| 1907 French Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race details | |||
| Date | July 2, 1907 | ||
| Official name | Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France | ||
| Location | Dieppe, France | ||
| Course | Public roads | ||
| Course length | 76.989 km (47.840 miles) | ||
| Distance | 10 laps, 769.889 km (478.400 miles) | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Arthur Duray | Lorraine-Dietrich | |
| Time | 37:59.8 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | FIAT | ||
| Second | Renault | ||
| Third | Brasier | ||
The 1907 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Dieppe on 2 July 1907.
Thirty-eight cars set off at one-minute intervals to complete 10 laps of a 48-mile (77 km) circuit on a triangular circuit near the city of Dieppe. The field was led away by Vincenzo Lancia's Fiat. The race was run under a fuel consumption limit of 30 litres per 100 kilometres (7.84 miles per US gallon; 9.42 miles per imperial gallon). [1] Louis Wagner led the race for the first three laps. After Wagner retired on lap four, Arthur Duray took the lead. [2] Duray set the fastest lap, with an average speed of 75.40 mph (121.34 km/h), and led the race until his retirement on lap nine. Felice Nazzaro's Fiat led from this point until the finish, completing the race over six and a half minutes ahead of second placed Ferenc Szisz. Nazzaro's average speed was 70.6 mph (113.6 km/h) for the race. [3] [4]
Albert Clément died in a crash during practice while driving his Clément-Bayard. His place in the race was taken by 'Alezy'. [5]
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