1934 Belgian Grand Prix

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René Dreyfus, winner of the Grand Prix.

The 1934 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the V Grand Prix de Belgique) was a Grand Prix motor race, which was run on 29 July 1934 in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. The race lasted 596.05 km (14.90 km x 40 laps). It was the fifth running of the Belgian Grand Prix.

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Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retire
1	4	René Dreyfus	Bugatti T59	40	4:15:03.8
2	6	Antonio Brivio	Bugatti T59	40	+1:51.0
3	12	Raymond Sommer	Maserati 8CM	40	+1 lap
4	2	Robert Benoist	Bugatti T59	40	+3 laps
5	24	Charles Montier	Montier Speciale-Ford	40	+10 laps
Ret	16	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3	25	Engine
Ret	14	Louis Chiron	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3	20	Crash
DNS	8	Hans Stuck	Auto Union A		Team withdrew
DNS	10	August Momberger	Auto Union A		Team withdrew
DNS	18	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz W25		Team withdrew
DNS	20	Luigi Fagioli	Mercedes-Benz W25		Team withdrew
DNS	22	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz W25		Team withdrew

Fastest Lap: Antonio Brivio (Bugatti T59), 5:45.0

Note: Mercedes and Auto Union teams withdrew when Belgian customs asked the teams to pay BF180,000 duty on their alcohol based fuel.

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^[2] For much more details inclunding Starting Grid

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