1913 French Grand Prix Explained

Type:GP
Grand Prix:French
Date:12 July
Year:1913
Official Name:Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Country:France
Location:Amiens, France
Course:Public roads
Course Mi:19.650
Course Km:31.62
Distance Laps:29
Distance Mi:569.850
Distance Km:916.98
Fast Driver:Paul Bablot
Fast Team:Delage
Fast Time:15:22.0
Fast Country:France
First Driver:Georges Boillot
First Team:Peugeot
First Country:France
Second Driver:Jules Goux
Second Team:Peugeot
Second Country:France
Third Driver:Jean Chassagne
Third Team:Sunbeam
Third Country:France

The 1913 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Amiens on 12 July 1913.

The race

The restriction on Grand Prix cars for 1913 included an 8000NaN0 minimum weight and an 11000NaN0 maximum weight, as well as a 14mpgimp fuel consumption limit.[1] The buildup to the race and the race itself were marred by three fatal crashes. Bigio was killed testing his Itala before the race. In a separate incident before the race, Paul Zuccarelli was killed when his Peugeot crashed into a cart, and a spectator was killed when Kenelm Lee Guinness's Sunbeam crashed into a river. This made Amiens's fatality tally rise to 5 in the span of less than two months- 2 other people had been killed while testing on the roads being used for the circuit in May. After this race, this circuit- which included an 8-mile (13 km) long straight (which is now known as the D934)- was never used again for motor racing.[2]

Georges Boillot won for the second year in succession, at an average speed of 72.141 mph (116.096 km/h). The fastest lap was set by Paul Bablot, at an average speed of 76.718 mph (123.462 km/h).[3]

Classification

PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retired
18 Georges BoillotPeugeot EX3297:53:56.8
214 Jules GouxPeugeot EX3+2:25.6
315 Jean ChassagneSunbeam+12:23.4
42 Paul BablotDelage Y+22:16.8
510 Albert GuyotDelage Y+24:02.0
69 Dario RestaSunbeam+27:41.6
716 René ChampoiseauTh. Schneider+50:40.4
85 Josef ChristiaensExcelsior+1:03:26.8
920 René ThomasTh. Schneider+1:10:15.4
106 René CroquetTh. Schneider+1:18:55.8
1111 Sigurd HornstedExcelsior+1:43:43.8
Ret19 Kenelm Lee GuinnessSunbeam15Crash
Ret17 Antonio MoriondoItala13Spring
Ret7 Felice NazzaroItala12Spring
Ret4 Dragutin EsserMathis8Valve
Ret1 Gustave CailloisSunbeam4Radius rod
Ret12 Fernand GabrielTh. Schneider3Carburettor
Ret3 Carl JörnsOpel1Engine
Ret18 DelpierrePeugeot EX31Crash
Ret13 H. PopeItala1Engine

References

  1. Book: Higham , Peter <!-- . Peter Higham-->

    . Peter Higham--> . The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing . Guinness Publishing . 1995 . 194–196 . 0-85112-642-1.

  2. Web site: Motorsport Memorial - Search results.
  3. Web site: 1913 Grands Prix. . 2007-11-09 . 2008-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080421010750/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1913/1913.html#acf . dead .