Grand Prix de Picardie
The Grand Prix de Picardie (also Grand Prix automobile de Picardie ; German: Grand Prix of Picardie ) was an automobile racing event that was held 16 times by the Automobile Club de Picardie between 1925 and 1954 at Péronne in the Somme department in France .
route
The route used was six kilometers south of Péronne and was triangular in shape. It was driven clockwise and consisted of public roads that were closed for the racing events. The course led through the municipalities of Mesnil-Bruntel , Mons-en-Chaussée and Brie , which each formed the cornerstones. The start and finish as well as the pits were in Mons-en-Chaussée. The route initially had a length of 9.62 km. After serious accidents in 1933, it was extended to 9.765 km from 1934 by installing chicanes .
history
The Grand Prix de Picardie was, after the Grand Prix de l'ACF, the most frequent French Grand Prix held between the world wars .
In 1925 and 1926, the race was advertised for cycle cars. From 1927 to 1935 there were races for the Grand Prix class. From 1936 to 1939, pure voiturette races were held at the Grand Prix de Picardie , and a sports car race was held in the only post- World War II event that took place in Amiens .
In 1933 the two top French pilots Louis Trintignant and Guy Bouriat were killed in two accidents that occurred independently of each other . Trintignant had an accident during the morning training session on Saturday, May 20, 1933. He was driving the section near Mesnil-Bruntel at top speed when a gendarme suddenly entered the route. When trying to evade, he lost control of his Bugatti T35C . The car overturned several times, Trintignant was thrown out and was dead on the spot. Bouriat had an accident on the 16th lap of the race on the following Sunday, May 21, 1933. He was in second place in his Bugatti T51 , closely behind his compatriot Philippe Étancelin ( Alfa-Romeo 8C 2300 ), who had overtaken him shortly before after a tough battle. While lapping the Swiss Julio Villars , he collided with his car and lost control. Bouriat's Bugatti went off the track, hit a tree at about 150 km / h and immediately caught fire. The driver suffered fatal injuries as a result of the impact. A memorial for the two crashed pilots was erected on the bend of Mons-en-Chaussée. In 1934 the long straights of the route were defused by harassment .
The record winner is Frenchman Philippe Auber with three wins . Bugatti , the most successful manufacturer, celebrated a total of six victories at the Grand Prix de Picardie.
statistics
Results
| 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 . | ||
Racing data
| Edition | date | winner | distance | Round | Winning time |
Average speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. | June 28, 1925 |
.svg){kind=small}  Boris Iwanowski ( BNC - SCAP ) |
215.32 km | 21st | 2: 11.17.6 h | 86.48 km / h |
| II | July 14, 1926 |
Albert Perrot ( Salmson ) |
153.8 km | 15th | 1: 38.18 h | 93.88 km / h |
| III | June 12, 1927 |
Philippe Auber ( Bugatti ) |
193.1 km | 20th | 2: 02.00.0 h | 94.97 km / h |
| IV | June 10, 1928 |
Philippe Auber ( Bugatti ) |
193.1 km | 20th | 1: 58.44.6 h | 97.57 km / h |
| V | June 9, 1929 |
Philippe Auber ( Bugatti ) |
193.1 km | 20th | 1: 47.24.8 h | 107.86 km / h |
| VI | May 18, 1930 |
Max Fourny ( Bugatti ) |
213.463 km | 22nd | 2: 00.00.0 h | 98.68 km / h |
| VII | May 10, 1931 |
Ivernel ( Bugatti ) |
215.233 km | 22nd | 2: 00.00.0 h | 107.61 km / h |
| VIII | June 5, 1932 |
Philippe Étancelin ( Alfa Romeo ) |
241.32 km | 25th | 1: 55.43.6 h | 125.12 km / h |
| VIII | May 21, 1933 |
Philippe Étancelin ( Alfa Romeo ) |
195.3 km | 20th | 1: 20.36.2 h | 136.89 km / h |
| IX | May 27, 1934 |
Benoît Falchetto ( Maserati ) |
192.4 km | 20th | 1: 31.53.6 h | 125.6 km / h |
| X | May 26, 1935 |
Robert Benoist ( Bugatti ) |
390.6 km | 40 | 2: 59.48.2 h | 130.3 km / h |
| XI | June 21, 1936 |
 Prince Bira ( ERA ) |
146.48 km | 15th | 1: 03.43 h | 137.9 km / h |
| XII | June 27, 1937 |
 Raymond Mays ( ERA ) |
146.475 km | 15th | 59.47.6 min | 147 km / h |
| XIII | June 12, 1938 |
Raymond Mays ( ERA ) |
146.5 km | 15th | 1: 00.03.6 h | 146.3 km / h |
| XIV | June 11, 1939 |
John Peter Wakefield ( Maserati ) |
146.5 km | 15th | 1: 06.33 h | 132.1 km / h |
| XV | June 20, 1954 |
 Jacques Pollet ( Gordini ) |
177.813 km | 60 | 1: 34.3.2 h | 113.41 km / h |
References
Web links
- Race results: 1925 , 1926 , 1927 , 1928 , 1929 , 1930 , 1931 , 1932 , 1933 , 1934 , 1935 , 1936 , 1937 , 1938 , 1939 , 1954 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leif Snellman: PÉRONNE (F). www.kolumbus.fi, April 1, 2017, accessed May 2, 2017 (English).
- ↑ a b GP Picardie 1954. www.racingsportscars.com, accessed on May 2, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Louis Trintignant. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed on May 2, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Guy Bouriat. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed on May 2, 2017 (English).
- ^ Leif Snellman: IX GRAND PRIX de PICARDIE. www.kolumbus.fi, March 3, 2017, accessed on May 2, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Ivanovsky was a native Russian, but had been in exile in France since the October Revolution
Coordinates: 49 ° 55 '59 " N , 2 ° 55' 59" E