1938 French Grand Prix

1938 French Grand Prix
	Race 1 of 4 in the 1938 European Championship
Race details
Date	3 July 1938
Official name	XXXII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location	Reims-Gueux ; Reims, France
Course	Public roads
Course length	7.816 km (4.857 mi)
Distance	64 laps, 500.22 km (310.82 mi)
Pole position
Time	2:39.2
Fastest lap
Time	2:45.1
Podium

Last updated March 02, 2019

The 1938 French Grand Prix (formally the XXXII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France ) was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Reims-Gueux on 3 July 1938. The race was held over 64 laps of the 7.8-kilometre (4.8 mi) course for a total distance of 500 kilometres (310 mi).

The French Grand Prix, formerly known as the Grand Prix de l'ACF, is an auto race held as part of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's annual Formula One World Championship. It is one of the oldest motor races in the world. It ceased shortly after its centenary in 2008 with 86 races having been held, due to unfavourable financial circumstances and venues. The race returned to the Formula One calendar in 2018 with Circuit Paul Ricard hosting the race.

Grand Prix motor racing, a form of motorsport competition, has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as early as 1894. It quickly evolved from simple road races from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver. Innovation and the drive of competition soon saw speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour (160 km/h), but because early races took place on open roads, accidents occurred frequently, resulting in deaths both of drivers and of spectators.

The circuit Reims-Gueux was a Grand Prix motor racing road course, located in Gueux, 7.5 km west of Reims in the Champagne region of north-eastern France, established in 1926 as the second venue of the Grand Prix de la Marne. The triangular layout of public roads formed three sectors between the villages of Thillois and Gueux over the La Garenne / Gueux intersection of Route nationale 31. The circuit became known to be among the fastest of the era for its two long straights allowing maximum straight-line speed, resulting in many famous slipstream battles.

Like the other races in the 1938 European Drivers' Championship, the French Grand Prix was held to new regulations for 1938, mandating a maximum engine capacity of 4.5L, or 3L for supercharged engines, as well as minimum weights based on a sliding scale depending on engine size, with the largest engine cars needing to weigh at least 850 kilograms (1,870 lb).^[1]

The 1938 Grand Prix season was the sixth AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Rudolf Caracciola, driving for the Mercedes-Benz team. Caracciola won one of the four events that counted towards the championship.

The European Drivers' Championship was an annual competition in auto racing that existed prior to the establishment of the Formula One world championship in 1950. It was established in 1931 and ran until the end of 1939 with a hiatus from 1933–34, and awarded points to drivers based on the results of selected Grand Prix races, the so-called Grandes Épreuves. The championship was discontinued because of the outbreak of World War II in 1939, and no champion was officially declared for the last season.

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Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points	Notes
1	26	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	64	3:04:38.5	2	1
2	24	Rudolf Caracciola	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	64	3:06:19.3 3:06:19.6	3	2	^[1]^[2]
3	28	Hermann Lang	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	63	+1 lap	1	3
4	4	René Carrière	Talbot Darracq	Talbot T150C	54	+10 laps	6	4
DNF	2	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot Darracq	Talbot T150C	38	Engine	7	5
DNF	10	Eugène Chaboud	SEFAC	SEFAC	2		8	7
DNF	16	Christian Kautz	Auto Union	Auto Union C/D	1	Accident	4	7
DNF	22	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Bugatti	Bugatti T59/50B3	1	Oil line	9	7
DNF	18	Rudolf Hasse	Auto Union	Auto Union C/D	1	Accident	5	7
Sources:^[1]^[2]

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References

1 2 3 Hodges, David (1967). The French Grand Prix.
1 2 "1937 French Grand Prix". Motor Sport Magazine Database. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

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[hodges-1] 1 2 3 Hodges, David (1967). The French Grand Prix.

[motor_sport-2] 1 2 "1937 French Grand Prix". Motor Sport Magazine Database. Retrieved 2 January 2019.