# 1907 French Grand Prix

The 1907 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Dieppe on 2 July 1907.

## The Race

Thirty-eight cars set off at one-minute intervals to complete 10 laps of a 48-mile (77 km) circuit on a triangular circuit near the city of Dieppe. The field was led away by Vincenzo Lancia's Fiat. The race was run under a fuel consumption limit of 30 litres per 100 kilometres (7.84 miles per US gallon; 9.42 miles per imperial gallon). Louis Wagner led the race for the first three laps. After Wagner retired on lap four, Arthur Duray took the lead. Duray set the fastest lap, with an average speed of 75.40 mph (121.34 km/h), and led the race until his retirement on lap nine. Felice Nazzaro's Fiat led from this point until the finish, completing the race over six and a half minutes ahead of second placed Ferenc Szisz. Nazzaro's average speed was 70.6 mph (113.6 km/h) for the race.

### Death

Albert Clément died in a crash during practice while driving his Clément-Bayard. His place in the race was taken by 'Alezy'.

## Classification

| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
| 1 | F2 | Felice Nazzaro | Fiat 130 HP | 10 | 6:46:33.0 |
| 2 | R1 | Ferenc Szisz | Renault AK | | +6:37.6 |
| 3 | B2 | Paul Baras | Brasier | | +18:32.6 |
| 4 | LD3 | Fernand Gabriel | Lorraine-Dietrich | | +25:06.0 |
| 5 | D3 | Victor Rigal | Darracq | | +26:03.4 |
| 6 | D2 | Gustave Caillois | Darracq | | +29:25.6 |
| 7 | B1 | Jules Barillier | Brasier | | +41:21.0 |
| 8 | BC1 | Pierre Garcet | Clément-Bayard | | +47:44.0 |
| 9 | BC3 | Elliott Shepard | Clément-Bayard | | +53:23.2 |
| 10 | M3 | Victor Hémery | Mercedes | | +1:38:52.0 |
| 11 | MB3 | Courtade | Motobloc | | +2:02:00.6 |
| 12 | B3 | Paul Bablot | Brasier | | +2:26:26.6 |
| 13 | R3 | Claude Richez | Renault AK | | +2:44:19.4 |
| 14 | GE2 | François Degrais | Germain | | +3:04:03.4 |
| 15 | GE3 | François-Marie Roch-Brault | Germain | | +3:24:12.0 |
| 16 | C1 | Joseph Collomb | Corre | | +3:38:23.7 |
| 17 | GE1 | Perpère | Germain | | +4:07:09.0 |
| Ret | F1 | Vincenzo Lancia | Fiat | 9 | Clutch |
| Ret | M2 | Otto Salzer | Mercedes | 9 | |
| Ret | LD1 | Arthur Duray | Lorraine-Dietrich | 8 | |
| Ret | PL3 | Dutemple | Panhard | 8 | |
| Ret | M1 | Camille Jenatzy | Mercedes | 7 | |
| Ret | MB1 | Pierron | Motobloc | 7 | |
| Ret | DM1 | Frederic Dufaux | Marchand | 7 | |
| Ret | R2 | Henry Farman | Renault AK | 7 | |
| Ret | D1 | René Hanriot | Darracq | 6 | Engine |
| Ret | LD2 | Henri Rougier | Lorraine-Dietrich | 5 | |
| Ret | GB1 | Louis Rigolly | Gobron-Brillié | 5 | |
| Ret | W2 | Pryce Harrison | Weigel | 5 | |
| Ret | MB2 | Page | Motobloc | 5 | |
| Ret | P1 | Emile Stricker | Porthos | 4 | Steering |
| Ret | BC2 | Alezy | Clément-Bayard | 4 | |
| Ret | WC1 | Walter Christie | Christie | 4 | |
| Ret | F3 | Louis Wagner | Fiat | 3 | Valve gear |
| Ret | W1 | Gregor Laxen | Weigel | 3 | Wheel |
| Ret | PL2 | Hubert Le Blon | Panhard | 3 | Driver injury |
| Ret | PL1 | George Heath | Panhard | 1 | Engine |
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