1939 French Grand Prix
Motor car race
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The 1939 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Reims-Gueux on 9 July 1939.
Date
9 July 1939
Official name
XXXIII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location
Reims-Gueux
Reims, France
Reims, France
Course
Road course
| 1939 French Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 2 of 4 in the 1939 European Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 9 July 1939 | ||
| Official name | XXXIII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France | ||
| Location |
Reims-Gueux Reims, France | ||
| Course | Road course | ||
| Course length | 7.816 km (4.857 miles) | ||
| Distance | 51 laps, 398.61 km (247.68 miles) | ||
| Weather | Wet, drying. Minor showers. | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes-Benz | ||
| Time | 2:27.7 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Hermann Lang | Mercedes-Benz | |
| Time | 2:32.2 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Auto Union | ||
| Second | Auto Union | ||
| Third | Talbot | ||
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Hermann Paul Müller | Auto Union | Auto Union D | 51 | 2:21:11.8 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | 14 | Georg Meier | Auto Union | Auto Union D | 50 | +1 lap | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | 36 |  René Le Bègue | Talbot-Darracq | Talbot T26C | 48 | +3 laps | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | 34 | Philippe Ãtancelin | Talbot-Darracq | Talbot T26C | 48 | +3 laps | 9 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | Raymond Sommer | Private entry | Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 | 47 | +4 laps | 13 | 4 |
| 6 | 10 | Hans Stuck | Auto Union | Auto Union D | 47 | +4 laps | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 30 | René Dreyfus | Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell | Delahaye 145 | 45 | +6 laps | 11 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 |  Luigi Chinetti | Christian Kautz | Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 | 45 | +6 laps | 12 | 4 |
| 9 | 32 | "Raph" | Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell | Delahaye 145 | 44 | +7 laps | 15 | 4 |
| Ret | 20 | Hermann Lang | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 36 | Engine | 1 | 5 |
| Ret | 18 | Manfred von Brauchitsch | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 17 | Engine | 4 | 6 |
| Ret | 6 | Yves Matra | Christian Kautz | Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 | 17 | 14 | 6 | |
| Ret | 38 |  Raymond Mays | Talbot-Darracq | Talbot T26C | 10 | Split tank | 10 | 7 |
| Ret | 8 | Tazio Nuvolari | Auto Union | Auto Union D | 8 | Gearbox | 3 | 7 |
| Ret | 16 | Rudolf Caracciola | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 1 | Accident | 2 | 7 |
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