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French Grand Prix

French Grand Prix
Event

A Formula 1 race.

Past Winners

Date	Driver	Team
1950	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
1951	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
1952	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
1953	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
1954	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
1956	Peter Collins	Ferrari
1957	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
1958	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
26 June 1906	BIG AUTO RACE TO-DAY	New York Tribune
12 December 1909	GRAND PRIX DOUBTFUL.	The New York Times
26 March 1911	More Interest is Being Shown This Year in Racing Game	Omaha Daily Bee
15 August 1920	1920 FRENCH GRAND PRIX RACE.	The New York Times
March-April 1972	Here and There in Motoring's Past: Friendly Rivals	Peter Helck, Antique Automobile

1950 Results

July 2, 1950

Fastest lap: 2:35.600 by Juan Manuel Fangio
5^th place points shared between Philippe Etancelin and Eugene Chaboud. Both drivers drove the car, each received 1 point.

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	6	64	2:57:52.8	9
2	3	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	4	64	+0:25.7	6
3	19	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	14	61	+3 Laps	4
4	13	Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini	44	61	+3 Laps	3
5	4	Philippe Etancelin/Eugene Chaboud	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	16	59	+5 Laps	1/1
6	16	Charles Pozzi	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	26	56	+8 Laps
7	2	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	2	55	Fuel pump
8	5	Yves Giraud Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	18	52	+12 Laps
9	9	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	22	36	Engine
10	11	Felice Bonetto	Maserati-Milano	40	14	Engine
11	15	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	42	11	Overheating
12	6	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	20	10	Overheating
13	12	Reg Parnell	Maserati	32	9	Engine
14	7	Franco Rol	Maserati	28	6	Engine
15	14	Louis Chiron	Maserati	30	6	Engine
16	18	David Hampshire	Maserati	34	5	Engine
17	17	Raymond Sommer	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	12	4	Overheating
18	1	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Maserati	36	3	Engine

1951 Results

July 1, 1951
Fastest lap: 2:27.800 by Juan Manuel Fangio

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	8	77	3:22:11.0	5
2	6	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	14	77	+0:58.2	3
3	4	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	10	74	+3 Laps	4
4	9	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	26	73	+4 Laps	3
5	2	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	2	73	+4 Laps	2
6	8	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	42	71	+6 Laps
7	11	Yves Giraud Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	46	71	+6 Laps
8	14	Eugene Chaboud	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	44	69	+8 Laps
9	19	Guy Mairesse	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	48	66	+11 Laps
10	5	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	6	58	+19 Laps
11	1	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	8	55	+22 Laps	4
12	12	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	28	54	Accident
13	13	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	40	43	Transmission
14	10	Philippe Etancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	38	37	Engine
15	17	Aldo Gordini	Simca-Gordini	36	27	Engine
16	22	Harry Schell	Maserati	20	23	Overheating
17	18	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini	32	11	Engine
18	3	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	12	10	Gearbox
19	21	Andre Simon	Simca-Gordini	34	7	Engine
20	23	Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini	30	3	Engine
21	15	Onofre Marimon	Maserati-Milano	50	2	Engine
22	16	Tuolo de Graffenried	Maserati	18	1	Transmission
23	20	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	24	1	Engine

1952 Results

July 6, 1952
Fastest lap: 2:17.300 by Alberto Ascari

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	8	77	3:00:00	9
2	2	Nino Farina	Ferrari	10	76	+1 Lap	6
3	3	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	12	75	+2 Laps	4
4	5	Robert Manzon	Gordini	2	74	+3 Laps	3
5	6	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini-Gordini	44	72	+5 Laps	2
6	8	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta	22	70	+7 Laps
7	4	Jean Behra	Gordini	4	70	+7 Laps
8	18	Philippe Etancelin	Maserati	28	70	+7 Laps
9	14	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	20	70	+7 Laps
10	10	Yves Giraud Cabantous	HWM-Alta	24	68	+9 Laps
11	17	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	34	66	+11 Laps
12	16	Franco Comotti	Ferrari	38	63	+14 Laps
13	7	Prince Bira	Gordini	6	56	Axle
14	15	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper-Bristol	42	51	Ignition
15	12	Tuolo de Graffenried	Maserati	16	34	Brakes
16	13	Peter Whitehead	Alta	26	17	Clutch
17	9	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	14	17	Engine
18	20	Johnny Claes	Simca-Gordini-Gordini	32	15	Engine
19	11	Harry Schell	Maserati	18	7	Gearbox
20	19	Piero Carini	Ferrari	40	2	Engine

