Country: | France |
Grand Prix: | Pau |
Date: | 2 April |
Year: | 1939 |
Official Name: | Grand Prix de Pau |
Location: | Pau, France |
Course: | Temporary Street Circuit |
Course Mi: | 1.720 |
Course Km: | 2.760 |
Distance Laps: | 100 |
Distance Mi: | 172.100 |
Distance Km: | 276.900 |
Pole Driver: | Manfred von Brauchitsch |
Pole Country: | Germany |
Pole Flag Suffix: | 1935 |
Pole Team: | Mercedes-Benz W154 |
Pole Time: | 1:46.0 |
Fast Driver: | Manfred von Brauchitsch |
Fast Team: | Mercedes-Benz W154 |
Fast Time: | 1:46.8 |
Fast Country: | Germany |
Fast Flag Suffix: | 1935 |
First Driver: | Hermann Lang |
First Country: | Germany |
First Flag Suffix: | 1935 |
First Team: | Mercedes-Benz W154 |
Second Driver: | Manfred von Brauchitsch |
Second Country: | Germany |
Second Flag Suffix: | 1935 |
Second Team: | Mercedes-Benz W154 |
Third Driver: | Philippe Étancelin |
Third Country: | FRA |
Third Team: | Talbot MD |
The 1939 Pau Grand Prix was a motor race held on 2 April 1939 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Hermann Lang, driving the Mercedes-Benz W154. Manfred von Brauchitsch finished second and Philippe Étancelin third.
With the event of World War II, this would be the last Pau Grand Prix until 1947, two years after the war ended.
Pos | No | Driver | Vehicle | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | |
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1 | 18 | Hermann Lang | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 100 | 3hr 07min 25.2sec | 2 | |
2 | 10 | Manfred von Brauchitsch | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 100 | + 16.8 s | 1 | |
3 | 16 | Philippe Étancelin | Talbot MD | 98 | + 2 laps | 6 | |
4 | 8 | Raymond Sommer | Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 | 95 | + 5 laps | 4 | |
5 | 6 | Joseph Paul | Delahaye 135 | 92 | + 8 laps | 9 | |
6 | 28 | Robert Mazaud | Delahaye 135 | 92 | + 8 laps | 11 | |
7 | 26 | René Biolay | Delahaye 135 | 88 | + 12 laps | 12 | |
8 | 14 | Marcel Contet | Delahaye 135 | 86 | + 14 laps | 13 | |
Ret | 24 | Jean Trémoulet | SEFAC | 35 | Retired | 14 | |
Ret | 4 | René Carrièrè | Talbot MD | 31 | Crash / Oil line | 5 | |
Ret | 2 | Rudolf Caracciola | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 31 | Broken oil line | 3 | |
Ret | 30 | Marcel Balsa | Bugatti T35B | 22 | Mechanical | 8 | |
Ret | 22 | Eugène Chaboud | Delahaye 135 | 10 | Retired | 10 | |
Ret | 12 | Maurice Trintignant | Bugatti T51 | 5 | Engine overheating | 15 | |
Ret | 20 | Toulo de Graffenried | Maserati 6C-34 | 3 | Gearbox | 7 | |
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