1929 French Grand Prix

1929 French Grand Prix
Race details
Date 30 June 1929
Official name XXIII Grand Prix de l'ACF
Location Le Mans
Le Mans, France
Course Road course
Course length 16.34 km (10.15 mi)
Distance 37 laps, 604.58 km (375.67 mi)
Pole position
Driver
  • France Raoul De Rovin
Bugatti
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom "W. Williams" Bugatti
Time 7:01
Podium
First Bugatti
Second Peugeot
Third Bugatti

The 1929 French Grand Prix (formally, the XXIII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Le Mans on 30 June 1929. The race was held over 37 laps of a 16.34 km (10.15 miles) circuit for a total race distance of 604.58 km (375.67 miles) and was won by "W. Williams," driving a Bugatti.

Starting Grid: Positions drawn

GridDriverGridDriver
1Raoul de Rovin2Jean Chassagne
3Robert Gauthier4"Besaucele"
5Robert Senechal6Albert Divo
7"Philippe"8Andre Boillot
9Caberto Conelli10Guy Bouriat
11"W.Williams"

Classification[1]

PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retire
136"W. Williams"Bugatti T35B374h33m01.2
228Andre BoillotPeugeot 174S374h34m20.0
330Caberto ConelliBugatti T35C374h34m28.0
412Albert DivoBugatti T35B374h41m27.4
510Robert SenechalBugatti T35B374h58m27.8
66Robert GauthierBugatti T35C375h18m38.4
NC8"Besaucele"Ballot 2LS?
NC34Guy BouriatPeugeot 174S?
Ret16"Philippe"Bugatti T35C30Mechanical
''Ret''2Raoul de RovinBugatti T35B28Mechanical
Ret4Jean ChassagneBallot RH28Mechanical
DNS14Prince GhicaFARDid not start
DNS18Jules NandillonVernandiDid not start
DNS20André DubonnetBugatti T35CDid not start
DNS22?BNC 527 SCAPDid not start
DNS24Edouard BrissonAlphi CIMEDid not start
DNS26Robert LalyArièsDid not start
DNS32?ArièsDid not start

Fastest Lap: "W.Williams", 7m01.0 (139.72 km/h)

References

  1. Darren Galpin. "1929 Grands Prix". Teamdan.com. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
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