Circuit des Remparts

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Circuit des Remparts^[1] - Angoulême, France - is 1,287 m (0.800 mi) a race circuit, which was driven 80 laps.

[edit] History

Used once in 1939, this urban race track became famous from 1947 to 1951, hosting events where famous drivers could be seen, such as Juan Manuel Fangio, Maurice Trintignant, Raymond Sommer, Robert Manzon, André Simon and the like.

Today it is still a successful event, usually in September, that gathers historic car enthusiast around a Grand Prix raced on the very original race-track. It features also a concours d’élégance and a concours of car restauration.… with on top an historic car regularity rally in the countryside around the city.

[edit] Results

date	Race	pos.	Pilot	Car	team
2/7/1939	1st Circuit des Remparts[2]	1	Raymond Sommer	Alfa Romeo 308	Private
		2	Marc Horvilleur	Maserati 6CM	Private
		3	Henri Durand	Bugatti T37	Private
15/6/1947	2nd Circuit des Remparts[3]	1	Eugène Martin	BMW 328	Private
		2	Robert Manzon	Cisitalia D46 - Fiat	Private
		3	Roger Loyer	Cisitalia D46 - Fiat	Ecurie Paris
11/7/1948	3rd Circuit des Remparts[4]	1	Prince Igor Troubetskoy	Simca-Gordini T15	Equipe Gordini
		2	Guy Michelet	Cisitalia D46 - Fiat	Private
		3	Roger Loyer	Cisitalia D46 - Fiat	Private
12/6/1949	4th Circuit des Remparts[5]	1	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini T11	Equipe Gordini
		2	Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini T15	Equipe Gordini
		3	Eugène Martin	Jicey 2 - BMW	Private
12/6/1950	5th Circuit des Remparts[6]	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati 4CLT/48	Automovil Club Argentina
		2	André Simon	Simca-Gordini T15	Equipe Gordini
		3	José Froilán González	Ferrari 166(F2)	Automovil Club Argentina
10/6/1951	6th Circuit des Remparts[7]	1	Rudolf Fischer	Ferrari 166 (212/166)	Ecurie Espadon
		2	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	HW Motors Ltd.
		3	Michel Aunaud	D.B. - Panhard	Bonnet Automobiles DB

[edit] Références

• Race track détails
• Circuit des Remparts website

1. ^ [1] Map of Circuit des Remparts
2. ^ [2] Results 1939
3. ^ [3] Results 1947
4. ^ [4] Results 1948
5. ^ [5] Results 1949
6. ^ [6] Results 1950
7. ^ [7] Results 1951