1912 Grands Prix


25-26 JunXII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
9 SepI Coupe de la Sarthe
5 OctIV American Grand Prize

XII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
25-26 June 1912 - Dieppe: 1535.76 km (76.788 km x 20 laps)


 1 22 Georges Boillot           Peugeot L-76            13h58m02.6, 110.16 kph
 2 23 Louis Wagner              Fiat S74                14h11m08.4
 3  3 Victor Rigal              Sunbeam                 14h38m36.0 voiturette  
 4 17 Dario Resta               Sunbeam                 14h39m51.8 voiturette
 5 52 Emile Medinger            Sunbeam                 15h59m41.4 voiturette
 6 50 Joseph Christiaens        Excelsior               16h23m38.8  
 7 20 René Croquet              Th Schneider            17h31m39.2 voiturette
 8 30 "Anford"/Pilain           Rolland-Pilain          17h49m32.0
 9 36 Richard Wyse              Arrol-Johnston          18h07m19.2 voiturette
10 40 Arthur Duray              Alcyon                  18h28m55.6 voiturette
11 32 Paul Vonlatum             Vinot-Deguignand        19h06m00.0 voiturette
12 12 Dragutin Esser            Mathis                  19h18m05.0
13 29 Cyril de Vere             Cote                    20h57m06.0 voiturette
14 28 James Reid                Arrol-Johnston          19 laps

Fastest Lap: David Bruce-Brown, 36m32 (125.56 kph)


Did Not Finish
   33 Percy Lambert             Vauxhall                18 laps/radiator       voiturette
   55 A. Crossman               Arrol-Johnston          17 laps/radiator       voiturette
    7 Georges Sizaire           Sizaire-Naudin          17 laps/lost a wheel   voiturette
   14 Pierre Garcet             Calthorpe               16 laps/engine         voiturette
   27 Page                      Alcyon                  16 laps/crash          voiturette
   51 John Hancock              Vauxhall                15 laps/engine         voiturette
   38 Thomas Schweitzer         Sizaire-Naudin          10 laps/engine         voiturette  
   21 Eugene Renaux             Gregoire                10 laps/withdrawn      voiturette
   24 Mario Romano              Gregoire                10 laps/withdrawn      voiturette
   34 René Hanriot              Lorraine-Dietrich       10 laps/fire
   18 Philippe de Marne         Gregoire                 8 laps/steering       voiturette
    4 Barriaux                  Alcyon                   8 laps/engine         voiturette
   56 Lucien Molon              Vinot-Deguignand         7 laps/no oil         voiturette
   47 René Thomas               Lion-Peugeot L3          7 laps/engine         voiturette
   19 Louis Naudin              Sizaire-Naudin           7 laps/engine         voiturette
   16 Gustave Caillois          Sunbeam                  7 laps/engine         voiturette
   45 Paul Zuccarelli           Peugeot L-76             7 laps/ignition      
   31 Paul Bablot               Lorraine-Dietrich        7 laps/engine       
   25 Frank Rollason            Singer                   6 laps/engine         voiturette
   39 Bramwell Haywood          Singer                   5 laps/crash          voiturette
   26 Ligurd Hornsted           Calthorpe                5 laps/gearbox        voiturette
    9 René Champoiseau          Th Schneider             4 laps                voiturette
    8 Léon Molon                Vinot-Deguignand         3 laps/no oil         voiturette
   54 W. Watson                 Vauxhall                 2 laps/engine         voiturette
   10 Léon Collinet             Gregoire                 2 laps/crash          voiturette
   41 Fernand Gabriel           Cote                     1 lap/universal joint voiturette
   57 Stefan Heim               Lorraine-Dietrich        1 lap/engine 
   11 Victor Hemery             Lorraine-Dietrich        1 lap/engine
   49 Albert Guyot              Rolland-Pilain           1 lap/engine

Disqualified
   37 David Bruce-Brown         Fiat S74                15 laps/refuelling away from pits
   42 Ralph De Palma            Fiat S74                 7 laps/work away from pits
   13 Jules Goux                Peugeot L-76             3 laps/refuelling away from pits
   43 Fred Burgess              Calthorpe                1 lap/too slow        voiturette

