1937 French Grand Prix

GP French 4 July 1937 XXXI Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France France Montlhéry, France Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry 7.767 12.50 40 310.7 500.0 Louis Chiron Talbot 5:29.7 Monaco Louis Chiron Talbot Monaco Gianfranco Comotti Talbot Italy 1861 Albert Divo Talbot France The 1937 French Grand Prix (formally the XXXI Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Montlhéry, France on 4 July 1937. The race was held over 40 laps of the 12.5 km course for a total distance of 500 km. The race was won by Louis Chiron driving a Talbot. Similar to the 1936 race this year was run for sports cars. However, in order to help French manufacturers prepare for the new 1938 Grand Prix regulations, a 4.5L maximum engine capacity was imposed.Hodges David 1967 The French Grand Prix 118–120 Classification PosNoDriverEntrantCarLapsTime/Retired 1 12 MON Louis Chiron Automobiles Talbot Talbot 40 3h46m06.1 2 10 ITA 1861 Gianfranco Comotti Automobiles Talbot Talbot 40 3h48m12.5 3 8 FRA Albert Divo Automobiles Talbot Talbot 40 3h49m48.9 4 22 FRA René Carrière Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 39 +1 lap 5 6 FRA Raymond Sommer Automobiles Talbot Talbot 38 +2 laps 6 28 FRA Eugène Chaboud FRA Jean Trémoulet Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 33 +7 laps DNF 30 Spain 1931 Enaro Léoz Enaro Léoz Bugatti 25 Ignition DNF 26 FRA Daniel Porthault Danniell Delahaye 20 Cooling DNF 20 FRA/USA 1937 Laury Schell Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 15 Crashed DNF 24 FRA Louis Villeneuve Louis Villeneuve Delahaye 10 Fuel System DNF 18 FRA René Dreyfus Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 8 EngineSources:1937 French Grand Prix https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1937-french-grand-prix Motor Sport Magazine Database 2 January 2019 Pre-war Races 1937 http://www.wsrp.cz/prewar1937.html#20 World Sports Racing Prototypes 4 January 2019 Fastest Lap: Louis Chiron, 5m29.7 References French Grand Prix 1937 1936 French Grand Prix 1938 French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:1937 in French motorsport