Type: | GP |
Grand Prix: | French |
Date: | July 2 |
Year: | 1907 |
Official Name: | Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France |
Country: | France |
Location: | Dieppe, France |
Course: | Public roads |
Course Mi: | 47.840 |
Course Km: | 76.989 |
Distance Laps: | 10 |
Distance Mi: | 478.400 |
Distance Km: | 769.889 |
Fast Driver: | Arthur Duray |
Fast Team: | Lorraine-Dietrich |
Fast Time: | 37:59.8 |
Fast Country: | Belgium |
First Driver: | Felice Nazzaro |
First Team: | FIAT |
First Country: | Italy |
First Flag Suffix: | 1861 |
Second Driver: | Ferenc Szisz |
Second Team: | Renault |
Second Country: | Hungary |
Second Flag Suffix: | 1867 |
Third Driver: | Paul Baras |
Third Team: | Brasier |
Third Country: | France |
The 1907 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Dieppe on 2 July 1907.
Thirty-eight cars set off at one-minute intervals to complete 10 laps of a 48miles 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 302NaN2.[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 75.4mi/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 70.6mi/h for the race.[3] [4]
Albert Clément died in a crash during practice while driving his Clément-Bayard. His place in the race was taken by 'Alezy'.[5]
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 |
. Peter Higham--> . The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing . Guinness Publishing . 1995 . 194–195 . 0-85112-642-1.