1935 French Grand Prix

EC French 2 7 Circuit (ébauche).svg 23 June 1935 XXIX Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France France Montlhéry, France Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry 7.767 12.50 40 310.7 500.0 Achille Varzi ITA 1861 Auto Union 5:20.1 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo 5:29.1 ITA 1861 Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz Germany 1933 Manfred von Brauchitsch Mercedes-Benz Germany 1933 Goffredo Zehender Maserati Italy 1861 The 1935 French Grand Prix (formally the XXIX Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Montlhéry, France on 23 June 1935. The race lasted 500 km (12.5 km x 40 laps) and was won by Rudolf Caracciola driving a Mercedes-Benz. Background For the first time, the Automobile Club of France decided that the grid positions should be set by practice times, rather than by ballot, a practice introduced in Europe at the Monaco Grand Prix. Having witnessed the more powerful German cars winning nearly every race they entered (notably not the 1934 French Grand Prix), the organisers decided to reduce the speeds of the Montlhéry circuit by installing three slow chicanes. This was ultimately successful in ensuring the competitiveness of the Alfa Romeos, with Tazio Nuvolari able to set second fastest time in practice, and completing the fastest lap of the race, albeit 23 seconds slower than last year's fastest lap due to the chicanes.Hodges David 1967 The French Grand Prix 111–114 Starting Grid (3x2) Grid No Driver Car Time 1 8 Italy 1861 Achille Varzi Auto Union B 5:20.1 2 14 Italy 1861 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3 5:23.6 3 10 Germany 1933 Hans Stuck Auto Union B 5:28.8 4 2 Germany 1933 Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz W25 5:31.6 5 16 Monaco Louis Chiron Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3 5:31.9 6 12 Germany 1933 Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union B 5:36.6 7 6 Italy 1861 Luigi Fagioli Mercedes-Benz W25 5:37.9 8 4 Germany 1933 Manfred von Brauchitsch Mercedes-Benz W25 5:46.6 9 24 France Robert Benoist Bugatti T59/50 10 18 Italy 1861 Goffredo Zehender Maserati Tipo 34 6:10.8 11 20 France Raymond Sommer Maserati 8CM DNQ 22 France Marcel Lehoux S.E.F.A.C. Practiced only Classification Pos No Driver Car Laps Time/Retire 1 2 GER 1933 Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz W25B 40 4h00m54.6 2 4 GER 1933 Manfred von Brauchitsch Mercedes-Benz W25B 40 +0.5 3 18 ITA 1861 Goffredo Zehender Maserati Tipo 34 38 +2 laps 4 6 ITA 1861 Luigi Fagioli Mercedes-Benz W25B 37 +3 laps 5 8 ITA 1861 Achille VarziGER empire Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union B 35 +5 laps 6 20 FRA Raymond Sommer Maserati 8CM 35 +5 laps NC 24 FRA Robert Benoist Bugatti T59/50 16 Not Classified Ret 14 ITA 1861 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3 14 Transmission Ret 12 GER 1933 Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union B 11 Spark plugs/transmission? Ret 16 MON Louis Chiron Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3 8 Transmission Ret 10 GER 1933 Hans Stuck Auto Union B 7 Brakes Fastest Lap: Tazio Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3) 5:29.1, 136.74 km/h http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1935/1935r.html#acf 1935 AIACR European Driver Championship and Grands Prix 2013-05-21 2013-06-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20130613202042/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1935/1935r.html#acf dead References External links French Grand Prix 1935 1935 Monaco Grand Prix 1935 Belgian Grand Prix 1934 French Grand Prix 1936 French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Grand Prix