1921 French Grand Prix

1921 French Grand Prix
Race details
Date 25 July 1921
Official name XV Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location Le Mans, France
Course Circuit de la Sarthe
Course length 17.26 km (10.72 miles)
Distance 30 laps, 517.80 km (321.75 miles)
Fastest lap
Driver United States Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg
Time 7:43.0
Podium
First Duesenberg
Second Ballot
Third Ballot

The 1921 French Grand Prix (formally the XV Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Le Mans on 25 July 1921. The race was held over 30 laps of the 17.26 km circuit for a total distance of 517.8 km and was won by Jimmy Murphy driving a Duesenberg. This was the last victory for an American constructor in a major European race until the Ford GT40's triumph at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans as well as in a Grand Prix race until the Dan Gurney's win with the Eagle car at the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix. The race did not feature a massed start, with cars released in pairs at one-minute intervals instead.[1][2]

  1. ^ Hodges, David (1967). The French Grand Prix. pp. 54–59.
  2. ^ "Le Grand Prix de l'ACF 1921 - Avant le Départ". L'Auto. 7528: 1. 26 July 1921 – via BnF Gallica.