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1927 French Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	3 July 1927 (1927-07-03)
Official name	XXI Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location	Montlhéry, France
Course	Autodrome de Montlhéry
Course length	12.5 km (7.8 mi)
Distance	48 laps, 600 km (370 mi)
Pole position
Driver	George Eyston	Halford
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver	Robert Benoist	Delage
Time	5:41.0
Podium
First	Robert Benoist	Delage
Second	Edmond Bourlier	Delage
Third	André Morel	Delage

The 1927 French Grand Prix (formally the XXI Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Montlhèry on 3 July 1927. The race was held over 48 laps of a 12.50 km course for a total distance of 600.00 km and was won by Robert Benoist driving a Delage.

Background

The World Championship was carried out for the third time in 1927. The regulations remained more or less the same as in 1926 with minor changes reported for the 1927 World Championship. On October 27, 1926, the AIACR & CSI debated at their Paris meetings the regulations and announced for 1927 that the 1.5-liter formula would remain only until the end of 1927 because of the bad experiences made so far, to be relieved with the free formula for 1928. The minimum weight was increased from 600 to 700 kg. The supercharger was allowed and the two-seat body remained for 1927, though single-seat bodied cars would be allowed as long as the body showed a minimum width of 80 cm to be measured at the seat area for a height of not less than 25 cm. The minimum distance for the great international races was now fixed at 600 km.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retire
1	6	Robert Benoist	Delage 15 S 8	48	4h45m41.2
2	12	Edmond Bourlier	Delage 15 S 8	48	4h53m55.6
3	18	André Morel	Delage 15 S 8	48	5h11m31.4
4	10	"Williams" Jules Moriceau	Talbot 700	48	5h24m30.0
NC	16	Louis Wagner	Talbot 700	42	Engine
NC	2	George Eyston	Halford	36	+12 laps
Ret	4	Albert Divo	Talbot 700	23	Supercharger
DNA	8	André Dubonnet	Bugatti 39A		Car not competitive
DNA	14	Emilio Materassi	Bugatti 39A		Car not competitive
DNA	20	Jules Goux	Bugatti 39A		Car not competitive
DNA		Eliška Junková	Bugatti 39A		Did not appear
DNA		Conelli	Bugatti 39A		Did not appear
DNP		Jules Moriceau	Talbot 700		Reserve driver
DNP		Robert Senechal	Delage 15 S 8		Reserve driver
DNP		Caberto Conelli			Reserve driver

Fastest Lap: Robert Benoist, 5m41.0 (131.96 km/h)

Note - Starting grid based on car number order, positions being drawn. 3x3 formation.

References

1. Hodges, David (1967). The French Grand Prix. pp. 83–85.
2. Nov-2 - AIACR & CSI meetings on Oct-27. AUTOMOBIL-REVUE #83. 1926. p. 3.
3. AIACR Meeting. Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung (Wien)#20. 1926. p. 14.
4. "1927 Grands Prix". Archived from the original on 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2013-05-20.

External links

• 1927 in Grand Prix racing
• French Grand Prix
• 1927 in French motorsport