Grand Prix de Boulogne

The Grand Prix de Boulogne 1926

George Eyston 1926

Eyston 1926 in a Bugatti T39

Eyston's finish on his 1926 victory

The Grand Prix de Boulogne (also Grand Prix automobile de Boulogne ; German: Grand Prix Boulogne ) was a motor racing event , the 1921-1928 total of eight times near the French city of Boulogne-sur-Mer in the region Hauts-de-France was carried out.

route

The circuit of the Grand Prix de Boulogne was triangular in shape and about 37.4 km in length. It consisted of public roads (today N 42 , D  127 and D 341), which were closed for racing events. The start and finish were east of Boulogne-sur-Mer in La Caucherie . The corner points of the route were in Saint-Martin-Boulogne , Le Wast and Desvres .

The races each ran over twelve laps, which corresponded to a total race distance of almost 450 km.

history

Even before the First World War , automobile races were held around Boulogne-sur-Mer . A total of four events took place between 1909 and 1913. The winners included Georges Boillot in a Peugeot and Paul Bablot in a Delage .

When it was first held in 1921, separate races were held for cyclecars and voiturettes . From 1922 to 1924 the races of both categories took place within one race. From 1925 the Grand Prix de Boulogne was only advertised for voiturettes. In 1926 and 1927 the Grand Prix was held in the Formula Libre , Voiturettes and Cyclecars classes. In 1927 the Grand Prix de Boulogne was also the Grand Prix of the UMF

Due to its proximity to the British Isles , the Grand Prix de Boulogne attracted numerous drivers from the United Kingdom and saw British winners a total of six times.

From 1921 to 1928, the Coupe Georges Boillot , a sports car race , was held parallel to the Grand Prix de Boulogne .

statistics

Edition	date	Classes	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest race lap
I.	July 3, 1921	VO	Joseph Collomb ( Corre-La Licorne )	Louis Lefèvre ( La Perle - Bignan )	Antony (Tic-Tac Ruby)	unknown	unknown
		CC	Honel ( GN )	André Lombard ( GN )	Marcel Violet ( Weler - Major )	unknown	unknown
II	July 29, 1922	VO , CC	Lucien Desvaux ( Salmson ) 1	Georges Casse ( Salmson ) 1	Louis Lefèvre ( La Perle )	unknown	unknown
III	September 1, 1923	VO , CC	Henry Segrave ( Talbot )	Robert Benoist ( Salmson ) 1	Robert Morgan ( Aston Martin )	unknown	Henry Segrave ( Talbot )
IV	August 30, 1924	VO , CC	Bertram Marshall ( Bugatti )	Robert Sénéchal ( Sénéchal ) 1	René Dély ( Sénéchal ) 1	unknown	unknown
V	August 29, 1925	VO	Bertram Marshall ( Bugatti )	Clive Gallop ( Frazer-Nash - Anzani )	Robert Morgan ( Aston Martin )	unknown	Clive Gallop ( Frazer-Nash - Anzani )
VI	August 27, 1926	FL , VO , CC	George Eyston ( Bugatti )	Jourdan ( Salmson ) 2	Marcel Violet ( Sima-Violet )	unknown	unknown
VII	September 10, 1927	FL , CC	Malcolm Campbell ( Bugatti )	"Sabipa" ( Bugatti )	George Eyston ( Bugatti )	unknown	"Sabipa" ( Bugatti )
VIII	September 9, 1928	FL , VO , CC	Malcolm Campbell ( Delage ) 2	Robert Gauthier ( Bugatti )	José Scaron ( Amilcar ) 1	unknown	Malcolm Campbell ( Delage )

Legend
abbreviation	class	comment
F1	formula 1	Formula 1 World Championship from 1950
F2	Formula 2
FL	Formula libre	Vehicle class usually advertised by the organizer
SW	Sports car
TW	Touring car
GP	Grand Prix vehicles
	↓ Solid gray lines indicate when a new course was used in history. ↓
	Entries with a light red background were not runs for the automobile or Formula 1 world championship.
	Entries with a yellow background were runs for the European Championship .

¹ Cyclecar

² Voiturette

References

Web links

Commons : Grand Prix de Boulogne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Race results: 1921 , 1922 , 1923 , 1924 , 1925 , 1926 , 1927 , 1928 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Boulogne. theracingline.net, December 4, 2004, accessed April 2, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Boulogne. www.silhouet.com, accessed April 2, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} BOULOGNE RACE WINNERS. theracingline.net, accessed April 2, 2018 .