Algerian Grand Prix
| Staouéli street circuit (1928-'30, 1937) Bir El Djir street circuit (1930, 1932) Bouzaréah street circuit (1934) |
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| Number of times held | 7 |
| First held | 1928 |
| Last held | 1937 |
| Most wins (drivers) |  Jean-Pierre Wimille (3) |
| Most wins (constructors) | Bugatti (7) |
| Circuit length | 1.90 km (1.18 mi) |
| Last race (1937) | |
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The Algerian Grand Prix or Grand Prix d'Alger was a motor race held in the 1920s and 1930s at several coastal road courses in the department of French Algeria.
The success of the Italian organised Tripoli Grand Prix and the increasing popularity of the Moroccan Grand Prix in the French protectorate in Morocco (both began in 1925) saw motor racing bloom across French North Africa. Alongside the neighbouring Tunis Grand Prix, the Algerian Grand Prix was first held in the spring of 1928. A road course was chosen in Staouéli, west of the capital Algiers. The race was held on May 6 made up of a small grid made up mostly of Grand Prix Bugattis and Amilcar cyclecars. Local racing driver Marcel Lehoux won the 350 km race, lapping the field as the only Grand Prix car to finish in good order with Guy Cloître finishing second in the first of the Amilcars. 1929 brought a remarkably similar result with Lehoux leading Cloître home by 25 minutes. A third consecutive victory though would be denied by fellow Bugatti racer Philippe Étancelin.
The next Algerian Grand Prix was not held until 1934. A new circuit, used just the once, was laid out on the roads of Bouzaréah, in northern Algiers. An end of season event held in the fringes of the European winter, two heat races were combined to give a final result. Against strong opposition from Alfa Romeo and Maserati, Jean-Pierre Wimille won both races with second going in a shared drive to Scuderia Ferrari drivers Antonio Brivio and Louis Chiron in a Alfa Romeo Tipo B.
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