11 | Differential | 9 | 7 |
Henri Stoffel | 7 | |||||||
Ret | 12 | Jack Dunfee | Private entry | Sunbeam GP | 0 | Rear axle | 4 | 7 |
Appleyard | 7 |
Notes※
- ^ Ivanowski was a Russian national. But in exile since the Russian Revolution
References※
- ^ Hodges, David (1967). The French Grand Prix. pp. 93–96.
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