1923 French Grand Prix

  1923 French Grand Prix

Race details
1923 Grand Prix season
Date	2 July 1923
Official name	XVII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location	Tours, France
Course	Public roads
Course length	22.83 km (14.19 mi)
Distance	35 laps, 799.07 km (496.52 mi)
Pole position
Driver	René Thomas	Delage
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver	Pietro Bordino	Fiat
Time	9:36.0
Podium
First	Henry Segrave	Sunbeam
Second	Albert Divo	Sunbeam
Third	Ernest Friderich	Bugatti

The 1923 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Tours on 2 July 1923.^[1]

Classification

Start of the race

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	12	Henry Segrave	Sunbeam	35	6h35m19.6
2	7	Albert Divo	Sunbeam	35	6h54m25.8
3	6	Ernest Friderich	Bugatti 32	35	7h00m22.4
4	2	Kenelm Lee Guinness	Sunbeam	35	7h02m03.0
5	10	André Lefebvre	Voisin Laboratoire	35	7h50m29.2
Ret	14	Carlo Salamano	Fiat 805/405	32	Engine
Ret	5	Arthur Duray	Voisin Laboratoire	29
Ret	3	Albert Guyot	Rolland-Pilain	28
Ret	15	Henri Rougier	Voisin Laboratoire	19
Ret	9	Enrico Giaccone	Fiat 805/405	16	Engine
Ret	18	Prince de Cystria	Bugatti 32	12
Ret	1	René Thomas	Delage 2LCV	8	Fuel tank
Ret	13	Victor Hemery	Rolland-Pilain	7	Oil pump
Ret	4	Pietro Bordino	Fiat 805/405	7	Engine
Ret	16	Pierre Marco	Bugatti 32	3
Ret	11	Pierre de Vizcaya	Bugatti 32	0	Crash
DSQ	17	André Morel	Voisin Laboratoire	8	Disqualified
DNS	8	Jules Goux	Rolland-Pilain		Did not appear

References

1. Darren Galpin. "1923 Grands Prix, The GEL Motorsport Information Page". Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-03-18.