The 1913 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix

Grand Prix motor racing

Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver...

 motor race held at Amiens

Amiens

Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...

 on 12 July 1913.

The Race

The restriction on Grand Prix cars for 1913 included an 800 kg (1,764 lb) minimum weight and an 1100 kg (2,425 lb) maximum weight, as well as a 14 mpgimp fuel consumption limit..
The build up to the race was marred by two fatal crashes. Bigio was killed testing his Itala before the race. In a separate incident before the race, Paul Zuccarelli

Paul Zuccarelli

Paul Zuccarelli was an Italian racecar driver. Zuccarelli was killed while testing a car prior to the 1913 French Grand Prix at Amiens.-Indy 500 results:...

 was killed when his Peugeot crashed into a cart.

Georges Boillot

Georges Boillot

Georges Louis Frederic Boillot was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver and World War I fighter pilot.-Biography:...

 won for the second year in succession, at an average speed of 72.141 mph (116.096 km/h). The fastest lap was set by Paul Bablot

Paul Bablot

Paul Bablot was a French racecar driver. He also owned an early French-built Wright-model airplane....

, at an average speed of 76.718 mph (123.462 km/h).

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	8	Georges Boillot Georges Boillot Georges Louis Frederic Boillot was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver and World War I fighter pilot.-Biography:...	Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...  EX3	29	7:53:56.8
2	14	Jules Goux Jules Goux Jules Goux, born Valentigney 6 April 1885 - died Valentigney 6 March 1965, was a Grand Prix motor racing champion and the first Frenchman, and the first European, to win the Indianapolis 500.-Biography:...	Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...  EX3		+2:25.6
3	15	Jean Chassagne Jean Chassagne Jean Chassagne was a French racecar driver active in the years surrounding World War I. Chassagne finished third in the 1913 French Grand Prix on a Sunbeam...	Sunbeam		+12:23.4
4	2	Paul Bablot Paul Bablot Paul Bablot was a French racecar driver. He also owned an early French-built Wright-model airplane....	Delage Delage Delage was a French luxury automobile and racecar company founded in 1905 by Louis Delage in Levallois-Perret near Paris; it was acquired by Delahaye in 1935 and ceased operation in 1953.-History:...  Y		+22:16.8
5	10	Albert Guyot Albert Guyot Albert Guyot was a French racecar driver. He was one of four drivers who entered with Duesenberg the 1921 French Grand Prix, the first in which a US make participated. Jimmy Murphy won with his Duesenberg 183; Guyot finished 6th.-Indy 500 results:...	Delage Delage Delage was a French luxury automobile and racecar company founded in 1905 by Louis Delage in Levallois-Perret near Paris; it was acquired by Delahaye in 1935 and ceased operation in 1953.-History:...  Y		+24:02.0
6	9	Dario Resta Dario Resta Dario Resta , nicknamed "Dolly", was an Italian Briton race car driver. Raised in England from the age of two, he began racing there starting in 1907. He took part in the Montagu Cup the very first race of the now historic Brooklands track. He set a record of in a half-mile run a few years later...	Sunbeam		+27:41.6
7	16	René Champoiseau	Th Schneider		+50:40.4
8	5	Joseph Christiaens	Excelsior Excelsior Excelsior is a Latin and archaic English word meaning "ever higher". It may refer to:- Literature and music :* "Excelsior" , a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...		+1:03:26.8
9	20	René Thomas	Th Schneider		+1:10:15.4
10	6	René Croquet	Th Schneider		+1:18:55.8
11	11	Sigurd Hornsted	Excelsior Excelsior Excelsior is a Latin and archaic English word meaning "ever higher". It may refer to:- Literature and music :* "Excelsior" , a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...		+1:43:43.8
Ret	19	Kenelm Lee Guinness Kenelm Lee Guinness Kenelm Edward Lee Guinness MBE was a racing driver of the 1910s - 1920s. He was part of the Guinness brewing family, and a director of the company.- Beginnings in motor racing :...	Sunbeam	15	Crash
Ret	17	Antonio Moriondo	Itala	13	Spring
Ret	7	Felice Nazzaro Felice Nazzaro Felice Nazzaro was an Italian racecar driver, a native of Turin. He won the Kaiserpreis in 1907 as well as the French Grand Prix in 1907 and 1922 and Targa Florio in 1907 and 1913. His European wins in 1907 resulted in an invitation to compete in the 1908 American Grand Prize in Savannah, Georgia,...	Itala	12	Spring
Ret	4	Dragutin Esser Dragutin Esser Dragutin Esser was a race car driver, driving cars designed or built by Émile Mathis.The production cars of Mathis driven by Dragutin Esser or by Emile Mathis achieved numerous successes in the touring classes:...	Mathis Mathis Mathis was a firm in Alsace that produced cars between 1910 and 1950, founded by Émile Mathis born Strasbourg , died Geneva.-Hermès-Simplex:...	8	Valve
Ret	1	Gustave Caillois	Sunbeam	4	Radius rod
Ret	12	Fernand Gabriel	Th Schneider	3	Carburettor
Ret	3	Carl Jörns	Opel Opel Adam Opel AG, generally shortened to Opel, is a German automobile company founded by Adam Opel in 1862. Opel has been building automobiles since 1899, and became an Aktiengesellschaft in 1929...	1	Engine
Ret	18	Delpierre	Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...  EX3	1	Crash
Ret	13	H. Pope	Itala	1	Engine