Grand Prix de Dieppe
The Grand Prix de Dieppe (also Grand Prix automobile de Dieppe ; German: Großer Preis von Dieppe ) was an automobile racing event that was held a total of seven times near the French city of Dieppe in Normandy between 1929 and 1935 .
route
The route used, the Circuit de Dieppe , had a triangular shape, a length of just over eight kilometers and was about three kilometers south of the city center of Dieppe. It consisted of public roads that were closed for the racing events.
history
The city of Dieppe already had a long motorsport tradition before the Grand Prix de Dieppe was held . In 1897 the city was the destination of the Paris –Dieppe race . At that time, Jamin won on Léon Bollée . In 1907 , 1908 and 1912 the Automobile Club de France (ACF) hosted the French Grand Prix on the Circuit de Dieppe . The winners were Felice Nazzaro ( Fiat ), Christian Friedrich Lautenschlager and Georges Boillot (both Mercedes ).
The first Grand Prix de Dieppe took place on July 7, 1929 . The race was advertised for Formula Libre , Voiturettes , Cyclecars . After 25 laps and a race distance of around 200 km, René Dreyfus won in a privately entered Bugatti T35B .
In the years that followed, the Grand Prix de Dieppe was held in various formats - including three and four hours of racing or several runs - and attracted more and more well-heeled, internationally successful privateers . In 1932 the Monegasque Louis Chiron ( Bugatti T51 ) won the first time a works driver .
On July 22, 1934, the internationally renowned racing driver Jean Gaupillat had a fatal accident at the Grand Prix de Dieppe. Shortly after the start of the second elimination race on the approach to Virage du Val Gosset, he lost control of his Bugatti T51 and crashed into a tree. Gaupillat sustained severe head injuries, which he succumbed to in the morning hours of the following day in Dieppe hospital.
At the last Grand Prix de Dieppe, on July 21, 1935, the three-hour race saw a double victory for Scuderia Ferrari , which took over the factory representation for Alfa Romeo . The winner René Dreyfus before Louis Chiron, both on Alfa Romeo TipoB / P3 . After that, no further official Grand Prix de Dieppe took place.
statistics
| 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 . | ||
References
literature
- Louis Granon: Circuit de Dieppe: 1929-1935 . Ed .: Palmier. Nîmes 2013 (French).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leif Snellman: DIEPPE (F). www.kolumbus.fi, April 1, 2017, accessed on May 14, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Jean Gaupillat. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed on May 14, 2017 (English).
- ↑ ANNO, Neues Wiener Journal, 1934-07-23, page 4. Retrieved on February 3, 2019 .