The 1913 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Amiens on 12 July 1913.
The race
The restriction on Grand Prix cars for 1913 included an minimum weight and an maximum weight, as well as a fuel consumption limit. The buildup to the race and the race itself were marred by three fatal crashes. Bigio was killed testing his Itala before the race. In a separate incident before the race, Paul Zuccarelli was killed when his Peugeot crashed into a cart, and a spectator was killed when Kenelm Lee Guinness's Sunbeam crashed into a river. This made Amiens's fatality tally rise to 5 in the span of less than two months- 2 other people had been killed while testing on the roads being used for the circuit in May. After this race, this circuit- which included an 8-mile (13 km) long straight (which is now known as the D934)- was never used again for motor racing.
Georges Boillot won for the second year in succession, at an average speed of 72.141 mph (116.096 km/h). The fastest lap was set by Paul Bablot, at an average speed of 76.718 mph (123.462 km/h).
Classification PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retired 1 8 Georges Boillot Peugeot EX3 29 7:53:56.8 2 14 Jules Goux Peugeot EX3 +2:25.6 3 15 Jean Chassagne Sunbeam +12:23.4 4 2 Paul Bablot Delage Y +22:16.8 5 10 Albert Guyot Delage Y +24:02.0 6 9 Dario Resta Sunbeam +27:41.6 7 16 René Champoiseau Th. Schneider +50:40.4 8 5 Josef Christiaens Excelsior +1:03:26.8 9 20 René Thomas Th. Schneider +1:10:15.4 10 6 René Croquet Th. Schneider +1:18:55.8 11 11 Sigurd Hornsted Excelsior +1:43:43.8 Ret 19 Kenelm Lee Guinness Sunbeam 15 Crash Ret 17 Antonio Moriondo Itala 13 Spring Ret 7 Felice Nazzaro Itala 12 Spring Ret 4 Dragutin Esser Mathis 8 Valve Ret 1 Gustave Caillois Sunbeam 4 Radius rod Ret 12 Fernand Gabriel Th. Schneider 3 Carburettor Ret 3 Carl Jörns Opel 1 Engine Ret 18 Delpierre Peugeot EX3 1 Crash Ret 13 H. Pope Itala 1 Engine
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