1931 Italian Grand Prix
1931 Italian Grand Prix | |||
---|---|---|---|
Race 1 of 3 in the 1931 European Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 24 May 1931 | ||
Official name | IX Gran Premio d'Italia | ||
Location |
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 10.00 km (6.21 mi) | ||
Distance | 155 laps, 1550.03 km (963.14 mi) | ||
Pole position | |||
Drivers | Delage | ||
Grid positions set by ballot | |||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Giuseppe Campari | Alfa Romeo | |
Time | 3:32.8 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Alfa Romeo | ||
Second | Alfa Romeo | ||
Third | Bugatti |
The 1931 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on 24 May 1931. The race was the first of three Grands Prix that were part of the inaugural European Championship. The Alfa Romeo works team pairing of Giuseppe Campari and Tazio Nuvolari won the race, ahead of their teammates Ferdinando Minoia and Baconin Borzacchini in second, while third place went to the works Bugattis of Albert Divo and Guy Bouriat.[1]
Entries[]
No | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | ? | Officine A. Maserati | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 2.5 L8 |
4 | ? | Officine A. Maserati | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 2.5 L8 |
6 | ? | Officine A. Maserati | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 2.5 L8 |
8 | Umberto Klinger Pietro Ghersi |
U. Klinger | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 2.5 L8 |
10 | Carlo Pedrazzini | C. Pedrazzini | Maserati | Maserati 26B | 2.0 L8 |
12 | Achille Varzi Louis Chiron |
Automobiles Ettore Bugatti | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 2.3 L8 |
14 | Albert Divo Guy Bouriat |
Automobiles Ettore Bugatti | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 2.3 L8 |
16 | Marcel Lehoux Philippe Étancelin |
M. Lehoux | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 2.3 L8 |
18 | Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean Gaupillat |
J.-P. Wimille | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 2.3 L8 |
20 | Robert Sénéchal Henri Frètet |
R. Sénéchal | Delage | Delage 15S8 | 1.5 L8 |
22 | Boris Ivanowski Henri Stoffel |
B. Ivanowski | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SSK | 7.1 L6 |
24 | Antonio Maino Gildo Strazza |
A. Maino | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SSK | 7.1 L6 |
26 | Giuseppe Campari Attilio Marinoni1 |
SA Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 | 2.3 L8 |
28 | Tazio Nuvolari Baconin Borzacchini |
SA Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo Type A | 2x 3.5 L6 |
30 | Ferdinando Minoia Goffredo Zehender |
SA Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 | 2.3 L8 |
32 | Francesco Pirola Giovanni Lurani |
F. Pirola | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 6C-1500 | 1.5 L6 |
34 | Guglielmo Lettieri | G. Lettieri | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 | 1.7 L6 |
36 | Luigi Castelbarco Tino Bianchi |
L. Castelbarco | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 2.5 L8 |
38 | Amedeo Ruggeri Renato Balestrero |
A. Ruggeri | Talbot | Talbot 700 | 1.7 L8 |
40 | Carlo di Vecchio Gerolamo Ferrari |
C. di Vecchio | Talbot | Talbot 700 | 1.5 L8 |
42 | ? | ? | Talbot | ? | ? |
44 | Angelo Facchetti ? |
A. Fachetti | Itala | ? | ? |
46 | ? | ? | Bugatti | ? | ? |
48 | Villa Gerardo Tornelli |
Villa | Bugatti | ? | ? |
50 | Alfredo Caniato Mario Tadini |
A. Caniato | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 | 1.8 L8 |
- ^1 — Luigi Arcangeli was originally designated as Campari's co-driver in car #26, but he was replaced by Marinoni after he was killed during practice.[1]
Starting grid[]
