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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
| Type = GP
| Country = Ireland
| Grand Prix = Cork
| Details ref = <ref name="grandprix">{{cite web|last1=Snellman|first1=Leif|last2=Muelas|first2=Felix|title=Cork Grand Prix|url=https://www.goldenera.fi/gp3802.htm#3|website=goldenera.fi|accessdate=24 Dec 2024|archive-date=7 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007071158/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp381.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Cork Grand Prix 1938|url=https://michaelanthonydwyer.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/the-cork-grand-prix-1938/|website=Made by History|first=Michael | last = Dwyer|accessdate=4 February 2016}}</ref>
| Fulldate = {{Start date|1938|4|23|df=yes}}
| Year = 1938
| Image = File:Grand Prix de Cork 1938, G. à D. Prince Bira, Gianfranco Comotti et René Dreyfus en discussion avant le départ.jpg
| Caption = Prince Bira, Gianfranco Comotti and René Dreyfus pictured at the 1938 Cork Grand Prix
| Official name = Cork Grand Prix
| Location = [[Carrigrohane]]
| Course = Road course
| Course_length = {{convert|323.3|km}}
| Distance_laps = 33
| Distance_length= {{convert|9.79|km}}
| Weather = Clear
| Attendance = {{circa|70,000}}<ref name="examiner">{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20218735.html | publisher = Irish Examiner | website = irishexaminer.com | title = Car enthusiasts gear up to retrace Cork grand prix | last = English | first = Eoin | date = 7 January 2013 | accessdate = 31 October 2020 }}</ref>
| Pole_Driver = René Dreyfus
| Pole_Country = France
| Pole_Team = Ecurie Bleue
| Pole_Time =
| Fast_Driver = René Dreyfus
| Fast_Team = Ecurie Bleue
| Fast_Time = {{duration|m=3|s=49}}
| Fast_Lap =
| Fast_Country = France
| First_Driver = René Dreyfus
| First_Country = France
| First_Team = Ecurie Bleue
| Second_Driver = [[Prince Bira]]
| Second_Country = Thailand
| Second_Team = Prince Chula
| Third_Driver = Louis Gerard
| Third_Country = France
| Third_Team = Count Heyden
| Lapchart =
}}

The '''1938 Cork Grand Prix''' was a [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] [[motor race]] held at [[Carrigrohane]] to the west of [[Cork (city)|Cork city]] in Ireland on 23 April 1938. The 200-mile race was run over more than 30 laps of a six-mile circuit. It was won by the French driver [[René Dreyfus]] in a [[Delahaye]] car, with second place going to [[Prince Bira]] in a [[Maserati]].<ref name="irishtimes">{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cork-gears-up-for-gathering-rerun-of-1930s-grand-prix-1.954978 | publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | title = Cork gears up for Gathering rerun of 1930s Grand Prix | last = Roche | first = Barry | date = 7 January 2013 | accessdate = 31 October 2020 }}</ref>

The course ran along the [[Carrigrohane Straight]] to Victoria Cross, turned right towards Dennehy's Cross, from there on to Model Farm Road, and west towards eastern outskirts of Ballincollig.<ref name="irishtimes"/> This back stretch finished at the Poulavone hairpin bend, before passing "Hell Hole Corner", and back onto the Carrigrohane Straight.<ref name="examiner"/> The race was watched by an estimated 70,000 spectators,<ref name="examiner"/> with participants reportedly representing 12 countries.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.corkindependent.com/20110509/news/making-a-cork-motor-derby-1938-S1769.html | publisher = Cork Independent | website = corkindependent.com | title = Making a Cork Motor Derby 1938 | date = 9 May 2011 | accessdate = 31 October 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

A collection of photos, relating to the race, is held in [[University College Cork]] library as the Cork Motor Derby Collection.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Twomey |first=Emer |title=UCC Library: Cork Motor Derby: Home |url=https://libguides.ucc.ie/CorkMotorDerby/home |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=libguides.ucc.ie |language=en}}</ref>

==Classification==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Pos
!No
!Driver
!Team
!Car
!Laps
!Time/Retired
|-
! 1
| 14
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[René Dreyfus]]
| [[Ecurie Bleue]]
| [[Delahaye]] 145
| 33
| 2:09:40
|-
! 2
| 20
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Prince Bira]]
| [[Chula Chakrabongse|Prince Chula of Siam]]
| [[Maserati]] 8CM
| 33
| + 1:50
|-
! 3
| 17
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Louis Gérard]]
| [[Count Heyden]]
| [[Delage]] 3.0L
| 30
| + 3 Laps
|-
! 4
| 7
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kenneth Evans (racing driver)|Kenneth Evans]]
| [[Alfa Corse]]
| [[Alfa Romeo]] Tipo B
| 30
| + 3 Laps
|-
! 5
| 15
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Joseph Paul]]
| [[Count Heyden]]
| [[Delahaye]] 135
| 25
| + 8 Laps
|-
! Ret
| 18
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]]
| [[Bugatti|Automobiles Ettore Bugatti]]
| [[Bugatti]] 59/50B
| 21
| Piston
|-
! Ret
| 12
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Gianfranco Comotti]]
| [[Ecurie Bleue]]
| [[Delahaye]]
| 12
| Oil Leak
|-
! Ret
| 16
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Viale]]
| [[Count Heyden]]
| [[Delahaye]]
| 2
| Clutch
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqi0_NJH5WM "Motor Racing At Cork" (1938) - British Pathé newsreel]

[[Category:Grand Prix race reports]]
[[Category:1938 in Grand Prix racing|Cork Grand Prix]]
[[Category:1938 in Irish sport]]
[[Category:Auto races in Ireland]]
[[Category:History of Cork (city)]]

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1938 Cork Grand Prix - Revision history

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