Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club Marocain - one lap of 709.5 km, 21 April 1930.

1st- Charles Bénitah

Charles Bénitah

Charles Bénitah was a Moroccan Olympic fencer, automobile racer, pilot and all-around sportsman. He was born and died in Casablanca. He competed in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.-Athletic career:...

 (Amilcar

Amilcar

The Amilcar was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 to 1940.The first offering was a small cyclecar; designed by Jules Salomon and Edmond Moyet, it bore a striking resemblance to the pre-war Le Zèbre. Next was the 903cc CC, which was available in two further versions; the CS was a sport...

), finished 5 minutes after 4PM.

2nd- Marcel Lehoux

Marcel Lehoux

Marcel Lehoux was a French racing driver.Lehoux was born in Vendée in France. He placed second at the Grand Prix de la Marne at Reims in 1929, behind Zenelli and ahead of his friend, Philippe Étancelin, making a Bugatti sweep of the podium. At the 1930 Algerian Grand Prix, he followed Étancelin...

 (Bugatti

Bugatti

Automobiles E. Bugatti was a French car manufacturer founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, as a manufacturer of high-performance automobiles by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti....

 2 L s/c), 149.6 km/h.

3- Hiercourt (Bugatti 1500 cc)

4- Itier (Rally 1100 cc)

5- Zehender

Goffredo Zehender

Goffredo 'Freddie' Zehender was an Italian racing driver.He started his driving career with Chrysler, then Bugatti and most of his career with Alfa Romeo as works or privatee driver. He won the 1932...

 (Bugatti T35B 2.3 L)

DNF- Etancelin (Bugatti T35C 2 L s/c)

Handicap race

1st group starting at 9 AM 45 m, 1100 us/c

Madame Itier (Rally)

Dourel (Rally)

Namont (Salmson)

Mario (Salmson)

Jonioz (or Jorioz) (Salmson)

Charles Bénitah (Amilcar)

Kotchine (Amilcar)

2nd group, 1500 cc us/c, start 10 AM 30 m

Hiercourt (Bugatti 1500 cc)

Boucly (Bugatti 1500 cc)

3rd group, 1500 cc s/c, start 10 AM 55 m

"Foc" (Bugatti 1500 s/c)

4rd group, 2 L us/c, start 11 PM 12 m

Clerckx (or Tony) (Bugatti 2 L)

5th group, start at 11 PM 35 m

Marcel Lehoux (Bugatti 2 L s/c)

de Maleplane (Bugatti T35C 2 L s/c)

Jean de l'Espée (Bugatti T35C 4928 2 L s/c)

Etancelin (Bugatti 2.3 L)

Zehender (Bugatti 3 L)

The race was initially planned one week before, on Sunday 13 April.
It was postponed because of heavy rain, wind and cloud of grasshoppers (sauterelles).

Fatal crash during practice, "Bruni" alias Comte Bruno d'Harcourt

Bruno, Count of Harcourt

Marie Hervé Jean Bruno d'Harcourt, Count of Harcourt was a member of the French nobility and a Grand Prix motor racing driver....

, died in a hospital Saturday 19 April. He was related to the Duc de Guise.