1908 French Grand Prix

GP French July 7 1908 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France France Dieppe, France Public roads 47.840 76.989 10 478.400 769.889 Otto Salzer Mercedes 36:31.0 Germany empire Christian Lautenschlager Mercedes Germany empire Victor Hémery Benz France René Hanriot Benz France The 1908 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Dieppe on 7 July 1908. The race was won by Christian Lautenschlager driving a Mercedes. Formula Changes The race was run under a new formula agreed in Ostend in 1907. There was no fuel consumption limit, but the cars had a minimum weight of 1100 kilograms, and a maximum cylinder bore of 155 millimetres.Etzrodt Hans Grand Prix Winners 1895-1949. History and Formulae 2007-06-19 http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gpw5.htm 2007-10-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930012944/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gpw5.htm 30 September 2007 live This formula differed from the regulations in place for the American Vanderbilt Cup series, which discouraged American manufacturers from entering the race.Foreign Autoists Eager for Racing The New York Times 1908-01-06 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/01/06/104714110.pdf 2007-10-18 Lewis Strang drove the single American entrant, the Thomas Flyer.The American Car in Grand Prix Race The New York Times 1908-05-03 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/05/03/104803403.pdf 2007-10-27 D. Napier & Son cars were disqualified from the race due to their use of Rudge-Whitworth center locking hubs, which the organizers believed were unsafe.Matteucci Marco History of the Motor Car Crown Publishers, Inc. 1976 978-0706400007 New York, NY 250 4168687 The Race thumb|Race winner Christian Lautenschlager in his Mercedes thumb|The Austin of JTC Moore-Brabazon placed 18th Christian Lautenschlager won the race in his Mercedes finishing nearly nine minutes ahead of Victor Hémery's Benz. Lautenschlager's average speed for the race was 69.045 mi/h km/h on. Otto Salzer set fastest lap in his Mercedes, with an average speed of over 78 mi/h km/h on.Higham Peter The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing Guinness Publishing 1995 194–195 0-85112-642-11908 Grands Prix http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1908/1908.html#acf 2007-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20080821123337/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1908/1908.html#acf 2008-08-21 dead The race was notable for tragic reasons. Henri Cissac's car lost a tyre and rolled, killing Cissac and Jules Schaube, his riding mechanic. This was the first fatal accident in Grand Prix history.Motorsport Memorial - Henri Cissac http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=1030 2014-01-29 Classification PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retired 1 35 Germany empire Christian Lautenschlager Mercedes 10 6:55:43.8 2 6 France Victor Hémery Benz 150 hp +8:40.2 3 23 France René Hanriot Benz 150 hp +9:29.2 4 11 France Victor Rigal Clément-Bayard +34:52.8 5 2 Germany empire Willy Pöge Mercedes +36:47.2 6 27 Germany empire Carl Jörns Opel +43.56.2 7 39 Germany empire Fritz Erle Benz +56:48.0 8 37 Russia Sergey Dimitriewich Renault +1:07:39.0 9 16 United States 1908 George Heath Panhard-Levassor +1:09:03.0 10 49 Belgium Perpère Germain +1:12:34.4 11 12 Italy 1861 Alessandro Cagno Itala +1:21:23.0 12 28 France Fernand Gabriel Clément-Bayard +1:25:11.2 13 36 France Courtade Motobloc +1:26:10.0 14 20 France Pierre Garcet Motobloc +1:33:23.0 15 21 France Gustave Caillois Renault +1:33:23.4 16 14 Belgium Camille Jenatzy Mors +1:38:11.8 17 31 Landon Mors +1:52:47.4 18 18 United Kingdom JTC Moore-Brabazon Austin +1:56:17.0 19 1 GBR Dario Resta Austin +2:00:17.4 20 29 France Henri Fournier Itala +2:00:47.4 21 10 Germany empire Friedrich Opel Opel +2:21:38.6 22 17 France François Degrais Germain +2:27:01.0 23 32 France Henry Farman Panhard-Levassor +2:38:07.0 Ret 8 France Léon Théry Brasier 9 Wheel Ret 41 France Paul Bablot Brasier 9 Magneto Ret 9 France Emile Stricker Porthos 9 Ret 43 Michel Opel 9 Radiator Ret 48 France Henri Cissac Panhard-Levassor 8 Fatal crash Ret 13 United Kingdom Pryce Harrison Weigel 5 Crash Ret 44 Belgium Lucien Hautvast Clément-Bayard 5 Wheel Ret 34 United Kingdom Warwick Wright Austin 4 Engine Ret 33 Belgium François Marie Roch-Brault Germain 4 Ret 15 United States 1908 Lewis Strang Thomas 4 Clutch Ret 40 France Louis Wagner Fiat 3 Gearbox Ret 24 Italy 1861 Felice Nazzaro Fiat 3 Engine Ret 3 France Pierron Motobloc 3 Crash Ret 30 United Kingdom Gregor Laxen Weigel 3 Crash Ret 25 France Paul Baras Brasier 3 Engine Ret 38 Italy 1861 Ferdinando Minoia Lorraine-Dietrich 3 Magneto Ret 5 Belgium Arthur Duray Lorraine-Dietrich 2 Clutch Ret 4 border|23px|link=Hungary Ferenc Szisz Renault 2 Wheels Ret 19 Germany empire Otto Salzer Mercedes 2 Wheel Ret 42 France Jules Simon Porthos 2 Water pump Ret 7 Italy 1861 Vincenzo Lancia Fiat 1 Engine Ret 22 France Henri Rougier Lorraine-Dietrich 1 Magneto Ret 46 United Kingdom Shannon Weigel 1 Steering Ret 45 Italy 1861 Giovanni Piacenza Itala 1 Gearbox Ret 26 France J. Gaubert Porthos img 0 Water pump French Grand Prix 1908 None None 1907 French Grand Prix 1912 French Grand Prix References Category:French Grand Prix French Category:1908 in French motorsport Category:July 1908 in Europe French Grand Prix