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1912 French Grand Prix
The 1912 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Dieppe on 25–26 June 1912.
The race was run over two days with the drivers completing ten laps on each day and their times being aggregated to produce the winner (similar to a modern stage rally). Coupe de l'Auto cars competed alongside Grand Prix cars. The coupe cars were limited to 3-litre engines (183 cubic inches). The only restriction on the Grand Prix cars was that cars must be no wider than 1.75 metres (1.91 yards). Riding mechanic Jean Bassignano was killed in a crash on the third lap when his driver Léon Collinet put a wheel off and flipped. 47 cars started the race at 30 second intervals, with Victor Rigal's Sunbeam the first to start.
Victor Hémery, driving a Lorraine-Dietrich, was the first to complete a lap, but David Bruce-Brown's Fiat led on time after the first lap and retained the lead overnight, more than two minutes ahead of Georges Boillot's Peugeot. Louis Wagner was third at the halfway stage. During the second day, Bruce-Brown was disqualified for refuelling away from the pits on lap 15, giving Boillot a comfortable victory by over thirteen minutes from Wagner.
The Sunbeams performed well in the Coupe de l'Auto race, with Rigal finishing in first place, Resta second, and Medinger third. Due to their speed they were also placed in third, fourth, and fifth places in the Grand Prix itself, beating many more powerful machines. Rigal averaged 65.35 m.p.h. (105.2 km/h) over the 956 miles (1540 kilometres), only 3 m.p.h. (5 km/h) less than Boillot in his 7.6-litre Peugeot (464 cubic inches).
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1912 French Grand Prix
The 1912 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Dieppe on 25–26 June 1912.
The race was run over two days with the drivers completing ten laps on each day and their times being aggregated to produce the winner (similar to a modern stage rally). Coupe de l'Auto cars competed alongside Grand Prix cars. The coupe cars were limited to 3-litre engines (183 cubic inches). The only restriction on the Grand Prix cars was that cars must be no wider than 1.75 metres (1.91 yards). Riding mechanic Jean Bassignano was killed in a crash on the third lap when his driver Léon Collinet put a wheel off and flipped. 47 cars started the race at 30 second intervals, with Victor Rigal's Sunbeam the first to start.
Victor Hémery, driving a Lorraine-Dietrich, was the first to complete a lap, but David Bruce-Brown's Fiat led on time after the first lap and retained the lead overnight, more than two minutes ahead of Georges Boillot's Peugeot. Louis Wagner was third at the halfway stage. During the second day, Bruce-Brown was disqualified for refuelling away from the pits on lap 15, giving Boillot a comfortable victory by over thirteen minutes from Wagner.
The Sunbeams performed well in the Coupe de l'Auto race, with Rigal finishing in first place, Resta second, and Medinger third. Due to their speed they were also placed in third, fourth, and fifth places in the Grand Prix itself, beating many more powerful machines. Rigal averaged 65.35 m.p.h. (105.2 km/h) over the 956 miles (1540 kilometres), only 3 m.p.h. (5 km/h) less than Boillot in his 7.6-litre Peugeot (464 cubic inches).
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