Did Not Start
    1                           Hispano-Suiza           car not ready          voiturette
    2                           Koechlin                car not ready          voiturette
    5                           Hispano-Suiza                                  voiturette
    6                           Darracq                                        voiturette
   15                           Sigma                   car not ready
   35                           Hispano-Suiza           car not ready          voiturette
   44                           Darracq                 car not ready          voiturette
   46                           Ford                    car not ready          voiturette
   48                           Darracq                 
   53                           Darracq                 car not ready          voiturette
   58                           Hispano-Suiza           car not ready          voiturette



I Coupe de la Sarthe
9 September 1912 - Le Mans: 648.00 km (54.000 km x 12 laps)

Concurrent Voiturette known as Grand Prix de France
1 27 Jules Goux Peugeot L-76 5h31m54s, 119.30 kph 2 13 Paul Zuccarelli Lion-Peugeot L3 6h12m25s voiturette 3 1 René Champoiseau Th Schneider 6h30m36s voiturette 4 5 Léon Molon Vinot-Deguignand 6h31m31s voiturette 5 29 Leduc SPA 6h55m18s 6 4 René Croquet Th Schneider 7h00m33s voiturette 7 12 Lucien Molon Vinot-Deguignand 7h16m13s voiturette 8 15 Nicodemi Th Schneider 7h17m36s voiturette 9 8 Cyril de Vere Cote 7h41m35s voiturette 10 6 Paul Rivierne Hispano-Suiza 7h50m06s voiturette 11 2 Arthur Duray Alcyon 8h10m36s voiturette 12 19 Ollier Cote 9h04m20s voiturette 13 7 Albert Guyot Picker-Janvier 9h33m31s voiturette Fastest Lap: Georges Boillot, 27m??s Did Not Finish 14 Barriaux Alcyon 11 laps/gearbox voiturette 16 F. Crespelle Crespelle 9 laps voiturette 11 Jaubert Th Schneider 7 laps/magneto voiturette 32 Georges Boillot Peugeot L-76 5 laps/water leak 9 A. Koechlin Koechlin 2 laps/rear spring voiturette 3 René Thomas Lion-Peugeot L-3 2 laps/rear axle voiturette Did Not Appear 10 F. de Bazelaire de Bazelaire voiturette 17 Ettore Bugatti Bugatti 13 voiturette 18 Crespelle voiturette 25 F. Crespelle Crespelle 26 De Langhe Darracq 28 De Moraco Benz 30 De Chavez Fiat 31 Joseph Christiaens Excelsior Alternate drivers 12 Paul Vonlatum Vinot-Deguignand voiturette 15 Rucodemi Th Schneider voiturette

IV American Grand Prize
5 October 1912 - Milwaukee: 659.44 km (12.682 km x 52 laps)


 1 41 Caleb Bragg               Fiat                    5h59m27.44, 110.07 kph
 2 40 Erwin Bergdoll            Benz                    6h14m58.38
 3 43 Gil Anderson              Stutz                   6h15m22.47
 4 44 Barney Oldfield           Fiat                    6h19m54.69
 5 35 Ralph De Palma            Mercedes                51 laps/crash
 6 44 George Clark              Mercedes                51 laps/flagged
 7 42 Joe Horan/Bob Burman      Benz                    47 laps/flagged (Burman drove laps 35-47) 

Fastest Lap: Teddy Tetzlaff, 6m07s (124.40 kph)
Pole Position: Bob Burman


Did Not Finish
   33 Ted Tetzlaff              Fiat S74                30 laps/torque rod
   32 Louis Fontaine            Lozier                  22 laps/steering
   34 Hughie Hughes             Mercer                  18 laps/fuel line
   36 Spencer Wishart           Mercedes                 4 laps/con rod
   31 Bob Burman                Benz                     3 laps/piston

Did Not Start
   37 David Bruce-Brown         Fiat                    fatal crash in practice *
   47 Ralph Mulford             Knox                    ignition

Did Not Arrive
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* also killed riding mechanic