1927 British Grand Prix

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1927 British Grand Prix
Race 5 of 5 in the 1927 World Manufacturers' Championship
Race details
Date1 October 1927
Official name Grand Prix of the Royal Automobile Club
Location Surrey, England
Course Brooklands
Course length 4.21 km (2.61 mi)
Distance 125 laps, 526.25 km (327.00 mi)
Podium
First Delage
Second Delage
Third Delage

The second Grand Prix of the Royal Automobile Club , commonly referred to as the 1927 British Grand Prix, was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Brooklands circuit on 1 October 1927. [1] It was the fifth and final race of the 1927 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship season. The race was won by French driver Robert Benoist. It was his fourth victory from the season's five races, [2] a performance that put the seal on his Delage team's already-unassailable lead in the Championship.

A similar circuit was used as in the race the previous year, that is using the Finishing Straight, on which two sandbank chicanes were constructed. However, the footbridge across the Finishing Straight, which in 1926 had two supports on the track itself, had been rebuilt as a single-span, which enabled the full width of the straight to be used and allowed the layout of the chicane at the top of the Finishing Straight to be altered. The race itself also started half-way around the circuit, on the Railway Straight, rather than from the 1926 start at the junction of the Finishing Straight and the Members' Banking, meaning that the race distance was actually 124 and a half laps.

Classification

PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retired
12 Flag of France.svg Robert Benoist Delage 15 S 81253h49m14.6
23 Flag of France.svg Edmond Bourlier Delage 15 S 81253h49m21.6
34 Flag of France.svg Albert Divo Delage 15 S 81253h52m20.0
412 Flag of Monaco.svg Louis Chiron Bugatti 39A 1254h17m50.0
511 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Emilio Materassi Bugatti 39A 118
NC10 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Caberto Conelli
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Williams
Bugatti 39A 106
Ret1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Eyston
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sammy Davis
Bugatti 39A 95Supercharger
Ret5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Malcolm Campbell Bugatti 39A 93Valve
Ret14 Flag of Romania.svg Jean Ghika-Cantacuzino Bugatti 37A 28Valve
Ret7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harold Purdey Thomas Special 9Transmission
Ret6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bummer Scott Thomas Special 8Supercharger
DNS 1 9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Maurice Harvey Alvis GP
DNA8 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Souders Duesenberg

Note: Fastest lap wasn't recorded.

Notes

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References

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