The 1930 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the II Grand Prix de Belgique), also known as the VII Grand Prix d'Europe, was a Grand Prix motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 20 July 1930. The race was held over 40 laps of a 14.914 km circuit for a total race distance of 596.560 km and was won by Louis Chiron driving a Bugatti; however moral victor was Guy Bouriat, who led into the 40th lap, but was forced to wait on the start/finish line by Jean Bugatti to allow Chiron to win. Henri Stoffel had been running behind Bouriat until running out of fuel on the final lap.
Classification Pos No Driver Car Laps Time/retire Grid 1 9 Louis Chiron Bugatti T35C 40 5h08m34.6 1 2 8 Guy Bouriat Bugatti T35C 40 5h09m34 11 3 7 Albert Divo Bugatti T35C 40 5h13m54 9 4 4 Arthur Duray Ariès 40 5h22m26 8 5 1 Goffredo Zehender Impéria 40 5h25m19 6 6 5 Charles Montier Montier Speciale Ford 40 5h30m30 13 7 2 Jérôme Ledure Impéria 40 5h41m47 7 Ret 19 Henri Stoffel Peugeot 174S 39 Out of fuel 14 Ret 12 Joseph Reinartz Bugatti T35C 39 Out of fuel 4 Ret 6 Ferdinand Montier Montier Speciale Ford 39 Out of fuel 5 Ret 16 Max Thirion Bugatti T35 28 Did not finish 3 Ret 3 Michel Doré Impéria 28 Did not finish 2 Ret 20 Émil Cornet Bugatti T35 13 Did not finish 15 Ret 17 Émile Burie Georges Irat 8 Did not finish 12 Ret 18 Franz Gouvion Lombard AL3 ? Did not finish 10 DNS 10 Baron d'Orimont Bugatti T35 Did not start DNS 11 Ernest André Bugatti T35 Did not start DNS 14 Georges Bouriano Bugatti T35B Did not start DNS 15 Mascio Bugatti T35 Did not start DNS 21 Delzaert Bugatti T37A Did not start
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