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1927 British Grand Prix
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | WMC | |
| Grand Prix | British | |
| Date | 1 October | |
| Year | 1927 | |
| Official name | Grand Prix of the Royal Automobile Club | |
| Country | UK | |
| Race_No | 5 | |
| Season_No | 5 | |
| Location | Surrey, England | |
| Course | Brooklands | |
| Course_mi | 2.61 | |
| Course_km | 4.21 | |
| Distance_laps | 125 | |
| Distance_mi | 327.00 | |
| Distance_km | 526.25 | |
| First_Driver | Robert Benoist | |
| First_Team | Delage | |
| First_Country | FRA | |
| Second_Driver | Edmond Bourlier | |
| Second_Team | Delage | |
| Second_Country | FRA | |
| Third_Driver | Albert Divo | |
| Third_Team | Delage | |
| Third_Country | FRA | |
| Image | Brooklands Circuit Layout.svg | caption=Brooklands circuit layout |
The second Grand Prix of the Royal Automobile Club, commonly referred to as the 1927 British Grand Prix, was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Brooklands circuit on 1 October 1927. It was the fifth and final race of the 1927 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship season. The race was won by French driver Robert Benoist. It was his fourth victory from the season's five races, a performance that put the seal on his Delage team's already-unassailable lead in the Championship.
A similar circuit was used as in the race the previous year, that is using the Finishing Straight, on which two sandbank chicanes were constructed. However, the footbridge across the Finishing Straight, which in 1926 had two supports on the track itself, had been rebuilt as a single-span, which enabled the full width of the straight to be used and allowed the layout of the chicane at the top of the Finishing Straight to be altered. The race itself also started half-way around the circuit, on the Railway Straight, rather than from the 1926 start at the junction of the Finishing Straight and the Members' Banking, meaning that the race distance was actually 124 and a half laps.
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | NC | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | FRA **Robert Benoist** | **Delage 15 S 8** | 125 | 3h49m14.6 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | FRA Edmond Bourlier | Delage 15 S 8 | 125 | 3h49m21.6 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | FRA Albert Divo | Delage 15 S 8 | 125 | 3h52m20.0 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | MCO Louis Chiron | Bugatti 39A | 125 | 4h17m50.0 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | ITA Emilio Materassi | Bugatti 39A | 118 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | ITA Caberto Conelli | |||||||||||||||||
| GBR Williams | Bugatti 39A | 106 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GBR George Eyston | |||||||||||||||||
| GBR Sammy Davis | Bugatti 39A | 95 | Supercharger | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | GBR Malcolm Campbell | Bugatti 39A | 93 | Valve | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | RO Jean Ghika-Cantacuzino | Bugatti 37A | 28 | Valve | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | GBR Harold Purdey | Thomas Special | 9 | Transmission | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | GBR Bummer Scott | Thomas Special | 8 | Supercharger | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | GBR Maurice Harvey | Alvis GP | Oil pump | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | USA George Souders | Duesenberg |
Note: Fastest lap wasn't recorded.
;Notes
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- Maurice Harvey did not start as they broke an oil pump in practice.
References
| Previous_year's_race = 1926 British Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1948 British Grand Prix
References
- Darren Galpin. "1927 Grands Prix, The GEL Motorsport Information Page".
- Hans Etzrodt. "Grand Prix Winners 1895-1949: Part 2 (1919-1933)". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing.
- (3 October 1927). "British Grand Prix.". Aberdeen Press and Journal.
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