1926 French Grand Prix

  1926 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 5 in the 1926 World Manufacturers' Championship
Date	27 June 1926
Official name	XX Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location	Miramas, France
Course	Circuit of Miramas
Course length	5.00 km (3.11 mi)
Distance	100 laps, 500.00 km (310.68 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jules Goux	Bugatti
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver	Jules Goux	Bugatti
Time	2:24.0
Podium
First	Jules Goux	Bugatti
Second	Meo Costantini	Bugatti
Third	No other finishers

The 1926 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Circuit of Miramas on 27 June 1926.^[1]

It was the second race of the 1926 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship season. Unfortunately for the spectators, of all the cars that were announced to participate in the race, only three Bugattis started. In the end there was just one car that managed to complete the full race distance; the Bugatti of Jules Goux.

Classification

Starting grid

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	24	Jules Goux	Bugatti 39A	100	4h38m43.8
NC	8	Meo Costantini	Bugatti 39A	85	4h43m13.0
DNF	16	Pierre de Vizcaya	Bugatti 39A	45	Engine
DNS	2	Henry Segrave	Talbot 700		Car not ready
DNS	4	Marcel Violet	SIMA-Violet		Car not ready
DNS	6	Robert Benoist	Delage 155B		Car not ready
DNS	10	Albert Divo	Talbot 700		Car not ready
DNS	12	?	SIMA-Violet		Car not ready
DNS	14	Edmond Bourlier	Delage 155B		Car not ready
DNS	18	Jules Moriceau	Talbot 700		Car not ready
DNS	20	?	SIMA-Violet		Car not ready
DNS	22	?	Delage 155B		Car not ready

References

1. Darren Galpin. "1926 Grands Prix, The GEL Motorsport Information Page". Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-03-24.