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 Classification
PosNoDriverTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints132 Louis ChironBugattiBugatti T51101126.88 km/h12 1 Achille Varzi 1218 Giuseppe CampariAlfa CorseAlfa Romeo 8C Monza97+4 Laps5 2 Baconin Borzacchini 2346 Clemente BiondettiMaseratiMaserati 26M94+7 Laps19 3 Luigi Parenti 3440 Henry BirkinMaseratiMaserati 26M94+7 Laps16 4 George Eyston 4 5 36 Robert Sénéchal Delage Delage 15-S-8 91 +10 Laps 14 464 Ferdinando MinoiaAlfa CorseAlfa Romeo 8C Monza90+11 Laps2 4 Goffredo Zehender 4728 Albert DivoBugattiBugatti T5190+11 Laps10 4 Guy Bouriat 4820 René DreyfusMaseratiMaserati 26M88+13 Laps6 4 Pietro Ghersi 4924 René FerrantPrivate entryPeugeot 174S85+16 Laps8 4 Louis Rigal 41048 Jean PesatoPrivate entryAlfa Romeo 6C-175084+17 Laps20 4 Pierre Félix 41144 Tazio NuvolariAlfa CorseAlfa Romeo 8C Monza83+18 Laps18 4 Giovanni Minozzi 41230 Earl HowePrivate entryBugatti T5177+24 Laps11 4 Brian Lewis 4Ret38 Jean-Pierre WimillePrivate entryBugatti T5171Suspension15 5 Jean Gaupillat 5Ret38 William Grover-WilliamsPrivate entryBugatti T5165Gearbox17 5 Caberto Conelli 5Ret34 Emilio EminentePrivate entryBugatti T35B59Fire13 5 Edmond Bourlier 5Ret22 Georges d'ArnouxPrivate entryBugatti T35C58Mechanical7 5 Max Fourny 5Ret50 Enzo GrimaldiPrivate entryBugatti T35C49Mechanical21 6 "Bourgait" 6Ret10 Luigi FagioliMaseratiMaserati 26M45Brakes3 6 Ernesto Maserati 6Ret58 Rudolf CaracciolaPrivate entryMercedes-Benz SSKL39Supercharger23 6 Otto Merz 6Ret2 William "Bummer" ScottDelageDelage 15-S-822Rear axle1 7 S. Armstrong-Payne 7Ret52 Marcel LehouxBugattiBugatti T5115Mechanical22 7 Philippe Étancelin 7Ret22 Boris IvanowskiIvanowski was a Russian national, but in exile since the Russian RevolutionPrivate entryMercedes-Benz SSK11Differential9 7 Henri Stoffel 7Ret12 Jack DunfeePrivate entrySunbeam GP0Rear axle4 7 Appleyard 7
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