1913 French Grand Prix

1913 French Grand Prix
Race details
Date	12 July 1913
Official name	Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location	Amiens, France
Course	Public roads
Course length	31.62 km (19.650 miles)
Distance	29 laps, 916.98 km (569.850 miles)
Fastest lap
Driver	Paul Bablot	Delage
Time	15:22.0
Podium
First	Georges Boillot	Peugeot
Second	Jules Goux	Peugeot
Third	Jean Chassagne	Sunbeam

The 1913 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Amiens on 12 July 1913.

The race

Racing cars at the 1913 French Grand Prix at Amiens

The restriction on Grand Prix cars for 1913 included an 800 kg (1,764 lb) minimum weight and an 1,100 kg (2,425 lb) maximum weight, as well as a 14 mpg_‑imp (20 L/100 km; 12 mpg_‑US) fuel consumption limit. ^[1] The buildup to the race and the race itself were marred by three fatal crashes. Bigio was killed testing his Itala before the race. In a separate incident before the race, Paul Zuccarelli was killed when his Peugeot crashed into a cart, and a spectator was killed when Kenelm Lee Guinness's Sunbeam crashed into a river. This made Amiens's fatality tally rise to 5 in the span of less than two months- 2 other people had been killed while testing on the roads being used for the circuit in May. After this race, this circuit- which included an 8-mile (13 km) long straight (which is now known as the D934)- was never used again for motor racing. ^[2]

Georges Boillot won for the second year in succession, at an average speed of 72.141 mph (116.096 km/h). The fastest lap was set by Paul Bablot, at an average speed of 76.718 mph (123.462 km/h). ^[3]

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	8	Georges Boillot	Peugeot EX3	29	7:53:56.8
2	14	Jules Goux	Peugeot EX3		+2:25.6
3	15	Jean Chassagne	Sunbeam		+12:23.4
4	2	Paul Bablot	Delage Y		+22:16.8
5	10	Albert Guyot	Delage Y		+24:02.0
6	9	Dario Resta	Sunbeam		+27:41.6
7	16	René Champoiseau	Th. Schneider		+50:40.4
8	5	Josef Christiaens	Excelsior		+1:03:26.8
9	20	René Thomas	Th. Schneider		+1:10:15.4
10	6	René Croquet	Th. Schneider		+1:18:55.8
11	11	Sigurd Hornsted	Excelsior		+1:43:43.8
Ret	19	Kenelm Lee Guinness	Sunbeam	15	Crash
Ret	17	Antonio Moriondo	Itala	13	Spring
Ret	7	Felice Nazzaro	Itala	12	Spring
Ret	4	Dragutin Esser	Mathis	8	Valve
Ret	1	Gustave Caillois	Sunbeam	4	Radius rod
Ret	12	Fernand Gabriel	Th. Schneider	3	Carburettor
Ret	3	Carl Jörns	Opel	1	Engine
Ret	18	Delpierre	Peugeot EX3	1	Crash
Ret	13	H. Pope	Itala	1	Engine

Grand Prix Race
Previous race: None	1913 Grand Prix season Grandes Épreuves	Next race: None
Previous race: 1912 French Grand Prix	French Grand Prix	Next race: 1914 French Grand Prix

References

1. Higham, Peter (1995). The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. Guinness Publishing. pp. 194–196. ISBN   0-85112-642-1.
2. "Motorsport Memorial - Search results".
3. "1913 Grands Prix". Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2007-11-09.