1907 French Grand Prix

  1907 French Grand Prix

Race details
1907 Grand Prix season
Date	July 2, 1907
Official name	Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location	Dieppe, France
Course	Public roads
Course length	76.989 km (47.840 mi)
Distance	10 laps, 769.889 km (478.400 mi)
Fastest lap
Driver	Arthur Duray	Lorraine-Dietrich
Time	37:59.8
Podium
First	Felice Nazzaro	FIAT
Second	Ferenc Szisz	Renault
Third	Paul Baras	Brasier

The 1907 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Dieppe on 2 July 1907.

The Race

Thirty-eight cars set off at one-minute intervals to complete 10 laps of a 48-mile (77 km) circuit on a triangular circuit near the city of Dieppe. The field was led away by Vincenzo Lancia's Fiat. The race was run under a fuel consumption limit of 30 litres per 100 kilometres (7.84 miles per US gallon; 9.42 miles per imperial gallon).^[1] Louis Wagner led the race for the first three laps. After Wagner retired on lap four, Arthur Duray took the lead.^[2] Duray set the fastest lap, with an average speed of 75.40 mph (121.34 km/h), and led the race until his retirement on lap nine. Felice Nazzaro's Fiat led from this point until the finish, completing the race over six and a half minutes ahead of second placed Ferenc Szisz. Nazzaro's average speed was 70.6 mph (113.6 km/h) for the race.^[3][4]

Death

Albert Clément died in a crash during practice while driving his Clément-Bayard. His place in the race was taken by 'Alezy'.^[5]

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	F2	Felice Nazzaro	Fiat 130 HP	10	6:46:33.0
2	R1	Ferenc Szisz	Renault AK		+6:37.6
3	B2	Paul Baras	Brasier		+18:32.6
4	LD3	Fernand Gabriel	Lorraine-Dietrich		+25:06.0
5	D3	Victor Rigal	Darracq		+26:03.4
6	D2	Gustave Caillois	Darracq		+29:25.6
7	B1	Jules Barillier	Brasier		+41:21.0
8	BC1	Pierre Garcet	Clément-Bayard		+47:44.0
9	BC3	Elliott Shepard	Clément-Bayard		+53:23.2
10	M3	Victor Hemery	Mercedes		+1:38:52.0
11	MB3	Courtade	Motobloc		+2:02:00.6
12	B3	Paul Bablot	Brasier		+2:26:26.6
13	R3	Claude Richez	Renault AK		+2:44:19.4
14	GE2	François Degrais	Germain		+3:04:03.4
15	GE3	François-Marie Roch-Brault	Germain		+3:24:12.0
16	C1	Joseph Collomb	Corre		+3:38:23.7
17	GE1	Perpère	Germain		+4:07:09.0
Ret	F1	Vincenzo Lancia	Fiat	9	Clutch
Ret	M2	Otto Salzer	Mercedes	9
Ret	LD1	Arthur Duray	Lorraine-Dietrich	8
Ret	PL3	Dutemple	Panhard	8
Ret	M1	Camille Jenatzy	Mercedes	7
Ret	MB1	Pierron	Motobloc	7
Ret	DM1	Frederic Dufaux	Marchand	7
Ret	R2	Henry Farman	Renault AK	7
Ret	D1	René Hanriot	Darracq	6	Engine
Ret	LD2	Henri Rougier	Lorraine-Dietrich	5
Ret	GB1	Louis Rigolly	Gobron-Brillié	5
Ret	W2	Pryce Harrison	Weigel	5
Ret	MB2	Page	Motobloc	5
Ret	P1	Emile Stricker	Porthos	4	Steering
Ret	BC2	Alezy	Clément-Bayard	4
Ret	WC1	Walter Christie	Christie	4
Ret	F3	Louis Wagner	Fiat	3	Valve gear
Ret	W1	Gregor Laxen	Weigel	3	Wheel
Ret	PL2	Hubert Le Blon	Panhard	3	Driver injury
Ret	PL1	George Heath	Panhard	1	Engine

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