1924 French Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 3 August 1924 | ||
Official name | XVIII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France | ||
Location | Lyon, France | ||
Course | Public roads | ||
Course length | 23.15 km (14.38 miles) | ||
Distance | 35 laps, 810.09 km (503.37 miles) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Sunbeam | ||
Grid positions set by ballot | |||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Henry Segrave | Sunbeam | |
Time | 11:19.0 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Alfa Romeo | ||
Second | Delage | ||
Third | Delage |
The 1924 French Grand Prix, officially named the XVIII Grand Prix de l'A.C.F., was a Grand Prix motor race held at Lyon on 3 August 1924 [1] and the designated European Grand Prix of the 1924 season.[2] The race took place over 35 laps of a shortened (now 23.15 km) version of the circuit used in 1914 for a total distance of 810.09 km.