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1931 French Grand Prix

1931 French Grand Prix
Race 2 of 3 in the 1931 European Championship

21 June 1931
XXV Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Autodrome de Linas-MontlhéryMontlhéry, France
Permanent racing facility
12.505 km (7.770 miles)
101 laps, 1286.825 km (799.596 miles)
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Grid positions set by ballot
Luigi Fagioli	Maserati
5:29
Louis Chiron Achille Varzi	Bugatti
Giuseppe Campari Baconin Borzacchini	Alfa Romeo
Clemente Biondetti Luigi Parenti	Maserati

The 1931 French Grand Prix (formally the XXV Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry on 21 June 1931. As with the other two races in the 1931 AIACR European Championship, this race was held over 10 hours, not over a fixed distance. As a result, most cars had two drivers.

The race was won by Louis Chiron and Achille Varzi driving a factory entered Bugatti T51, who after early race battles lead more than eight hours of the race

Start of the race

Louis Chiron and Achille Varzi pitting

Finish of the race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
32	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	101	126.88 km/h	12	1
Achille Varzi	1
18	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 8C Monza	97	+4 Laps	5	2
Baconin Borzacchini	2
46	Clemente Biondetti	Maserati	Maserati 26M	94	+7 Laps	19	3
Luigi Parenti	3
40	Henry Birkin	Maserati	Maserati 26M	94	+7 Laps	16	4
George Eyston	4
36	Robert Sénéchal	Delage	Delage 15-S-8	91	+10 Laps	14	4
4	Ferdinando Minoia	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 8C Monza	90	+11 Laps	2	4
Goffredo Zehender	4
28	Albert Divo	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	90	+11 Laps	10	4
Guy Bouriat	4
20	René Dreyfus	Maserati	Maserati 26M	88	+13 Laps	6	4
Pietro Ghersi	4
24	René Ferrant	Private entry	Peugeot 174S	85	+16 Laps	8	4
Louis Rigal	4
48	Jean Pesato	Private entry	Alfa Romeo 6C-1750	84	+17 Laps	20	4
Pierre Félix	4
44	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 8C Monza	83	+18 Laps	18	4
Giovanni Minozzi	4
30	Earl Howe	Private entry	Bugatti T51	77	+24 Laps	11	4
Brian Lewis	4
38	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Private entry	Bugatti T51	71	Suspension	15	5
Jean Gaupillat	5
38	William Grover-Williams	Private entry	Bugatti T51	65	Gearbox	17	5
Caberto Conelli	5
34	Emilio Eminente	Private entry	Bugatti T35B	59	Fire	13	5
Edmond Bourlier	5
22	Georges d'Arnoux	Private entry	Bugatti T35C	58	Mechanical	7	5
Max Fourny	5
50	Enzo Grimaldi	Private entry	Bugatti T35C	49	Mechanical	21	6
"Bourgait"	6
10	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati	Maserati 26M	45	Brakes	3	6
Ernesto Maserati	6
58	Rudolf Caracciola	Private entry	Mercedes-Benz SSKL	39	Supercharger	23	6
Otto Merz	6
2	William "Bummer" Scott	Delage	Delage 15-S-8	22	Rear axle	1	7
S. Armstrong-Payne	7
52	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	15	Mechanical	22	7
Philippe Étancelin	7
22	Boris Ivanowski	Private entry	Mercedes-Benz SSK	11	Differential	9	7
Henri Stoffel	7
12	Jack Dunfee	Private entry	Sunbeam GP	0	Rear axle	4	7
Appleyard	7

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