Type: | GP |
Grand Prix: | French |
Date: | 4 July |
Year: | 1937 |
Official Name: | XXXI 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 |
Fast Driver: | Louis Chiron |
Fast Team: | Talbot |
Fast Time: | 5:29.7 |
Fast Country: | Monaco |
First Driver: | Louis Chiron |
First Team: | Talbot |
First Country: | Monaco |
Second Driver: | Gianfranco Comotti |
Second Team: | Talbot |
Second Country: | Italy |
Second Flag Suffix: | 1861 |
Third Driver: | Albert Divo |
Third Team: | Talbot |
Third Country: | France |
The 1937 French Grand Prix (formally the XXXI Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Montlhéry, France on 4 July 1937. The race was held over 40 laps of the 12.5 km course for a total distance of 500 km. The race was won by Louis Chiron driving a Talbot. Similar to the 1936 race this year was run for sports cars. However, in order to help French manufacturers prepare for the new 1938 Grand Prix regulations, a 4.5L maximum engine capacity was imposed.[1]
Pos | No | Driver | Entrant | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 | Automobiles Talbot | 40 | 3h46m06.1 | |||
2 | 10 | Gianfranco Comotti | Automobiles Talbot | Talbot | 40 | 3h48m12.5 | |
3 | 8 | Albert Divo | Automobiles Talbot | Talbot | 40 | 3h49m48.9 | |
4 | 22 | René Carrière | Ecurie Bleue | Delahaye | 39 | +1 lap | |
5 | 6 | Raymond Sommer | Automobiles Talbot | Talbot | 38 | +2 laps | |
6 | 28 | Eugène Chaboud Jean Trémoulet | Eugène Chaboud | Delahaye | 33 | +7 laps | |
DNF | 30 | Enaro Léoz | Enaro Léoz | Bugatti | 25 | Ignition | |
DNF | 26 | Daniel Porthault | Danniell | Delahaye | 20 | Cooling | |
DNF | 20 | / Laury Schell | Ecurie Bleue | Delahaye | 15 | Crashed | |
DNF | 24 | Louis Villeneuve | Louis Villeneuve | Delahaye | 10 | Fuel System | |
DNF | 18 | René Dreyfus | Ecurie Bleue | Delahaye | 8 | Engine | |
Sources:[2] [3] |
Fastest Lap: Louis Chiron, 5m29.7