1939 French Grand Prix

January 2019 EC French 9 July 1939 XXXIII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France France Circuit-Reims-Gueux-1926.png 2 4 Reims-GueuxReims, France Road course 4.857 7.816 51 247.68 398.61 Wet, drying. Minor showers. Hermann Lang Mercedes-Benz Germany Nazi 2:27.7 Hermann Lang Mercedes-Benz 2:32.2 Germany Nazi Hermann Paul Müller Auto Union Germany Nazi Georg Meier Auto Union Germany Nazi René Le Bègue Talbot France The 1939 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Reims-Gueux on 9 July 1939. Classification Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 DEU Nazi Hermann Paul Müller Auto Union Auto Union D 51 2:21:11.8 5 1 2 14 DEU Nazi Georg Meier Auto Union Auto Union D 50 +1 lap 7 2 3 36 FRA René Le Bègue Talbot-Darracq Talbot T26C 48 +3 laps 8 3 4 34 FRA Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Darracq Talbot T26C 48 +3 laps 9 4 5 2 FRA Raymond Sommer Private entry Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 47 +4 laps 13 4 6 10 DEU Nazi Hans Stuck Auto Union Auto Union D 47 +4 laps 6 4 7 30 FRA René Dreyfus Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell Delahaye 145 45 +6 laps 11 4 8 4 ITA 1861 Luigi Chinetti Christian Kautz Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 45 +6 laps 12 4 9 32 FRA "Raph" Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell Delahaye 145 44 +7 laps 15 4 Ret 20 DEU Nazi Hermann Lang Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 36 Engine 1 5 Ret 18 DEU Nazi Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 17 Engine 4 6 Ret 6 FRA Yves Matra Christian Kautz Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 17 14 6 Ret 38 GBR Raymond Mays Talbot-Darracq Talbot T26C 10 Split tank 10 7 Ret 8 ITA 1861 Tazio Nuvolari Auto Union Auto Union D 8 Gearbox 3 7 Ret 16 DEU Nazi Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 1 Accident 2 7 Sources:Hodges David 1967 The French Grand Prix 126–1311939 French Grand Prix https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1939-french-grand-prix Motor Sport Magazine Database 10 January 2019 References French Grand Prix 1939 1939 Belgian Grand Prix 1939 German Grand Prix 1938 French Grand Prix 1947 French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Category:1939 in French motorsport