1934 Italian Grand Prix

1934 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Date	9 September 1934
Official name	XII Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.31 km (2.678 mi)
Distance	116 laps, 499.960 km (310.669 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver	Hans Stuck[1]	Auto Union
Time	2:13.6
Podium
First	Rudolf Caracciola Luigi Fagioli	Mercedes-Benz
Second	Hans Stuck	Auto Union
Third	Carlo Felice Trossi Gianfranco Comotti	Alfa Romeo

The starting grid

The 1934 Italian Grand Prix (formally the XII Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Grand Prix motor race, which was run on 9 September 1934 in Monza, Italy. The race lasted 499.96 km (4.310 x 116 laps). It was the 12th running of the Italian Grand Prix.

After the fatal accidents of the previous year, it was decided to hold the race in a different configuration, using the main straight (in both directions, linked by a very tight hairpin just before the finish line), the southern corner of the oval, the southern corner of the road circuit and two double chicanes; it was the slowest configuration ever used in Monza.

Starting Grid (3x2)[]

Grid	No	Driver	Car
1	2	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz W25
2	4	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3
3	6	Antonio Brivio	Bugatti T59
4	8	Tazio Nuvolari	Maserati Tipo 34
5	10	Hans Stuck	Auto Union A
6	12	Luigi Fagioli	Mercedes-Benz W25
7	14	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3
8	16	Earl Howe	Bugatti T51
9	18	Goffredo Zehender	Maserati 8CM
10	20	August Momberger	Auto Union A
11	22	Ernst Henne	Mercedes-Benz W25
12	24	Louis Chiron	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3
13	26	Whitney Straight	Maserati 8CM
14	28	Hermann zu Leiningen	Auto Union A
15	30	Gianfranco Comotti	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3
16	32	Hans Ruesch	Maserati 8CM

Classifications[]

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retire
1 SHR	2	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz W25	116	4h45m47s
1 SHR	2	Luigi Fagioli	Mercedes-Benz W25	116	4h45m47s
2 SHR	10	Hans Stuck	Auto Union A	115	+1 lap 4h47m25.2s
2 SHR	10	Hermann zu Leiningen	Auto Union A	115	+1 lap 4h47m25.2s
3 SHR	14	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	114	+2 laps 4h45m49.4s
3 SHR	14	Gianfranco Comotti	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	114	+2 laps 4h45m49.4s
4	24	Louis Chiron	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	113	+3 laps 4h45m49.2s
5	8	Tazio Nuvolari	Maserati 6C34	113	+3 laps 4h46m46.4s
6 SHR	30	Gianfranco Comotti	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	113	+3 laps 4h47m27.8s
6 SHR	30	Attilio Marinoni	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	113	+3 laps 4h47m27.8s
7 SHR	20	August Momberger	Auto Union A	112	+4 laps 4h47m27.2s
7 SHR	20	Wilhelm Sebastian	Auto Union A	112	+4 laps 4h47m27.2s
8	26	Whitney Straight	Maserati 8CM	112	+4 laps 4h47m27.6s
DSQ	32	Hans Ruesch	Maserati 8CM	105	+11 laps Outside assistance
9	16	Earl Howe	Bugatti T51	104	+12 laps 4h48m28.6s
Ret SHR	4	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	97	Gearbox
Ret SHR	4	Mario Tadini	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	97	Gearbox
Ret	18	Goffredo Zehender	Maserati 8CM	54	Brakes
Ret	28	Hermann zu Leiningen	Auto Union A	54	Out of fuel
Ret	12	Luigi Fagioli	Mercedes-Benz W25	13	Supercharger
Ret	22	Ernst Henne	Mercedes-Benz W25	2	Overheating/Supercharger?
DNS	6	Antonio Brivio	Bugatti T59	0	Supercharger

Fastest Lap: Hans Stuck (Auto Union A), 2'13.6", on lap 5

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