1930 Belgian Grand Prix
Motor car race
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The 1930 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the II Grand Prix de Belgique), also known as the VII Grand Prix d'Europe was a Grand Prix motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 20 July 1930. The race was held over 40 laps of a 14.914 km circuit for a total race distance of 596.560 km and was won by Louis Chiron driving a Bugatti;[2] however moral victor was Guy Bouriat, who led into the 40th lap, but was forced to wait on the start/finish line by Jean Bugatti to allow Chiron to win. Henri Stoffel had been running behind Bouriat until running out of fuel on the final lap.[3]
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Date
30 July 1930
Official name
II Grand Prix de Belgique
Location
Spa-Francorchamps
Spa, Belgium
Spa, Belgium
Course
Road course
| 1930 Belgian Grand Prix | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 30 July 1930 | ||
| Official name | II Grand Prix de Belgique | ||
| Location |
Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium | ||
| Course | Road course | ||
| Course length | 14.86 km (9.236[1] miles) | ||
| Distance | 40 laps, 594.4 km (369.3 miles) | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Guy Bouriat | Bugatti | |
| Time | 7:05 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Bugatti | ||
| Second | Bugatti | ||
| Third | Bugatti | ||
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/retire | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |  Louis Chiron | Bugatti T35C | 40 | 5h08m34.6 | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | Guy Bouriat | Bugatti T35C | 40 | 5h09m34 | 11 |
| 3 | 7 | Albert Divo | Bugatti T35C | 40 | 5h13m54 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | Arthur Duray | Ariès | 40 | 5h22m26 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 |  Goffredo Zehender | Impéria | 40 | 5h25m19 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | Charles Montier | Montier Speciale Ford | 40 | 5h30m30 | 13 |
| 7 | 2 | Jérôme Ledure | Impéria | 40 | 5h41m47 | 7 |
| Ret | 19 | Henri Stoffel | Peugeot 174S | 39 | Out of fuel | 14 |
| Ret | 12 |  Joseph Reinartz | Bugatti T35C | 39 | Out of fuel | 4 |
| Ret | 6 | Ferdinand Montier | Montier Speciale Ford | 39 | Out of fuel | 5 |
| Ret | 16 | Max Thirion | Bugatti T35 | 28 | Did not finish | 3 |
| Ret | 3 | Michel Doré | Impéria | 28 | Did not finish | 2 |
| Ret | 20 | Ãmil Cornet | Bugatti T35 | 13 | Did not finish | 15 |
| Ret | 17 | Ãmile Burie | Georges Irat | 8 | Did not finish | 12 |
| Ret | 18 | Franz Gouvion | Lombard AL3 | ? | Did not finish | 10 |
| DNS | 10 | Baron d'Orimont | Bugatti T35 | Did not start | ||
| DNS | 11 | Ernest André | Bugatti T35 | Did not start | ||
| DNS | 14 |  Georges Bouriano | Bugatti T35B | Did not start | ||
| DNS | 15 | Mascio | Bugatti T35 | Did not start | ||
| DNS | 21 | Delzaert | Bugatti T37A | Did not start |
