Date July 2, 1907 Course Public roads | Location Dieppe, France Course length 76.989 km (47.840 mi) | |
Official name Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France Distance 10 laps, 769.889 km (478.400 mi) | ||
The 1907 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Dieppe on 2 July 1907.
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The Race
Thirty-eight cars set off at one-minute intervals to complete 10 laps of a 48-mile (77 km) circuit on a triangular circuit near the city of Dieppe. The field was led away by Vincenzo Lancia's Fiat. The race was run under a fuel consumption limit of 30 litres per 100 kilometres (7.84 miles per US gallon; 9.42 miles per imperial gallon). Louis Wagner led the race for the first three laps. After Wagner retired on lap four, Arthur Duray took the lead. Duray set the fastest lap, with an average speed of 75.40 mph (121.34 km/h), 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. Nazzaro's average speed was 70.6 mph (113.6 km/h) for the race.
Death
Albert Clément died in a crash during practice while driving his Clément-Bayard. His place in the race was taken by 'Alezy'.