1933 Nîmes Grand Prix

GP France Nîmes 4 June 1933 Circuit Nimes 1933.svg II Grand Prix automobile de Nîmes Jean Jaurès circuit, Nîmes 2,617 km mi on 80 209,36 km mi on Guy Moll FRA Alfa Romeo not known Philippe Étancelin FRA Alfa Romeo 1:22 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo ITA 1861 Philippe Étancelin FRA Alfa Romeo Guy Moll FRA Alfa Romeo The II Grand Prix de Nîmes was a motor race held on 4 June 1933 at the Jean Jaurès circuit in Nîmes. The race was held over 80 laps and was won by Tazio Nuvolari. Report The race featured eight competitors and was a battle between Alfa Romeo and Bugatti machines. Starting from the back, Nuvolari worked his way to the lead by lap 3, Le Deuxieme Grand Prix De Nimes https://www.retronews.fr/journal/la-depeche-toulouse/5-juin-1933/2549/3982155/4?from=%2Fsearch%23allTerms%3Dnuvolari%26sort%3Dscore%26publishedStart%3D1933-06-01%26publishedEnd%3D1933-06-07%26publishedBounds%3Dfrom%26indexedBounds%3Dfrom%26page%3D1%26searchIn%3Dall%26total%3D73&index=2 Le Depeche (Toulouse) 4 June 5, 1933 French followed by Lehoux, Etancelin and Moll. On lap 10, Etancelin, who had been closesly following Nuvolari took the lead, with Lehoux and Falchetto retiring early on due to technical issues. Etancelin and Nuvolari battle for the lead, trading position a number of times with Etancelin setting the lap record of 1min 22sec. By lap 20 the gap between them is only one second, while Moll in third place has dropped more than one minute behind the leaders. On lap 22, Nuvolari definitively takes the lead back from Etancelin after the latter made a mistake and went off-track, falling 15 seconds back, with Nuvolari winning the race almost a minute ahead of Etancelin, with Alfa Romeo taking the top 4 positions. Tazio Nuvolari trionfa nel Gran Premio di Nimes http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,4/articleid,1143_01_1933_0132A_0004_24394739/anews,true/ La Stampa 4 June 5, 1933 Italian thumb|Nîmes Grand Prix 1933, with winner Nuvolari in the 22. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Vehicle 1 8 FRA Guy Moll Alfa Romeo 8C "Monza" 2 14 FRA Marcel Lehoux Bugatti T51 3 2 FRA Philippe Étancelin Alfa Romeo 8C "Monza" 4 16 FRA Benoit Falchetto Bugatti T51 5 6 SUI Louis Braillard Bugatti T51 6 24 FRA Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Romeo 8C "Monza" 7 12 FRA Raymond Sommer Alfa Romeo 8C "Monza" 8 22 ITA 1861 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo 8C "Monza" Source: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1933-nimes-grand-prix/ 1933 Nimes Grand Prix Motorsport Magazine February 11, 2025 Race Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 22 ITA 1861 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo 8C "Monza" 80 1hr 52min 20.6sec 8 2 2 FRA Philippe Étancelin Alfa Romeo 8C "Monza" 80 1hr 53min 19.4sec 3 3 8 FRA Guy Moll Alfa Romeo 8C "Monza" 79 + 1 lap 1 4 12 FRA Raymond Sommer Alfa Romeo 8C "Monza" 78 + 2 laps 7 5 6 SUI Louis Braillard Bugatti T51 77 + 3 laps 5 Ret 14 FRA Marcel Lehoux Bugatti T51 6 Overheating 2 Ret 16 FRA Benoit Falchetto Bugatti T51 3 Throttle 4 Ret 24 FRA Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Romeo 8C "Monza" 0 Supercharger 6 Source: Notes and references Nîmes Grand Prix 1932 Nîmes Grand Prix 1933 1947 Nîmes Grand Prix France Sports Nîmes Grand Prix Nîmes Grand Prix Nîmes Grand Prix