1926 Spanish Grand Prix Explained

Type:GP
Grand Prix:Spanish
Date:25 July
Year:1926
Official Name:II Gran Premio de España
Country:Spain
Flag Suffix:1785
Location:San Sebastián, Spain
Course:Circuito Lasarte
Course Mi:11.76
Course Km:17.32
Distance Laps:40
Distance Mi:430.4
Distance Km:692.6
Pole Driver:Henry Segrave
Pole Country:UK
Pole Team:Sunbeam
Grid From Number:True
Fast Driver:Bartolomeo Costantini
Fast Team:Bugatti
Fast Time:7:41.6
Fast Country:Italy
Fast Flag Suffix:1861
First Driver:Bartolomeo Costantini
First Team:Bugatti
First Country:Italy
First Flag Suffix:1861
Second Driver:Jules Goux
Second Team:Bugatti
Second Country:France
Third Driver:Louis Wagner
Third Team:Delage
Third Country:France
Third Driver2:Robert Benoist
Third Country2:France

The 1926 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the II Gran Premio de España) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Circuito Lasarte on 25 July 1926. The race was held over 40 laps of a 17.315 km circuit, for a total race distance of 692.6 km. The race was won by Bartolomeo Costantini driving a Bugatti.[1]

The race was held just one week after the 1926 European Grand Prix held on the same circuit. The European Grand Prix was a round of the 1926 AIACR World Championship, so was held to the 1.5 litre formula. The Spanish Grand Prix was held to Formula Libre, and so the Bugatti and Delage factory entries ran their 1925 2-litre cars.

Classification

PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retired
15 Bartolomeo CostantiniBugatti405h35m47
215 Jules GouxBugatti405h52m15
324 Louis Wagner
Robert Benoist
Delage405h56m57
423 Ferdinando MinoiaBugatti405h57m26
NC30 Jules Ferry
Boris Ivanowski
Bugatti336h03m32
DNF28 "Williams"Bugatti29Valves
DNF16 André MorelDelage6Valves
DNF3 Henry SegraveSunbeam5Front Axle
DNF6 Robert BenoistDelage4Valves, Ignition
DNF29 René de BuckBugatti2Steering
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Etzrodt . Hans . Costantini triumphs with Bugatti at the Spanish Grand Prix . The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing . 15 April 2019.