Grid positions were allocated by drawing lots.[1]
First row | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Sénéchal Frètet Delage |
Wimille Gaupillat Bugatti |
Campari Marinoni Alfa Romeo | ||
Second row | ||||
4 | 5 | 6 | ||
Minoia Zehender Alfa Romeo |
Lehoux Étancelin Bugatti |
Ivanowski Stoffel Mercedes-Benz | ||
Third row | ||||
7 | 8 | 9 | ||
Nuvolari Borzacchini Alfa Romeo |
di Vecchio Ferrari Talbot |
Divo Bouriat Bugatti | ||
Fourth row | ||||
10 | 11 | |||
Caniato Tadini Alfa Romeo |
Varzi Chiron Bugatti | |||
Fifth row | ||||
12 | 13 | 14 | ||
Ruggeri Balestrero Talbot |
Klinger Ghersi Maserati |
Pirola Lurani Alfa Romeo |
Classification[]
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Distance (km) | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 26 | Giuseppe Campari | Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 | 155 | 10:00:0.7 | 1557.754 | 3 | 1 |
Tazio Nuvolari | n/a2 | |||||||
2 | 30 | Ferdinando Minoia | Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 | 153 | +2 laps | 1535.087 | 4 | 2 |
Baconin Borzacchini | n/a2 | |||||||
3 | 14 | Albert Divo | Bugatti T51 | 152 | +3 laps | 1525.319 | 9 | 3 |
3 | ||||||||
4 | 18 | Jean-Pierre Wimille | Bugatti T51 | 138 | +17 laps | 1386.082 | 2 | 4 |
4 | ||||||||
5 | 22 | Boris Ivanowski | Mercedes-Benz SSK | 134 | +21 laps | 1343.255 | 6 | 4 |
4 | ||||||||
6 | 32 | Alfa Romeo 6C-1500 | 129 | +26 laps | 1290.243 | 14 | 4 | |
Giovanni Lurani | 4 | |||||||
7 | 38 | Talbot 700 | 129 | +26 laps | 1290.0003 | 12 | 4 | |
Renato Balestrero | 4 | |||||||
8 | 8 | Maserati 26M | 114 | +41 laps | 1140.000 | 13 | 5 | |
Pietro Ghersi | 5 | |||||||
Ret | 40 | Talbot 700 | 87 | +68 laps | 870.000 | 8 | 5 | |
5 | ||||||||
NC4 | 20 | Robert Sénéchal | Delage 15S8 | 81 | +74 Laps | 809.977 | 1 | 5 |
5 | ||||||||
Ret | 16 | Marcel Lehoux | Bugatti T51 | 49 | Con-rod | 490.000 | 5 | 6 |
Philippe Étancelin | 6 | |||||||
Ret | 12 | Achille Varzi | Bugatti T51 | 44 | Differential | 440.000 | 11 | 6 |
Louis Chiron | 6 | |||||||
Ret | 28 | Tazio Nuvolari | Alfa Romeo Type A | 31 | Mechanical | 310.000 | 7 | 7 |
Baconin Borzacchini | 7 | |||||||
Ret | 50 | Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 | 14 | 140.000 | 10 | 7 | ||
7 | ||||||||
DNS | 24 | Mercedes-Benz SSK | Did not start | 8 | ||||
8 | ||||||||
DNS | 36 | Maserati 26M | Did not start | 8 | ||||
8 | ||||||||
Sources:[1] |
- ^2 — Nuvolari and Borzacchini did not receive the points for first and second place, respectively, because they were not driving in their designated cars. The seven points apiece that they received were for driving car #28, which completed less than a quarter of the race distance. Attilio Marinoni and Goffredo Zehender, who had been designated to drive cars #26 and #30, respectively, both received eight points, since they did not take part in the race.[1]
- ^3 — Ruggeri and Balestrero were initially credited with 1290.534 km, putting them in sixth place. However, their final lap took more than five minutes to complete, so the fraction of the lap completed prior to the ten-hour mark was eliminated, demoting the pair to seventh, and promoting Pirola and Lurani to sixth.[1]
- ^4 — Sénéchal and Frètet were not classified because they failed to complete at least three-fifths of the number of laps achieved by the race winner.[1]
Notes:
- The race was limited to ten hours. Each driver was allowed to complete a lap begun before the ten-hour cutoff (and retain the fraction of the lap already completed), provided that the lap took no more than five minutes.[1]
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1931 Italian Grand Prix. |
Categories:
- Italian Grand Prix
- 1931 in Grand Prix racing
- 1931 in Italian motorsport