1953 Results

July 5, 1953
Fastest lap: 2:41.100 by Juan Manuel Fangio

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	16	60	2:44:18.6	8
2	4	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	18	60	+1.0	6
3	5	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Maserati	20	60	+1.4	4
4	1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	10	60	+4.6	3.5
5	6	Nino Farina	Ferrari	14	60	+1:07.6	2
6	3	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	12	60	+1:15.9
7	9	Tuolo de Graffenried	Maserati	46	58	+2 Laps
8	10	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	44	56	+4 Laps
9	8	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	22	55	+5 Laps
10	22	Jean Behra	Gordini	2	55	+5 Laps
11	12	Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol	38	55	+5 Laps
12	21	Johnny Claes	Connaught-Francis	48	53	+7 Laps
13	17	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta	28	52	+8 Laps
14	18	Yves Girard Cabantous	HWM-Alta	30	50	+10 Laps
15	25	Louis Chiron	Osca	32	43	+17 Laps
16	2	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	24	42	Engine
17	13	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta	36	38	Clutch
18	11	Prince Bira	Connaught-Francis	42	29	Differential
19	15	Elie Bayol	Osca	34	18	Engine
20	14	Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol	40	17	Wheel bearing
21	23	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	4	14	Transmission
22	16	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	26	9	Clutch
23	20	Harry Schell	Gordini	6	4	Engine
24	24	Roberto Mieres	Gordini	8	4	Axle
25	19	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Francis	50	2	Ignition

1954 Results

July 4, 1954
Fastest lap: 2'32.900 by Hans Hermann

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	18	61	2:42:47.9	8
2	2	Karl Kling	Mercedes	20	61	+0:0.1	6
3	12	Robert Manzon	Ferrari	34	60	+1 Lap	4
4	6	Prince Bira	Maserati	46	60	+1 Lap	3
5	14	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	14	58	+3 Laps	2
6	17	Jean Behra	Gordini	24	56	+5 Laps
7	19	Paul Frere	Gordini	28	50	Axle
8	9	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	4	36	Engine
9	5	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	12	27	Gearbox
10	13	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	36	27	Engine
11	11	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	16	24	Engine
12	16	Ken Wharton	Maserati	42	19	Transmission
13	21	Harry Schell	Maserati	48	19	Fuel pump
14	7	Hans Herrmann	Mercedes	22	16	Engine	1
15	10	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	44	15	Halfshaft
16	4	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	2	13	Engine
17	15	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	32	10	Engine
18	8	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	6	9	Engine
19	20	Georges Berger	Gordini	30	9	Engine
20	18	Jacques Pollet	Gordini	26	8	Engine
21	3	Alberto Ascari	Maserati	10	1	Transmission

1956 Results

July 1, 1956
Fastest lap: 2'25.800 by Juan Manuel Fangio

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	3	Peter Collins	Ferrari	14	61	2:34:23.4	8
2	2	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	12	61	+0:00.3	6
3	7	Jean Behra	Maserati	4	61	+1:29.9	4
4	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	10	61	+1:35.1	4
5 (SHR)	13	Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	6	59	+2 Laps	1
6	12	Louis Rosier	Maserati	36	58	+3 Laps
7	17	Paco Godia	Maserati	40	57	+4 Laps
8	14	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	32	57	+4 Laps
9	15	Robert Manzon	Gordini	30	56	+5 Laps
10	6	Mike Hawthorn	Vanwall	24	56	+5 Laps
11	19	Andre Pilette	Gordini	34	55	+6 Laps
12 (RET)	20	Andre Simon	Maserati	42	41	Engine
13 (RET)	16	Piero Taruffi	Maserati	8	40	Engine
14 (RET)	11	Olivier Gendebein	Ferrari	44	38	Clutch
15 (RET)	10	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	38	23	Brakes
16 (RET)	9	Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari	16	20	Gearbox
17 (RET)	18	Maurice Trintignant	Bugatti	28	18	Throttle
18 (SHR)	8	Stirling Moss	Maserati	2	12	Gearbox	1
19 (RET)	4	Harry Schell	Vanwall	22	5	Engine
DNS		Colin Chapman	Vanwall	26		DNS

