1937 San Remo Grand Prix

1937 San Remo Grand Prix
1937 San Remo Grand Prix
Race details
Date	25 July 1937
Official name	I Gran Premio di San Remo
Location	San Remo, Liguria, Italy
Course
Course length	1.862 km (1.157 mi)
Distance	30 (25-Heat) laps, 55.86 km (34.71 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Achille Varzi;
Time	1:07.7
Fastest lap
Driver	Achille Varzi
Time	1:07.0 on lap 4
Podium
First	Achille Varzi;
Second	Piero Dusio;
Third	;

The first San Remo Grand Prix was a non-championship event, held on July 25, 1937, for 1500 cc Voiturette class Grand Prix cars^[1] and ran counter clockwise on a 1.862 km (1.157 m.) street circuit in the town of San Remo, known as the San Remo Circuit (Circuito di San Remo, official name: Circuita Stracittadino di San Remo)

The race was run in three 25 lap heats, the 2 best of each heat qualifying for the 30 lap (55.860 km.) final, which was won in 34'39" min. by Achille Varzi driving a Maserati 4CM, averaging 96.7 km/h.^[2]^[3]

Heat 1[]

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	Piero Dusio	Maserati	25	30:29.4	1
2	10	Emilio Villoresi	Maserati	25	+ 1'31.6	3
3	8	Luigi Villa	Bugatti T51	20	+ 5 Laps	4
4	4		Maserati	18	+ 7 Laps	2

Heat 2[]

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	16	Achille Varzi	Maserati	25	29:06.0	2
2	22		Maserati	24	+ 1 Lap	4
3	20		Maserati	24	+ 1 Lap	5
DNF	18	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	15	Crash Damage	1
DNF	14	Aldo Marazza	Maserati	5	Ignition	3

Heat 3[]

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	32		Maserati	25	29'36.0	4
2	26	Giovanni Lurani	Maserati	25	+ 1'55.0	1
DNF	34		Maserati	21	+ 4 Laps (crash)	5
DNF	28		MB^[4]	21	+ 4 Lap (crash)	2
DNF	30	Luigi Rovere	Maserati	21	+ 4 Laps (supercharger)	3

Final Classification[]

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	16	Achille Varzi	Maserati	30	34'39.3	1
2	2	Piero Dusio	Maserati	30	+ 46.9	3
3	32		Maserati	30	+ 51.7	2
4	22		Maserati	29	+ 1 Lap	4
DNF	26	Giovanni Lurani	Maserati	19	+ 11 Laps	5
DNF	10	Emilio Villoresi	Maserati	28	+ 2 Laps	6

References[]

^ "The Golden Era - Introduction (§ Voiturette racing)". Leif Snellman. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
^ "1937 San Remo Grand Prix (Race Results)". Leif Snellman. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
^ "1937 San Remo Grand Prix". marinadiospedaletti.it. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
^ "Sergio Carnevalli - Maserati/Bugatti". Leif Snellman. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

External links[]

San Remo Grand Prix Ospedaletti Circuit blog
1937 San Remo Circuit Grand Prix Golden Years
San Remo Circuits (1937-1951) on Google Maps

Coordinates: 43°48′51.5520″N 7°46′21.5328″E / 43.814320000°N 7.772648000°E / 43.814320000; 7.772648000

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[1] "The Golden Era - Introduction (§ Voiturette racing)". Leif Snellman. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

[2] "1937 San Remo Grand Prix (Race Results)". Leif Snellman. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

[3] "1937 San Remo Grand Prix". marinadiospedaletti.it. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

[4] "Sergio Carnevalli - Maserati/Bugatti". Leif Snellman. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

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