1931 French Grand Prix

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  1931 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 3 in the 1931 European Championship
Date	June 21, 1931
Official name	XXV Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location	Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry Montlhéry, France
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.770 mi / 12.505 km
Distance	155 laps, 799.596 mi / 1286.825 km
Pole position
Driver	Not known
Fastest lap
Driver	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati
Time	5:29.0
Podium
First	Louis Chiron Achille Varzi	Bugatti
Second	Giuseppe Campari Baconin Borzacchini	Alfa Romeo
Third	Clemente Biondetti Luigi Parenti	Maserati

Results from the 1931 French Grand Prix held at Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry on June 21, 1931.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	32	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	101	126.88 km/h		1
		Achille Varzi						1
2	18	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 8C-2300	97	+4 Laps		2
		Baconin Borzacchini						2
3	46	Clemente Biondetti	Maserati	Maserati 26M	94	+7 Laps		3
		Luigi Parenti						3
4	40	Henry Birkin	Maserati	Maserati 26M	94	+7 Laps		4
		George Eyston						4
5	36	Robert Sénéchal	Delage	Delage 15SB	91	+10 Laps		4
6	4	Ferdinando Minoia	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 8C-2300	90	+11 Laps		4
		Goffredo Zehender						4
7	28	Albert Divo	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	90	+11 Laps		4
		Guy Bouriat						4
8	20	René Dreyfus	Maserati	Maserati 26M	88	+13 Laps		4
		Pietro Ghersi						4
9	24	René Ferrant	Private entry	Peugeot 174S	85	+16 Laps		4
		Louis Rigal						4
10	48	Jean Pesato	Private entry	Alfa Romeo 6C-1750	84	+17 Laps		4
		Pierre Félix						4
11	44	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 8C-2300	83	+18 Laps		4
		Giovanni Minozzi						4
12	30	Earl Howe	Private entry	Bugatti T51	77	+24 Laps		4
		Brian Lewis						4
Ret	38	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Private entry	Bugatti T51	71	Suspension		5
		Jean Gaupillat						5
Ret	38	William Grover-Williams	Private entry	Bugatti T51	65	Gearbox		5
		Caberto Conelli						5
Ret	34	Emilio Eminente	Private entry	Bugatti T35B	59	Fire		5
		Edmond Bourlier						5
Ret	22	Georges d'Arnoux	Private entry	Bugatti T35C	58			5
		Max Fourny						5
Ret	50	Enzo Grimaldi	Private entry	Bugatti T35C	49			6
		"Borgait"						6
Ret	10	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati	Maserati 26M	45	Brakes		6
		Ernesto Maserati						6
Ret	58	Rudolf Caracciola	Private entry	Mercedes-Benz SSKL	39	Supercharger		6
		Otto Merz						6
Ret	2	William "Bummer" Scott	Delage	Delage 15SB	22	Rear axle		7
		S. Armstrong-Payne						7
Ret	52	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	15	Mechanical		7
		Philippe Étancelin						7
Ret	22	Boris Ivanowski[1]	Private entry	Mercedes-Benz SSK	11	Differential		7
		Henri Stoffel						7
Ret	12	Jack Dunfee	Private entry	Sunbeam GP	0	Rear axle		7

1. ^ Ivanowski was a Russian national, but in exile since the Russian Revolution

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