1938 French Grand Prix

1938 French Grand Prix
Race 1 of 4 in the 1938 European Championship
Race details
Date 3 July 1938
Official name XXXII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location Reims-Gueux
Reims, France
Course Public roads
Course length 7.816 km (4.857 miles)
Distance 64 laps, 500.22 km (310.82 miles)
Pole position
Driver Mercedes-Benz
Time 2:39.2
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Hermann Lang Mercedes-Benz
Time 2:45.1
Podium
First Mercedes-Benz
Second Mercedes-Benz
Third Mercedes-Benz

The 1938 French Grand Prix (formally the XXXII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Reims-Gueux on 3 July 1938. The race was held over 64 laps of the 7.8-kilometre (4.8 mi) course for a total distance of 500 kilometres (310 mi).

Like the other races in the 1938 European Drivers' Championship, the French Grand Prix was held to new regulations for 1938, mandating a maximum engine capacity of 4.5L, or 3L for supercharged engines, as well as minimum weights based on a sliding scale depending on engine size, with the largest engine cars needing to weigh at least 850 kilograms (1,870 lb).[1]

  1. ^ Hodges, David (1967). The French Grand Prix. pp. 121–125.

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