1929 French Grand Prix

1929 French Grand Prix
Race details
Date	30 June 1929
Official name	XXIII Grand Prix de l'ACF
Location	Le Mans Le Mans, France
Course	Road course
Course length	16.34 km (10.15 miles)
Distance	37 laps, 604.58 km (375.67 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Raoul De Rovin	Bugatti
Fastest lap
Driver	"W. Williams"	Bugatti
Time	7:01
Podium
First	"W. Williams"	Bugatti
Second	André Boillot	Peugeot
Third	Caberto Conelli	Bugatti

The 1929 French Grand Prix (formally, the XXIII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Le Mans on 30 June 1929. The race was held over 37 laps of a 16.34 km (10.15 miles) circuit for a total race distance of 604.58 km (375.67 miles) and was won by "W. Williams," driving a Bugatti.

Starting Grid: Positions drawn

Grid	Driver	Grid	Driver
1	Raoul de Rovin	2	Jean Chassagne
3	Robert Gauthier	4	"Besaucele"
5	Robert Senechal	6	Albert Divo
7	"Philippe"	8	Andre Boillot
9	Caberto Conelli	10	Guy Bouriat
11	"W.Williams"

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retire
1	36	"W. Williams"	Bugatti T35B	37	4h33m01.2
2	28	Andre Boillot	Peugeot 174S	37	4h34m20.0
3	30	Caberto Conelli	Bugatti T35C	37	4h34m28.0
4	12	Albert Divo	Bugatti T35B	37	4h41m27.4
5	10	Robert Senechal	Bugatti T35B	37	4h58m27.8
6	6	Robert Gauthier	Bugatti T35C	37	5h18m38.4
NC	8	"Besaucele"	Ballot 2LS	?
NC	34	Guy Bouriat	Peugeot 174S	?
Ret	16	"Philippe"	Bugatti T35C	30	Mechanical
''Ret''	2	Raoul de Rovin	Bugatti T35B	28	Mechanical
Ret	4	Jean Chassagne	Ballot RH2	8	Mechanical
DNS	14	Prince Ghica	FAR		Did not start
DNS	18	Jules Nandillon	Vernandi		Did not start
DNS	20	André Dubonnet	Bugatti T35C		Did not start
DNS	22	?	BNC 527 SCAP		Did not start
DNS	24	Edouard Brisson	Alphi CIME		Did not start
DNS	26	Robert Laly	Ariès		Did not start
DNS	32	?	Ariès		Did not start

Fastest Lap: "W.Williams", 7m01.0 (139.72 km/h)