| Type: | EC |
| Grand Prix: | French |
| Race No: | 2 |
| Season No: | 7 |
| Date: | 23 June |
| Year: | 1935 |
| Official Name: | XXIX Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France |
| Country: | France |
| Location: | Montlhéry, France |
| Course: | Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry |
| Course Mi: | 7.767 |
| Course Km: | 12.50 |
| Distance Laps: | 40 |
| Distance Mi: | 310.7 |
| Distance Km: | 500.0 |
| Pole Driver: | Achille Varzi |
| Pole Country: | ITA |
| Pole Flag Suffix: | 1861 |
| Pole Team: | Auto Union |
| Pole Time: | 5:20.1 |
| Fast Driver: | Tazio Nuvolari |
| Fast Team: | Alfa Romeo |
| Fast Time: | 5:29.1 |
| Fast Country: | ITA |
| Fast Flag Suffix: | 1861 |
| First Driver: | Rudolf Caracciola |
| First Team: | Mercedes-Benz |
| First Country: | Germany |
| First Flag Suffix: | 1933 |
| Second Driver: | Manfred von Brauchitsch |
| Second Team: | Mercedes-Benz |
| Second Country: | Germany |
| Second Flag Suffix: | 1933 |
| Third Driver: | Goffredo Zehender |
| Third Team: | Maserati |
| Third Country: | Italy |
| Third Flag Suffix: | 1861 |
The 1935 French Grand Prix (formally the XXIX Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Montlhéry, France on 23 June 1935. The race lasted 500 km (12.5 km x 40 laps) and was won by Rudolf Caracciola driving a Mercedes-Benz.
For the first time, the Automobile Club of France decided that the grid positions should be set by practice times, rather than by ballot, a practice introduced in Europe at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Having witnessed the more powerful German cars winning nearly every race they entered (notably not the 1934 French Grand Prix), the organisers decided to reduce the speeds of the Montlhéry circuit by installing three slow chicanes. This was ultimately successful in ensuring the competitiveness of the Alfa Romeos, with Tazio Nuvolari able to set second fastest time in practice, and completing the fastest lap of the race, albeit 23 seconds slower than last year's fastest lap due to the chicanes.[1]
| Grid | No | Driver | Car | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Auto Union B | 5:20.1 | ||
| 2 | 14 | Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3 | 5:23.6 | ||
| 3 | 10 | Auto Union B | 5:28.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Mercedes-Benz W25 | 5:31.6 | ||
| 5 | 16 | Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3 | 5:31.9 | ||
| 6 | 12 | Auto Union B | 5:36.6 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Mercedes-Benz W25 | 5:37.9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Mercedes-Benz W25 | 5:46.6 | ||
| 9 | 24 | Bugatti T59/50 | |||
| 10 | 18 | Maserati Tipo 34 | 6:10.8 | ||
| 11 | 20 | Maserati 8CM | |||
| DNQ | 22 | Practiced only |
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retire | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Mercedes-Benz W25B | 40 | 4h00m54.6 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Mercedes-Benz W25B | 40 | +0.5 | ||
| 3 | 18 | Maserati Tipo 34 | 38 | +2 laps | ||
| 4 | 6 | Mercedes-Benz W25B | 37 | +3 laps | ||
| 5 | 8 | Auto Union B | 35 | +5 laps | ||
| 6 | 20 | Maserati 8CM | 35 | +5 laps | ||
| NC | 24 | Bugatti T59/50 | 16 | Not Classified | ||
| Ret | 14 | Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3 | 14 | Transmission | ||
| Ret | 12 | Auto Union B | 11 | Spark plugs/transmission? | ||
| Ret | 16 | Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3 | 8 | Transmission | ||
| Ret | 10 | Auto Union B | 7 | Brakes |
Fastest Lap: Tazio Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3) 5:29.1, 136.74 km/h