The 1907 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Dieppe on 2 July 1907.
1907 French Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | July 2, 1907 | ||
Official name | Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France | ||
Location | Dieppe, France | ||
Course | Public roads | ||
Course length | 76.989 km (47.840 miles) | ||
Distance | 10 laps, 769.889 km (478.400 miles) | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
![]() | Lorraine-Dietrich | |
Time | 37:59.8 | ||
Podium | |||
First | FIAT | ||
Second | Renault | ||
Third | Brasier |
The Race
editThirty-eight cars set off at one-minute intervals to complete 10 laps of a 48-mile (77 km) circuit on a triangular circuit near the city of Dieppe. The field was led away by Vincenzo Lancia's Fiat. The race was run under a fuel consumption limit of 30 litres per 100 kilometres (7.84 miles per US gallon; 9.42 miles per imperial gallon).[1] Louis Wagner led the race for the first three laps. After Wagner retired on lap four, Arthur Duray took the lead.[2] Duray set the fastest lap, with an average speed of 75.40 mph (121.34 km/h), and led the race until his retirement on lap nine. Felice Nazzaro's Fiat led from this point until the finish, completing the race over six and a half minutes ahead of second placed Ferenc Szisz. Nazzaro's average speed was 70.6 mph (113.6 km/h) for the race.[3][4]
Death
editAlbert Clément died in a crash during practice while driving his Clément-Bayard. His place in the race was taken by 'Alezy'.[5]
Classification
editPos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
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1 | F2 | Felice Nazzaro | Fiat 130 HP | 10 | 6:46:33.0 |
2 | R1 | Ferenc Szisz | Renault AK | +6:37.6 | |
3 | B2 | Paul Baras | Brasier | +18:32.6 | |
4 | LD3 | Fernand Gabriel | Lorraine-Dietrich | +25:06.0 | |
5 | D3 | Victor Rigal | Darracq | +26:03.4 | |
6 | D2 | Gustave Caillois | Darracq | +29:25.6 | |
7 | B1 | Jules Barillier | Brasier | +41:21.0 | |
8 | BC1 | Pierre Garcet | Clément-Bayard | +47:44.0 | |
9 | BC3 | Elliott Shepard | Clément-Bayard | +53:23.2 | |
10 | M3 | Victor Hémery | Mercedes | +1:38:52.0 | |
11 | MB3 | Courtade | Motobloc | +2:02:00.6 | |
12 | B3 | Paul Bablot | Brasier | +2:26:26.6 | |
13 | R3 | Claude Richez | Renault AK | +2:44:19.4 | |
14 | GE2 | François Degrais | Germain | +3:04:03.4 | |
15 | GE3 | François-Marie Roch-Brault | Germain | +3:24:12.0 | |
16 | C1 | Joseph Collomb | Corre | +3:38:23.7 | |
17 | GE1 | Perpère | Germain | +4:07:09.0 | |
Ret | F1 | Vincenzo Lancia | Fiat | 9 | Clutch |
Ret | M2 | Otto Salzer | Mercedes | 9 | |
Ret | LD1 | Arthur Duray | Lorraine-Dietrich | 8 | |
Ret | PL3 | Dutemple | Panhard | 8 | |
Ret | M1 | Camille Jenatzy | Mercedes | 7 | |
Ret | MB1 | Pierron | Motobloc | 7 | |
Ret | DM1 | Frederic Dufaux | Marchand | 7 | |
Ret | R2 | Henry Farman | Renault AK | 7 | |
Ret | D1 | René Hanriot | Darracq | 6 | Engine |
Ret | LD2 | Henri Rougier | Lorraine-Dietrich | 5 | |
Ret | GB1 | Louis Rigolly | Gobron-Brillié | 5 | |
Ret | W2 | Pryce Harrison | Weigel | 5 | |
Ret | MB2 | Page | Motobloc | 5 | |
Ret | P1 | Emile Stricker | Porthos | 4 | Steering |
Ret | BC2 | Alezy | Clément-Bayard | 4 | |
Ret | WC1 | Walter Christie | Christie | 4 | |
Ret | F3 | Louis Wagner | Fiat | 3 | Valve gear |
Ret | W1 | Gregor Laxen | Weigel | 3 | Wheel |
Ret | PL2 | Hubert Le Blon | Panhard | 3 | Driver injury |
Ret | PL1 | George Heath | Panhard | 1 | Engine |
References
edit- ^ "Grand Prix Winners 1895-1949: History, Grand Prix-, American- & Other Formulae". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- ^ Crooke, Jon (2004-11-15). "Nazzaro, Fiat and Dieppe". Archived from the original on 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
- ^ Higham, Peter (1995). The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. Guinness Publishing. pp. 194–195. ISBN 0-85112-642-1.
- ^ "1907 Grand Prix". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
- ^ "Hydro Retro, Clement-Bayard, pdf (French) Clément-Bayard, sans peur et sans reproche par Gérard Hartmann" (PDF).