The 1926 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 the Circuit of Miramas on June 27, 1926.

It was the second race of the 1926 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship

World Manufacturers' Championship

The World Manufacturers' Championship was a competition organised by the AIACR between 1925 and 1927.-Scoring system:Unlike the modern Formula One points system, the championship awarded fewer points for higher finishes; the champion would be the manufacturer which ended the season on the lowest...

 season. Unfortunately for the spectators, of all the cars that were announced to participate in the race, only three Bugattis started. In the end there was just one car that managed to complete the full race distance; the Bugatti of Jules Goux.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	24	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:...	Bugatti 39A	100	4h38m43.8
NC	8	Meo Costantini	Bugatti 39A	85	4h43m13.0
DNF	16	Pierre de Vizcaya Pierre De Vizcaya Pierre De Vizcaya was a Spanish racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:-External links:*...	Bugatti 39A	45	Engine
DNS	2	Henry Segrave Henry Segrave -External links:* * * * *...	Talbot Talbot Talbot was an automobile marque that existed from 1903 to 1986, with a hiatus from 1960 to 1978, under a number of different owners, latterly under Peugeot...  700		Car not ready
DNS	4	Marcel Violet	SIMA-Violet		Car not ready
DNS	6	Robert Benoist Robert Benoist Robert Marcel Charles Benoist was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero.-Early life:Born near Rambouillet, Île-de-France, France, Robert Benoist was the son of Baron Henri de Rothschild's gamekeeper...	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:...  155B		Car not ready
DNS	10	Albert Divo Albert Divo Albert Divo was a Grand Prix motor racing driver. He was born in Paris, France. In 1922, Divo competed in the International Tourist Trophy endurance race on the Isle of Man...	Talbot Talbot Talbot was an automobile marque that existed from 1903 to 1986, with a hiatus from 1960 to 1978, under a number of different owners, latterly under Peugeot...  700		Car not ready
DNS	12	?	SIMA-Violet		Car not ready
DNS	14	Edmond Bourlier	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:...  155B		Car not ready
DNS	18	Jules Moriceau Jules Moriceau Jules Moriceau was a French racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...	Talbot Talbot Talbot was an automobile marque that existed from 1903 to 1986, with a hiatus from 1960 to 1978, under a number of different owners, latterly under Peugeot...  700		Car not ready
DNS	20	?	SIMA-Violet		Car not ready
DNS	22	?	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:... 155B		Car not ready