Type: | WMC |
Grand Prix: | French |
Date: | 27 June |
Year: | 1926 |
Official Name: | XX Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France |
Country: | France |
Race No: | 2 |
Season No: | 5 |
Location: | Miramas, France |
Course: | Circuit of Miramas |
Course Mi: | 3.17 |
Course Km: | 5.10 |
Distance Laps: | 100 |
Distance Mi: | 316.6 |
Distance Km: | 509.6 |
Pole Driver: | Meo Costantini[1] |
Pole Country: | Italy |
Pole Flag Suffix: | 1861 |
Pole Team: | Bugatti |
Grid From Number: | True |
Fast Driver: | Jules Goux |
Fast Team: | Bugatti |
Fast Time: | 2:24 |
Fast Country: | France |
First Driver: | Jules Goux |
First Team: | Bugatti |
First Country: | France |
Second Driver: | No other finishers |
The 1926 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Circuit of Miramas on 27 June 1926.[2]
It was the second race of the 1926 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship season. Unfortunately for the spectators, of all the cars that were announced to participate in the race, only three Bugattis started. In the end there was just one car that managed to complete the full race distance; the Bugatti of Jules Goux.
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 24 | Jules Goux | Bugatti 39A | 100 | 4h38m43.8 | |
NC | 8 | Meo Costantini | Bugatti 39A | 85 | 4h43m13.0 | |
DNF | 16 | Pierre de Vizcaya | Bugatti 39A | 45 | Engine | |
DNA | 2 | Henry Segrave | Talbot 700 | Car not ready | ||
DNA | 4 | Marcel Violet | SIMA-Violet | Car not ready | ||
DNA | 6 | Robert Benoist | Delage 15S8 | Car not ready | ||
DNA | 10 | Albert Divo | Talbot 700 | Car not ready | ||
DNA | 12 | ? | SIMA-Violet | Car not ready | ||
DNA | 14 | Edmond Bourlier | Delage 15S8 | Car not ready | ||
DNA | 18 | Jules Moriceau | Talbot 700 | Car not ready | ||
DNA | 20 | ? | SIMA-Violet | Car not ready | ||
DNA | 22 | ? | Delage 15S8 | Car not ready |