1932 French Grand Prix

  1932 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 3 in the 1932 European Championship
Date	July 3, 1932
Official name	XXVI Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location	Reims-Gueux Reims, France
Course	Public roads 7.826 km (4.863 mi)
Distance	92 laps, 719.992 km (447.382 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jean Gaupillat	Bugatti
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo
Time	3:00.0
Podium
First	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo
Second	Baconin Borzacchini	Alfa Romeo
Third	Rudolf Caracciola	Alfa Romeo

The 1932 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Reims-Gueux on July 3, 1932.

Classification

Grid before the race

Winner Tazio Nuvolari

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo Tipo B	92		5	1
2	30	Baconin Borzacchini	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo Tipo B	92			2
3	18	Rudolf Caracciola	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo Tipo B	92		7	3
4	32	Louis Chiron	Ettore Bugatti	Bugatti T51	91	+1 Lap	11	4
5	44	René Dreyfus	Private entry	Bugatti T51	90	+2 Laps	15	4
6	42	William Grover-Williams	Private entry	Bugatti T51	90	+2 Laps	14	4
7	24	Goffredo Zehender	Private entry	Alfa Romeo Monza	84	+8 Laps	8	4
8	46	Pierre Félix	Private entry	Alfa Romeo Monza	82	+10 Laps	16	4
		Armand Girod						n/a
9	28	Earl Howe	Private entry	Bugatti T54	77	+15 Laps	10	4
		Hugh Hamilton						n/a
Ret	4	Philippe Étancelin	Private entry	Alfa Romeo Monza	66	Gearbox	2	5
Ret	6	Max Fourny	Private entry	Bugatti T35C	60		3	5
Ret	16	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Private entry	Alfa Romeo Monza	60	Out of fuel	6	5
Ret	38	Albert Divo	Ettore Bugatti	Bugatti T54	52	Fuel tank	13	5
Ret	36	Marcel Lehoux	Private entry	Bugatti T54	22	Gearbox	12	7
Ret	2	Jean Gaupillat	Private entry	Bugatti T51	20		1	7
Ret	8	Achille Varzi	Ettore Bugatti	Bugatti T54	12	Gearbox	4	7
DNS	8	Jean Pesato	Private entry	Alfa Romeo Monza			9	8

Starting grid positions

1st Row	3 Pos.		2 Pos.		1 Pos.
	Fourny Bugatti		Étancelin Alfa Romeo		Gaupillat Bugatti
2nd Row		2 Pos.		1 Pos.
		Nuvolari Alfa Romeo		Varzi Bugatti
3rd Row	3 Pos.		2 Pos.		1 Pos.
	Zehender Alfa Romeo		Caracciola Alfa Romeo		Wimille Alfa Romeo
4th Row		2 Pos.		1 Pos.
		Howe Bugatti		Pesato Alfa Romeo
5th Row	3 Pos.		2 Pos.		1 Pos.
	Divo Bugatti		Lehoux Bugatti		Chiron Bugatti
6th Row		2 Pos.		1 Pos.
		Dreyfus Bugatti		Grover-Williams Bugatti
7th Row	3 Pos.		2 Pos.		1 Pos.
					Félix Alfa Romeo

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