Type: | EC |
Grand Prix: | French |
Date: | 21 June |
Year: | 1931 |
Official Name: | XXV Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France |
Country: | France |
Race No: | 2 |
Season No: | 3 |
Location: | Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry Montlhéry, France |
Course Mi: | 7.770 |
Course Km: | 12.505 |
Distance Laps: | 101 |
Distance Mi: | 799.596 |
Distance Km: | 1286.825 |
Pole Driver: | William "Bummer" Scott |
Pole Country: | UK |
Pole Driver2: | S. Armstrong-Payne |
Pole Country2: | UK |
Pole Team: | Delage |
Grid From Ballot: | True(Grid positions set by ballot) |
Fast Driver: | Luigi Fagioli |
Fast Team: | Maserati |
Fast Time: | 5:29 |
Fast Country: | Italy |
Fast Flag Suffix: | 1861 |
First Driver: | Louis Chiron |
First Team: | Bugatti |
First Country: | Monaco |
First Driver2: | Achille Varzi |
First Country2: | Italy |
First Flag Suffix2: | 1861 |
Second Driver: | Giuseppe Campari |
Second Team: | Alfa Romeo |
Second Country: | Italy |
Second Flag Suffix: | 1861 |
Second Driver2: | Baconin Borzacchini |
Second Country2: | Italy |
Second Flag Suffix2: | 1861 |
Third Driver: | Clemente Biondetti |
Third Team: | Maserati |
Third Country: | Italy |
Third Flag Suffix: | 1861 |
Third Driver2: | Luigi Parenti |
Third Country2: | Italy |
Third Flag Suffix2: | 1861 |
The 1931 French Grand Prix (formally the XXV Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry on 21 June 1931. As with the other two races in the 1931 AIACR European Championship, this race was held over 10 hours, not over a fixed distance. As a result, most cars had two drivers.[1]
The race was won by Louis Chiron and Achille Varzi driving a factory entered Bugatti T51, who after early race battles lead more than eight hours of the race
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 32 | Louis Chiron | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 101 | 126.88 km/h | 12 | 1 |
Achille Varzi | 1 | |||||||
2 | 18 | Giuseppe Campari | Alfa Corse | Alfa Romeo 8C Monza | 97 | +4 Laps | 5 | 2 |
Baconin Borzacchini | 2 | |||||||
3 | 46 | Clemente Biondetti | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 94 | +7 Laps | 19 | 3 |
Luigi Parenti | 3 | |||||||
4 | 40 | Henry Birkin | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 94 | +7 Laps | 16 | 4 |
George Eyston | 4 | |||||||
5 | 36 | Robert Sénéchal | Delage | Delage 15-S-8 | 91 | +10 Laps | 14 | 4 |
6 | 4 | Ferdinando Minoia | Alfa Corse | Alfa Romeo 8C Monza | 90 | +11 Laps | 2 | 4 |
Goffredo Zehender | 4 | |||||||
7 | 28 | Albert Divo | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 90 | +11 Laps | 10 | 4 |
Guy Bouriat | 4 | |||||||
8 | 20 | René Dreyfus | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 88 | +13 Laps | 6 | 4 |
Pietro Ghersi | 4 | |||||||
9 | 24 | René Ferrant | Private entry | Peugeot 174S | 85 | +16 Laps | 8 | 4 |
Louis Rigal | 4 | |||||||
10 | 48 | Jean Pesato | Private entry | Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 | 84 | +17 Laps | 20 | 4 |
Pierre Félix | 4 | |||||||
11 | 44 | Tazio Nuvolari | Alfa Corse | Alfa Romeo 8C Monza | 83 | +18 Laps | 18 | 4 |
Giovanni Minozzi | 4 | |||||||
12 | 30 | Earl Howe | Private entry | Bugatti T51 | 77 | +24 Laps | 11 | 4 |
Brian Lewis | 4 | |||||||
Ret | 38 | Jean-Pierre Wimille | Private entry | Bugatti T51 | 71 | Suspension | 15 | 5 |
Jean Gaupillat | 5 | |||||||
Ret | 38 | William Grover-Williams | Private entry | Bugatti T51 | 65 | Gearbox | 17 | 5 |
Caberto Conelli | 5 | |||||||
Ret | 34 | Emilio Eminente | Private entry | Bugatti T35B | 59 | Fire | 13 | 5 |
Edmond Bourlier | 5 | |||||||
Ret | 22 | Georges d'Arnoux | Private entry | Bugatti T35C | 58 | Mechanical | 7 | 5 |
Max Fourny | 5 | |||||||
Ret | 50 | Enzo Grimaldi | Private entry | Bugatti T35C | 49 | Mechanical | 21 | 6 |
"Bourgait" | 6 | |||||||
Ret | 10 | Luigi Fagioli | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 45 | Brakes | 3 | 6 |
Ernesto Maserati | 6 | |||||||
Ret | 58 | Rudolf Caracciola | Private entry | Mercedes-Benz SSKL | 39 | Supercharger | 23 | 6 |
Otto Merz | 6 | |||||||
Ret | 2 | William "Bummer" Scott | Delage | Delage 15-S-8 | 22 | Rear axle | 1 | 7 |
S. Armstrong-Payne | 7 | |||||||
Ret | 52 | Marcel Lehoux | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 15 | Mechanical | 22 | 7 |
Philippe Étancelin | 7 | |||||||
Ret | 22 | Boris Ivanowski[2] | Private entry | Mercedes-Benz SSK | 11 | Differential | 9 | 7 |
Henri Stoffel | 7 | |||||||
Ret | 12 | Jack Dunfee | Private entry | Sunbeam GP | 0 | Rear axle | 4 | 7 |
Appleyard | 7 | |||||||