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 miles)
Distance 37 laps, 604.58 km (375.67 miles)
Pole position
Driver
  • France Raoul De Rovin
Bugatti
Grid positions set by ballot
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 the 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.

Noting that the previous old 1.5 Litre formula had been a failure, with very low entries at most races in 1926 and 1927, and with the French Grand Prix run for sports cars in 1928, it was decided that new regulations were needed. For 1929 there was no-longer an engine capacity limit, but as the AIACR, it was decided to require cars to weigh at least 900kg, and allow them to consume no more than 85kg of fuel (14kg per 100km), which was provided in special fuel tanks, which each car carried externally. The race was totally dominated by Williams, who lead from start to finish.[1]

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

PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retire
136United Kingdom "W. Williams"Bugatti T35B374:33:01.2
228France André BoillotPeugeot 174S374:34:20.0
330Italy Caberto ConelliBugatti T35C374:34:28.0
412France Albert DivoBugatti T35B374:41:27.4
510France Robert SenechalBugatti T35B374:58:27.8
66France Robert GauthierBugatti T35C375:18:38.4
NC8France "Besaucele"Ballot 2LS?
NC34France Guy BouriatPeugeot 174S?
Ret16France "Philippe"Bugatti T35C30Mechanical
Ret2France Raoul de RovinBugatti T35B28Mechanical
Ret4France Jean 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
Source:[1][2][3]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Hodges, David (1967). The French Grand Prix. pp. 88–89.
  2. Darren Galpin. "1929 Grands Prix". Teamdan.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  3. "1929 French Grand Prix". Motor Sport Magazine Database. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
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