1937 French Grand Prix

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type = GP

|Grand Prix = French

|Image =

|Date = 4 July

|Year = 1937

|Official name = XXXI Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France

|Country = France

|Location = Montlhéry, France

|Course = Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry

|Course_mi = 7.767

|Course_km = 12.50

|Distance_laps = 40

|Distance_mi = 310.7

|Distance_km = 500.0

|Fast_Driver = Louis Chiron

|Fast_Team = Talbot

|Fast_Time = 5:29.7

|Fast_Country = Monaco

|First_Driver = Louis Chiron

|First_Team = Talbot

|First_Country = Monaco

|Second_Driver = Gianfranco Comotti

|Second_Team = Talbot

|Second_Country = Italy

|Second_flag_suffix = 1861

|Third_Driver = Albert Divo

|Third_Team = Talbot

|Third_Country = France

}}

The 1937 French Grand Prix (formally the XXXI Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Montlhéry, France on 4 July 1937. The race was held over 40 laps of the 12.5 km course for a total distance of 500 km. The race was won by Louis Chiron driving a Talbot. Similar to the 1936 race this year was run for sports cars. However, in order to help French manufacturers prepare for the new 1938 Grand Prix regulations, a 4.5L maximum engine capacity was imposed.{{cite book |last=Hodges |first=David |date=1967 |title=The French Grand Prix |pages=118–120}}

Classification

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!Pos

!No

!Driver

!Entrant

!Car

!Laps

!Time/Retired

1

| 12

| {{flagicon|MON}} Louis Chiron

| Automobiles Talbot

| Talbot

| 40

| 3h46m06.1

2

| 10

| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Gianfranco Comotti

| Automobiles Talbot

| Talbot

| 40

| 3h48m12.5

3

| 8

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Albert Divo

| Automobiles Talbot

| Talbot

| 40

| 3h49m48.9

4

| 22

| {{flagicon|FRA}} René Carrière

| Ecurie Bleue

| Delahaye

| 39

| +1 lap

5

| 6

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Raymond Sommer

| Automobiles Talbot

| Talbot

| 38

| +2 laps

6

| 28

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Eugène Chaboud
{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Trémoulet

| Eugène Chaboud

| Delahaye

| 33

| +7 laps

DNF

| 30

| {{flagicon|Spain|1931}} Enaro Léoz

| Enaro Léoz

| Bugatti

| 25

| Ignition

DNF

| 26

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Daniel Porthault

| Danniell

| Delahaye

| 20

| Cooling

DNF

| 20

| {{flagicon|FRA}}/{{flagicon|USA|1937}} Laury Schell

| Ecurie Bleue

| Delahaye

| 15

| Crashed

DNF

| 24

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Louis Villeneuve

| Louis Villeneuve

| Delahaye

| 10

| Fuel System

DNF

| 18

| {{flagicon|FRA}} René Dreyfus

| Ecurie Bleue

| Delahaye

| 8

| Engine

colspan=7|Sources:{{cite web |title=1937 French Grand Prix |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1937-french-grand-prix |website=Motor Sport Magazine Database |accessdate=2 January 2019}}{{cite web |title= Pre-war Races 1937 |url=http://www.wsrp.cz/prewar1937.html#20 |website=World Sports Racing Prototypes |accessdate=4 January 2019}}

Fastest Lap: Louis Chiron, 5m29.7

References

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{{Grand Prix race report

|Name_of_race = French Grand Prix

|Year_of_race = 1937

|Previous_year's_race = 1936 French Grand Prix

|Next_year's_race = 1938 French Grand Prix

}}

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