1907 French Grand Prix

Infobox Grand Prix race report
Type = GP
Grand Prix = French
Date = July 2
Year = 1907
Official name = Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Country = France
Location = Dieppe, France
Course = Public roads
Course_mi = 47.840
Course_km = 76.989
Distance_laps = 10
Distance_mi = 478.400
Distance_km = 769.889
Fast_Driver = Arthur Duray
Fast_Team = Lorraine-Dietrich
Fast_Time = 37:59.8
Fast_Country = Belgium
First_Driver = Felice Nazzaro
First_Team = FIAT
First_Country = Italy
First_flag_suffix = 1861
Second_Driver = Ferenc Szisz
Second_Team = Renault
Second_Country = Hungary
Second_flag_suffix = 1867
Third_Driver = Paul Baras
Third_Team = Brasier
Third_Country = France

The 1907 French Grand Prix took place at Dieppe on 2nd July 1907.

The Race

38 cars set off at one minute intervals to complete 10 laps of a convert|48|mi|km|sing=on circuit on a triangular circuit near the city of Dieppe. The field was led away by Vincenzo Lancia's Fiat.The race was ran under a 9.4 mpg fuel consumption limit. Louis Wagner led the race for the first three laps. After Wagner retired on lap four, Arthur Duray inherited the lead. [cite web
last=Crooke
first=Jon
title=Nazzaro, Fiat and Dieppe.
date=2004-11-15
url=http://www.bigscalemodels.com/cars/fiat1907/fiat_1907.html
accessdate=2007-10-17] Duray set the fastest lap, with an average speed of convert|75.40|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on, 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. Nazzarro's average speed was convert|70.6|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on for the race. [cite book
last=Higham
first=Peter
title=The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing
publisher=Guinness Publishing
date=1995
pages=194-195
isbn=0-85112-642-1] [cite web
title=1907 Grand Prix.
url=http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1907/1907.html#acf
accessdate=2007-10-29]

Classification

Grand Prix race report
Name_of_race = French Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1907
Previous_race_in_season = None
Next_race_in_season = None
Previous_year's_race = 1906 French Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 1908 French Grand Prix

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