Circuit de Pau

Circuit de Pau

Date April 17
Circuit Circuit de Pau, France
Type 2.769 km street circuit
Promoter ?
Weather ?
Attendance ?

Sources : Moto-Revue #, Vincent Glon

500cc (40 laps = 110.76 km)

Tanner fell late in the race and was badly injured. He was air lifted to Britain right away.

01 Robin Fitton (Norton, 1h09mn19s1 – 95.5 km/h)
02 Peter Ferbrache (Norton, 1h09mn29s2)
03 Paddy Driver (Norton, 1h10mn14s8)
04 Jean-Pierre Bayle (Norton, 38 laps)
05 Antoine Paba (Norton, 37 laps)
06 -Jim Redman (Norton, 37 laps)
07 Geoff Tanner (Norton, 36 laps)
08 Jean-Claude Bargetzi (Norton, 35 laps)
09 Jacques Insermini (Norton, 29 laps)

FL Robin Fitton (Norton, 98.4 km/h)

350cc

01 Peter Ferbrache (AJS, 52mn27s3 – 94.7 km/h)
02 Jim Redman (Norton, 52mn59s9)
03 Paddy Driver (Norton, 53mn55s5)
04 Robin Fitton (AJS, 54mn14s1)
05 Raymond Bogaerdt (Norton, 54mn15s1)
06 Jacques Insermini (Norton, -1 lap)
07 Jean-Pierre Bayle (Norton, -2 laps)
08 Rudolf Gläser (Norton, -2 laps)
09 Geoff Tanner (Norton, -2 laps)
10 Paul Dromberg (Norton, -3 laps)

FL Peter Ferbrache (AJS)

Sidecars 500cc

01 Helmut Fath | Alfred Wohlgemuth (BMW, 48mn23s9 – 85.5 km/h)
02 Max Deubel | Horst Höhler (BMW, 48mn57s2)
03 Arsenius Butscher| Alfred Schmidt (BMW, 49mn55s0)
04 Alwin Ritter | Emil Hörner (BMW, 49mn55s2)
05 Claude Lambert | X (BMW, -1 lap)
06 Otto Kölle | X (BMW, -3 laps)
07 Moulin | X (Norton, -3 laps)
08 John Tickle | X (Norton, -3 laps)
09 Sauzereau | X (Norton, -3 laps)
10 Marcel Beauvais | X (Norton, -8 laps)

FL Helmut Fath | Alfred Wohlgemuth (BMW, 87.3 km/h)