1935 French Grand Prix

For the first time, the Automobile Club of France decided that the grid positions should be set by practice times, rather than by ballot, a practice introduced in Europe at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Having witnessed the more powerful German cars winning nearly every race they entered (notably not the 1934 French Grand Prix), the organisers decided to reduce the speeds of the Montlhéry circuit by installing three slow chicanes. This was ultimately successful in ensuring the competitiveness of the Alfa Romeos, with Tazio Nuvolari able to set second fastest time in practice, and completing the fastest lap of the race, albeit 23 seconds slower than last year's fastest lap due to the chicanes.[1]

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retire
1	2	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz W25B	40	4h00m54.6
2	4	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz W25B	40	+0.5
3	18	Goffredo Zehender	Maserati Tipo 34	38	+2 laps
4	6	Luigi Fagioli	Mercedes-Benz W25B	37	+3 laps
5	8	Achille Varzi Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union B	35	+5 laps
6	20	Raymond Sommer	Maserati 8CM	35	+5 laps
NC	24	Robert Benoist	Bugatti T59/50	16	Not Classified
Ret	14	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3	14	Transmission
Ret	12	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union B	11	Spark plugs/transmission?
Ret	16	Louis Chiron	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3	8	Transmission
Ret	10	Hans Stuck	Auto Union B	7	Brakes

Fastest Lap: Tazio Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3) 5:29.1, 136.74 km/h

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