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1927 British Grand Prix


FieldValue
TypeWMC
Grand PrixBritish
Date1 October
Year1927
Official nameGrand Prix of the Royal Automobile Club
CountryUK
Race_No5
Season_No5
LocationSurrey, England
CourseBrooklands
Course_mi2.61
Course_km4.21
Distance_laps125
Distance_mi327.00
Distance_km526.25
First_DriverRobert Benoist
First_TeamDelage
First_CountryFRA
Second_DriverEdmond Bourlier
Second_TeamDelage
Second_CountryFRA
Third_DriverAlbert Divo
Third_TeamDelage
Third_CountryFRA
ImageBrooklands Circuit Layout.svgcaption=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

PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retired12345NCRetRetRetRetRetDNSDNA
2FRA **Robert Benoist****Delage 15 S 8**1253h49m14.6
3FRA Edmond BourlierDelage 15 S 81253h49m21.6
4FRA Albert DivoDelage 15 S 81253h52m20.0
12MCO Louis ChironBugatti 39A1254h17m50.0
11ITA Emilio MaterassiBugatti 39A118
10ITA Caberto Conelli
GBR WilliamsBugatti 39A106
1GBR George Eyston
GBR Sammy DavisBugatti 39A95Supercharger
5GBR Malcolm CampbellBugatti 39A93Valve
14RO Jean Ghika-CantacuzinoBugatti 37A28Valve
7GBR Harold PurdeyThomas Special9Transmission
6GBR Bummer ScottThomas Special8Supercharger
9GBR Maurice HarveyAlvis GPOil pump
8USA George SoudersDuesenberg

Note: Fastest lap wasn't recorded.

;Notes

    • 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

  1. Darren Galpin. "1927 Grands Prix, The GEL Motorsport Information Page".
  2. Hans Etzrodt. "Grand Prix Winners 1895-1949: Part 2 (1919-1933)". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing.
  3. (3 October 1927). "British Grand Prix.". Aberdeen Press and Journal.
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