The 1907 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Dieppe on 2 July 1907.
| 1907 French Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
 Arthur Duray | 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
edit| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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).
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