1939 French Grand Prix
Race 2 of 4 in the 1939 European Championship

Race details
Date	9 July 1939
Official name	XXXIII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
Location	Reims-Gueux Reims, France
Course	Road course
Course length	7.816 km (4.857 miles)
Distance	51 laps, 398.61 km (247.68 miles)
Weather	Wet, drying. Minor showers.
Pole position
Driver	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz
Time	2:27.7
Fastest lap
Driver	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz
Time	2:32.2
Podium
First	Hermann Paul Müller	Auto Union
Second	Georg Meier	Auto Union
Third	René Le Bègue	Talbot

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Hermann Paul Müller	Auto Union	Auto Union D	51	2:21:11.8	5	1
2	14	Georg Meier	Auto Union	Auto Union D	50	+1 lap	7	2
3	36	René Le Bègue	Talbot-Darracq	Talbot T26C	48	+3 laps	8	3
4	34	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Darracq	Talbot T26C	48	+3 laps	9	4
5	2	Raymond Sommer	Private entry	Alfa Romeo Tipo 308	47	+4 laps	13	4
6	10	Hans Stuck	Auto Union	Auto Union D	47	+4 laps	6	4
7	30	René Dreyfus	Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell	Delahaye 145	45	+6 laps	11	4
8	4	Luigi Chinetti	Christian Kautz	Alfa Romeo Tipo 308	45	+6 laps	12	4
9	32	"Raph"	Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell	Delahaye 145	44	+7 laps	15	4
Ret	20	Hermann Lang	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	36	Engine	1	5
Ret	18	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	17	Engine	4	6
Ret	6	Yves Matra	Christian Kautz	Alfa Romeo Tipo 308	17		14	6
Ret	38	Raymond Mays	Talbot-Darracq	Talbot T26C	10	Split tank	10	7
Ret	8	Tazio Nuvolari	Auto Union	Auto Union D	8	Gearbox	3	7
Ret	16	Rudolf Caracciola	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	1	Accident	2	7
Sources:^[1]^[2]

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1939 French Grand Prix

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