Circuit des Remparts

Circuit des Remparts is a historic race circuit in Angoulême, France, using the town's ancient road layout.

History

Used once in 1939 for a circuit race for Grand Prix cars and Formula Two voiturettes, The circuit had a length of 1287 metres, which was driven for 80 laps. This urban race track returned to use after World War II from 1947 to 1951 as part of the Formula 2 Championship, hosting events where famous drivers could be seen, such as Juan Manuel Fangio, Maurice Trintignant, Raymond Sommer, Robert Manzon, André Simon and the like.

Today a successful historic festival event continues, usually held in September, that gathers historic car enthusiasts for a series of races for classic and historic cars, on the original race track. It also features a "Concours d'Élégance" and a concours of car restoration.^[1]

1939 winner Raymond Sommer in front of the Angoulême Cathedral

The historic event was used as the basis for "Le Défi des Remparts" (1988), a volume of the Michel Vaillant comic book series.

Results

date	Pilot	Car
1939	Raymond Sommer^[2]	Alfa Romeo 308
1947	Eugène Martin^[3]	BMW 328
1947	Igor Troubetzkoy^[4]	Simca-Gordini T15
1949	Maurice Trintignant^[5]	Simca-Gordini T11
1950	Juan Manuel Fangio^[6]	Maserati 4CLT/48
1951	Rudi Fischer^[7]	Ferrari 212

References

^ "Car racing – Circuit des remparts". www.circuitdesremparts.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-20.
^ [1] Archived 2011-03-16 at the Wayback Machine Results 1939
^ [2] Results 1947
^ [3] Results 1948
^ [4] Results 1949
^ [5] Results 1950
^ [6] Results 1951

External links

45°38′58″N 0°09′25″E / 45.64944°N 0.15694°E / 45.64944; 0.15694

[1] "Car racing – Circuit des remparts". www.circuitdesremparts.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-20.

[2] [1] Archived 2011-03-16 at the Wayback Machine Results 1939

[3] [2] Results 1947

[4] [3] Results 1948

[5] [4] Results 1949

[6] [5] Results 1950

[7] [6] Results 1951

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]