1957 Results

July 7, 1957
Fastest lap: 2'25.800 by Luigi Musso

Finish	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	2	77	3:07:46.4	8
2	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	10	77	+0:50.8	7
3	Peter Collins	Ferrari	12	77	+2:06.0	4
4	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	14	76	+1 Lap	3
5	Harry Schell	Maserati	6	70	+7 Laps	2
6	Jean Behra	Maserati	4	69	+8 Laps
7	Mike MacDowel	Cooper-Climax	24	68	+9 Laps
8 (RET)	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	8	30	Engine
9 (RET)	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	18	30	Steering
10 (RET)	Roy Salvadori	Vanwall	20	25	Engine
11 (RET)	Herbert MacKay-Fraser	BRM	28	24	Transmission
12 (RET)	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	16	23	Electrical
13 (RET)	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	22	4	Accident
14 (RET)	Horace Gould	Maserati	30	4	Halfshaft
15 (RET)	Ron Flockhart	BRM	26	2	Accident

1958 Results

July 6, 1958
Fastest lap: 2'24.900 by Mike Hawthorn

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	1	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	4	50	2:03:21.3	8
2	6	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	8	50	+0:24.6	6
3	21	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	6	50	+0:59.7	4
4	8	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	34	50	+2:30.6	3
5	4	Peter Collins	Ferrari	42	50	+5:24.9	2
6	12	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	22	49	+1 Lap
7	13	Phil Hill	Maserati	36	49	+1 Lap
8	16	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	38	48	+2 Laps
9	15	Gerino Gerini	Maserati	32	47	+3 Laps
10	18	Troy Ruttman	Maserati	30	45	+5 Laps
11	14	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	20	37	+13 Laps
12	3	Harry Schell	BRM	16	41	Overheating
13	9	Jean Behra	BRM	14	41	Fuel pump
14	10	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	12	35	Engine
15	19	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	24	33	Overheating
16	11	Paco Godia	Maserati	40	28	Accident
17	7	Maurice Trintignant	BRM	18	23	Fuel pump
18	5	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	10	16	Engine
19	2	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	2	9	Accident
20	17	Carroll Shelby	Maserati	28	9	Engine
21	20	Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	26	6	Engine

Luigi Musso was killed in his accident. His car left the track at the Muizone Curve.

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
April 11, 1906	AUTO RACE CHANGES HAILED WITH APPROVAL	The New York Times
19 July 2002	Coulthard Posts Fastest Time at French Grand Prix	VOA Sports
20 July 2002	Montoya Grabs Top Pole Position For French Grand Prix	VOA Sports
4 July 2003	Verstappen Posts Fastest Time at French Grand Prix Qualifier	VOA Sports
6 July 2003	German Driver Ralf Schumacher Wins French Grand Prix	VOA Sports
13 October 2004	Britain, France and San Marino Provisional on 2005 F1 Calendar	VOA Sports
2 July 2005	Alonso Takes French GP Pole	VOA Sports
3 July 2005	Gran Premio di Francia 2005	Wikinotizie
15 July 2006	All Ferrari front row on 2006 French Grand Prix	Wikinews
16 July 2006	Michael Schumacher wins 2006 French Grand Prix	Wikinews
23 June 2008	2008年法國大獎賽：法拉利包辦冠亞軍	维基新闻 - Wikinews
26 June 2007	BMW Sauber Prepares For Grand Prix de France	Anthony Fontanelle
28 June 2007	Fisichella Targets BMW At Magny-Cours	Anthony Fontanelle
28 June 2007	McLaren Prepares For Magny-Cours	Anthony Fontanelle
29 June 2007	Hamilton Eyes Third Win, Kubica Aims To Start At French Grand Prix	Anthony Fontanelle
30 June 2007	Kubica To Start in France	Anthony Fontanelle
1 July 2007	Automobilismo, Formula 1: le Ferrari ai primi due posti nel G.P. di Francia	Wikinotizie
1 July 2007	Francia, automovilismo	Wikinoticias
1 July 2007	Kimi Räikkönen wins 2007 French Grand Prix	Wikinews
4 July 2007	Kubica Makes Form-Perfect Comeback	Anthony Fontanelle
22 June 2008	Felipe Massa gana el GP de Francia	Wikinoticias
22 June 2008	Felipe Massa wins 2008 French Grand Prix	Wikinews
24 June 2008	Formel-1-Saison 2008: Großer Preis von Frankreich	Wikinews

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