Louis Chiron driving a Talbot-Lago T26C won the French Grand Prix held over the Reims-Gueux circuit


Sunday 17th July 1949

Louis Chiron driving a Talbot-Lago T26C won the French Grand Prix held over the Reims-Gueux circuit. The triangular layout of public roads formed three sectors between the villages of Thillois and Gueux over the La Garenne / Gueux intersection of route N-31. The circuit became known to be among the fastest of the era for its two long straights (approximately 2.2 km in length each) allowing maximum straight-line speed, resulting in many famous slipstream battles.


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