The 1937 French Grand Prix (formally the XXXI Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Montlhéry, France on 4 July 1937. The race was held over 40 laps of the 12.5 km course for a total distance of 500 km. The race was won by Louis Chiron driving a Talbot. Similar to the 1936 race this year was run for sports cars. However, in order to help French manufacturers prepare for the new 1938 Grand Prix regulations, a 4.5L maximum engine capacity was imposed.
Classification PosNoDriverEntrantCarLapsTime/Retired 1 12 Louis Chiron Automobiles Talbot Talbot 40 3h46m06.1 2 10 Gianfranco Comotti Automobiles Talbot Talbot 40 3h48m12.5 3 8 Albert Divo Automobiles Talbot Talbot 40 3h49m48.9 4 22 René Carrière Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 39 +1 lap 5 6 Raymond Sommer Automobiles Talbot Talbot 38 +2 laps 6 28 Eugène Chaboud Jean Trémoulet Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 33 +7 laps DNF 30 Enaro Léoz Enaro Léoz Bugatti 25 Ignition DNF 26 Daniel Porthault Danniell Delahaye 20 Cooling DNF 20 / Laury Schell Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 15 Crashed DNF 24 Louis Villeneuve Louis Villeneuve Delahaye 10 Fuel System DNF 18 René Dreyfus Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 8 EngineSources:
Fastest Lap: Louis Chiron, 5m29.7
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