The Archive · 1927

British Motoring Grand Prix

Brooklands, Oct. 1.

The British Motoring Grand Prix was held to-day in rainy weather and with half-a-gale blowing. The distance was 125 laps, equal to 227

Eleven cars started, of which nine were French and two' British, "The race was won by a French. man, R. Benoist, driving a Delage car.' His average speed was 66, miles an hour.

Both the British competitors, who were driving Thomas Specials, retired before half-way through the!

R. Benoist now holds the Grand Prix in Italy, France, Spain and Great Britain.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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