1938 Cork Grand Prix | |||
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Race details [1] [2] | |||
Date | 23 April 1938 | ||
Official name | Cork Grand Prix | ||
Location | Carrigrohane | ||
Course | Road course | ||
Course length | 323.3 kilometres (200.9 mi) | ||
Distance | 33 laps, 9.79 kilometres (6.08 mi) | ||
Weather | Clear | ||
Attendance | c. 70,000 [3] | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ecurie Bleue | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | René Dreyfus | Ecurie Bleue | |
Time | 3:49 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ecurie Bleue | ||
Second | Prince Chula | ||
Third | Count Heyden |
The 1938 Cork Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Carrigrohane to the west of Cork city in Ireland on 23 April 1938. The 200-mile race was run over more than 30 laps of a six-mile circuit. It was won by the French driver René Dreyfus in a Delahaye car, with second place going to Prince Bira in a Maserati. [4]
The course ran along the Carrigrohane Straight to Victoria Cross, turned right towards Dennehy's Cross, from there on to Model Farm Road, and west towards eastern outskirts of Ballincollig. [4] This back stretch finished at the Poulavone hairpin bend, before passing "Hell Hole Corner", and back onto the Carrigrohane Straight. [3] The race was watched by an estimated 70,000 spectators, [3] with participants reportedly representing 12 countries. [5]
A collection of photos, relating to the race, is held in University College Cork library as the Cork Motor Derby Collection. [6]
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
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1 | 14 | René Dreyfus | Ecurie Bleue | Delahaye 145 | 33 | 2:09:40 |
2 | 20 | Prince Bira | Prince Chula of Siam | Maserati 8CM | 33 | + 1:50 |
3 | 17 | Louis Gérard | Count Heyden | Delage 3.0L | 30 | + 3 Laps |
4 | 7 | Kenneth Evans | Alfa Corse | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 30 | + 3 Laps |
5 | 15 | Joseph Paul | Count Heyden | Delahaye 135 | 25 | + 8 Laps |
Ret | 18 | Jean-Pierre Wimille | Automobiles Ettore Bugatti | Bugatti 59/50B | 21 | Piston |
Ret | 12 | Gianfranco Comotti | Ecurie Bleue | Delahaye | 12 | Oil Leak |
Ret | 16 | Jean Viale | Count Heyden | Delahaye | 2 | Clutch |
1938 Cork Grand Prix | |||
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Race details [1] [2] | |||
Date | 23 April 1938 | ||
Official name | Cork Grand Prix | ||
Location | Carrigrohane | ||
Course | Road course | ||
Course length | 323.3 kilometres (200.9 mi) | ||
Distance | 33 laps, 9.79 kilometres (6.08 mi) | ||
Weather | Clear | ||
Attendance | c. 70,000 [3] | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ecurie Bleue | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | René Dreyfus | Ecurie Bleue | |
Time | 3:49 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ecurie Bleue | ||
Second | Prince Chula | ||
Third | Count Heyden |
The 1938 Cork Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Carrigrohane to the west of Cork city in Ireland on 23 April 1938. The 200-mile race was run over more than 30 laps of a six-mile circuit. It was won by the French driver René Dreyfus in a Delahaye car, with second place going to Prince Bira in a Maserati. [4]
The course ran along the Carrigrohane Straight to Victoria Cross, turned right towards Dennehy's Cross, from there on to Model Farm Road, and west towards eastern outskirts of Ballincollig. [4] This back stretch finished at the Poulavone hairpin bend, before passing "Hell Hole Corner", and back onto the Carrigrohane Straight. [3] The race was watched by an estimated 70,000 spectators, [3] with participants reportedly representing 12 countries. [5]
A collection of photos, relating to the race, is held in University College Cork library as the Cork Motor Derby Collection. [6]
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
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1 | 14 | René Dreyfus | Ecurie Bleue | Delahaye 145 | 33 | 2:09:40 |
2 | 20 | Prince Bira | Prince Chula of Siam | Maserati 8CM | 33 | + 1:50 |
3 | 17 | Louis Gérard | Count Heyden | Delage 3.0L | 30 | + 3 Laps |
4 | 7 | Kenneth Evans | Alfa Corse | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 30 | + 3 Laps |
5 | 15 | Joseph Paul | Count Heyden | Delahaye 135 | 25 | + 8 Laps |
Ret | 18 | Jean-Pierre Wimille | Automobiles Ettore Bugatti | Bugatti 59/50B | 21 | Piston |
Ret | 12 | Gianfranco Comotti | Ecurie Bleue | Delahaye | 12 | Oil Leak |
Ret | 16 | Jean Viale | Count Heyden | Delahaye | 2 | Clutch |