# 1936 French Grand Prix

The 1936 French Grand Prix (formally the XXX Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Montlhéry, France on 28 June 1936. The race was held over 80 laps of the 12.5 km course for a total distance of 1000 km. The race was won by Jean-Pierre Wimille and Raymond Sommer driving a Bugatti.
Due to national outcry as a result of the 1935 Grand Prix where just one French car started which was uncompetitive and failed to finish, it was decided that for 1936 the race should be held as an endurance race for sports cars, with rules very similar to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and featured a Le Mans start. All 37 cars had two drivers, and were divided into 3 groups based on engine capacity: Group I for 0.75L to 2.0L, Group II for 2.0L to 4.0L, and Group III for over 4.0L.
Many entrants considered this race to be a replacement for the cancelled 1936 24 Hours of Le Mans.

## Classification

| Pos | Group | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retire |
| 1 | II | 84 | Jean-Pierre Wimille Raymond Sommer | Bugatti T57S | 80 | 7h58m53.7 |
| 2 | II | 46 | Michel Paris Marcel Mongin | Delahaye 135 | 80 | 7hr59m44.3 |
| 3 | II | 78 | Robert Brunet Goffredo Zehender | Delahaye 135 | 80 | 8hr00m25.6 |
| 4 | II | 44 | Laury Schell René Carriére | Delahaye 135 | 79 | +1 lap |
| 5 | II | 36 | Albert Perrot Marcel Dhôme | Delahaye 135 | 78 | +2 laps |
| 6 | II | 86 | Pierre Veyron William Grover-Williams | Bugatti T57S | 78 | +2 laps |
| 7 | II | 42 | Louis Villeneuve Jean Viale | Delahaye 135 | 76 | +4 laps |
| 8 | II | 52 | "Heldé" "Nime" | Talbot T150C | 76 | +4 laps |
| 9 | II | 48 | René Dreyfus Jimmy Bradley | Talbot T150C | 75 | +5 laps |
| 10 | II | 50 | André Morel Luigi Chinetti | Talbot T150C | 75 | +5 laps |
| 11 | II | 60 | "Danniell" J. Marie | Delahaye 135 | 74 | +6 laps |
| 12 | II | 38 | Albert Divo Armand Girod | Delahaye 135 | 73 | +7 laps |
| 13 | II | 82 | Robert Benoist Philippe de Rothschild | Bugatti T57S | 73 | +7 laps |
| 14 | I | 22 | Jean Trévoux Percy Maclure | Riley TT Sprite | 71 | +9 laps |
| 15 | I | 4 | Adolf von der Becke Hector Dobbs | Riley TT Sprite | 71 | +9 laps |
| 16 | I | 2 | Joseph Paul Jean Sebilleau | Riley TT Sprite | 69 | +11 laps |
| 17 | I | 20 | Austin Dobson Reggie Tongue | Riley TT Sprite | 67 | +13 laps |
| 18 | III | 90 | Enaro Léoz Génaro Léoz | Lagonda LG45 | 67 | +13 laps |
| 19 | III | 94 | Henri Trintignant Rene Trintignant | Hudson | 65 | +15 laps |
| 20 | I | 12 | Amedée Gordini Athos Querzola | Simca-Fiat 508S Balilla | 62 | +18 laps |
| 21 | I | 28 | Andrew Leitch Roy Eccles | Singer | 60 | +20 laps |
| 22 | I | 26 | Frank Stanley Barnes James Donald Barnes | Singer | 58 | +22 laps |
| 23 | I | 24 | Clemente Martin Marcel Horvilleur | Simca-Fiat | 56 | +24 laps |
| 24 | I | 18 | Victor Camerano Suzanne Largeaut | Simca-Fiat | 55 | +25 laps |
| 25 | I | 30 | Earl Howe Tommy Wisdom | Marendaz Special | 54 | +26 laps |
| DNF | I | 10 | Harold John Aldington Alfred Fane Peers | Frazer Nash-BMW 328 | ? | |
| DNF | I | 14 | Jean de Gavardie Adrien Alin | Simca-Fiat | ? | |
| DNF | I | 16 | Georges Sarret Paul Ducos | Simca-Fiat | ? | |
| DNF | I | 34 | Thomas Graves Clarke Richard Seaman | Aston Martin 1.5-litre | ? | |
| DNF | II | 40 | Philippe Maillard-Brune Charles Druck | Delahaye 135 | ? | |
| DNF | I | 6 | Ernst Henne Robert Kohlrausch | BMW | ? | |
| DNF | II | 62 | Francisque Cadot Henri Stoffel | Talbot T150C | ? | |
| DNF | II | 64 | René Le Bègue Jean Danne | Delahaye 135 | ? | |
| DNF | I | 8 | Fritz Roth Christian Kautz | BMW | ? | |
| DNF | III | 92 | Andre Colas "Zattzky" | Hudson | ? | Fire |
| DNF | III | 96 | Bravard Reveiller | Hudson | ? | |
| DNF | III | 98 | Marcel Lehoux Roccati | Lagonda LG45R | ? | |
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Fastest Lap: René Dreyfus, 5m36.0