The 1907 French Grand Prix was a

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held at Dieppe on 2 July 1907.

The Race

Thirty-eight cars set off at one-minute intervals to complete 10 laps of a circuit on a triangular circuit near the city of Dieppe. The field was led away by Vincenzo Lancia's

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. The race was run under a fuel consumption limit of . Louis Wagner led the race for the first three laps. After Wagner retired on lap four,

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took the lead. Duray set the fastest lap, with an average speed of , and led the race until his retirement on lap nine. Felice Nazzaro's Fiat led from this point until the finish, completing the race over six and a half minutes ahead of second placed

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. Nazzaro's average speed was for the race.

Death

Albert Clément Albert Clément (July 7, 1883 – died 17 May 1907, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime) was a French motor racing driver. In 1904 he won the ''II Ardennes Cup'' race and finished third in the ''III Ardennes Cup'' race at Bastogne. He also finished second i ...

died in a crash during practice while driving his

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. His place in the race was taken by 'Alezy'.

Classification

References

French Grand Prix

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