1933 Monaco Grand Prix

Summary

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

1933 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Date 23 April 1933
Official name V Grand Prix de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.180 km (1.976 miles)
Distance 100 laps, 318.0 km (197.6 miles)
Weather Sunny, warm
Pole position
Driver Bugatti
Time 2:02
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Achille Varzi Bugatti
Time 2:03
Podium
First Bugatti
Second Alfa Romeo
Third Bugatti

The 1933 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 23 April 1933.[1]

This was the first Grand Prix where grid positions were decided by practice time rather than the established method of balloting.[2] Achille Varzi and Tazio Nuvolari exchanged the lead many times during the race and the race was settled in Varzi's favour on the final lap when Nuvolari's car caught fire due to over-revving.[1] Nuvolari was then disqualified due to outside assistance while attempting to push his car to the finish.[2]

Rudolf Caracciola suffered a season-ending accident during practice. He crashed at Tabac due to a brake failure, and suffered serious leg injuries.[3]

Classification edit

Race edit

Pos No Nat Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 10   Achille Varzi Bugatti Bugatti T51 100 3:27:49.4 1
2 26   Baconin Borzacchini Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Monza 100 +2:00.0 3
3 8   René Dreyfus Bugatti Bugatti T51 99 +1 lap 6
DSQ 28   Tazio Nuvolari Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Monza 99 +1 lap 4
4 16   Louis Chiron Scuderia C/C Alfa Romeo Monza 97 +3 laps 2
5 32   Carlo Felice Trossi Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Monza 97 +3 laps 10
6 38   Goffredo Zehender Raymond Sommer Maserati 8CM 94 +6 laps 11
7 12   William Grover-Williams Bugatti Bugatti T51 90 +10 laps 14
8 24   László Hartmann Private entry Bugatti T35B 86 +14 laps 18
Ret 14   Benoît Falchetto Private entry Bugatti T51 84 Rear axle 12
Ret 18   Philippe Étancelin Private entry Alfa Romeo Monza 69 Driveshaft 5
Ret 34   Luigi Fagioli Private entry Maserati 8C 3000 61 Carburetor 7
Ret 6   Earl Howe Private entry Bugatti T51 48 Rear axle 13
Ret 22   Jean-Pierre Wimille Private entry Alfa Romeo Monza 28 Brakes 8
Ret 20   Marcel Lehoux Private entry Bugatti T51 25 Transmission 9
Ret 36   Raymond Sommer Raymond Sommer Maserati 8CM 19 Con rod 17
Ret 4   Henry Birkin Bernard Rubin Alfa Romeo Monza 17 Differential 15
Ret 30   Eugenio Siena Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Monza 7 Clutch 16

Starting grid positions edit

1st Row 1 Pos. 2 Pos. 3 Pos.
 
Varzi
Bugatti
2:02
 
Chiron
Alfa Romeo
2:03
 
Borzacchini
Alfa Romeo
2:03
2nd Row 1 Pos. 2 Pos. 3 Pos.
 
Nuvolari
Alfa Romeo
2:04
 
Étancelin
Alfa Romeo
2:04
 
Dreyfus
Bugatti
2:05
3rd Row 1 Pos. 2 Pos. 3 Pos.
 
Fagioli
Maserati
2:06
 
Wimille
Alfa Romeo
2:06
 
Lehoux
Bugatti
2:07
4th Row 1 Pos. 2 Pos. 3 Pos.
 
Trossi
Alfa Romeo
2:08
 
Zehender
Maserati
2:08
 
Falchetto
Bugatti
2:09
5th Row 1 Pos. 2 Pos. 3 Pos.
 
Howe
Bugatti
2:09
 
Grover-Williams
Bugatti
2:11
 
Birkin
Alfa Romeo
2:11
6th Row 1 Pos. 2 Pos. 3 Pos.
 
Siena
Alfa Romeo
no time
 
Sommer
Maserati
no time
 
Hartmann
Bugatti
no time

References edit

  1. ^ a b "An Historic Monaco Grand Prix". Motor Sport Magazine. May 1933. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  2. ^ a b "The 5th Grand Prix De Monaco". Motor Sport Magazine. June 1933. p. 26. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  3. ^ "8W - Who? - Rudi Caracciola". 8w.forix.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.

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