1931 Italian Grand Prix

EC Italian 24 May 1931 IX Gran Premio d'Italia Italy 1861 1 3 Autodromo Nazionale di MonzaMonza, Italy 6.21 10.00 155 963.14 1550.03 Circuit Monza 1922.svg Robert Sénéchal Delage France Henri Frètet France True Giuseppe Campari Alfa Romeo 3:32.8 Italy 1861 Giuseppe Campari Alfa Romeo Italy 1861 Tazio Nuvolari Italy 1861 Ferdinando Minoia Alfa Romeo Italy 1861 Baconin Borzacchini Italy 1861 Albert Divo Bugatti France Guy Bouriat France 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.http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp3104.htm#16 Campari and Nuvolari win at Monza with the new 2300 Alfa Romeo kolumbus.fi Hans Etzrodt 25 November 2013 21 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190321231415/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp3104.htm#16 dead 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 ITA 1861 Umberto KlingerITA 1861 Pietro Ghersi U. Klinger Maserati Maserati 26M 2.5 L8 10 CHE Carlo Pedrazzini C. Pedrazzini Maserati Maserati 26B 2.0 L8 12 ITA 1861 Achille VarziMCO Louis Chiron Automobiles Ettore Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti T51 2.3 L8 14 FRA Albert DivoFRA Guy Bouriat Automobiles Ettore Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti T51 2.3 L8 16 FRA Marcel LehouxFRA Philippe Étancelin M. Lehoux Bugatti Bugatti T51 2.3 L8 18 FRA Jean-Pierre WimilleFRA Jean Gaupillat J.-P. Wimille Bugatti Bugatti T51 2.3 L8 20 FRA Robert SénéchalFRA Henri Frètet R. Sénéchal Delage Delage 15S8 1.5 L8 22 RUS Boris IvanowskiFRA Henri Stoffel B. Ivanowski Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SSK 7.1 L6 24 ITA 1861 Antonio MainoITA 1861 Gildo Strazza A. Maino Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SSK 7.1 L6 26 ITA 1861 Giuseppe CampariITA 1861 Attilio Marinoni1 1 SA Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 2.3 L8 28 ITA 1861 Tazio NuvolariITA 1861 Baconin Borzacchini SA Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Type A 2x 3.5 L6 30 ITA 1861 Ferdinando MinoiaITA 1861 Goffredo Zehender SA Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 2.3 L8 32 ITA 1861 Francesco PirolaITA 1861 Giovanni Lurani F. Pirola Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 6C-1500 1.5 L6 34 ITA 1861 Guglielmo Lettieri G. Lettieri Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 1.7 L6 36 ITA 1861 Luigi CastelbarcoITA 1861 Tino Bianchi L. Castelbarco Maserati Maserati 26M 2.5 L8 38 ITA 1861 Amedeo RuggeriITA 1861 Renato Balestrero A. Ruggeri Talbot Talbot 700 1.7 L8 40 ITA 1861 Carlo di VecchioITA 1861 Gerolamo Ferrari C. di Vecchio Talbot Talbot 700 1.5 L8 42 ? ? Talbot ? ? 44 ITA 1861 Angelo Facchetti ? A. Fachetti Itala ? ? 46 ? ? Bugatti ? ? 48 Villa Gerardo Tornelli Villa Bugatti ? ? 50 ITA 1861 Alfredo CaniatoITA 1861 Mario Tadini A. Caniato Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 1.8 L8 1 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. Starting grid Grid positions were allocated by drawing lots. First row 1 2 3 FRA SénéchalFRA FrètetDelage FRA WimilleFRA GaupillatBugatti ITA 1861 CampariITA 1861 MarinoniAlfa Romeo Second row 4 5 6 ITA 1861 MinoiaITA 1861 ZehenderAlfa Romeo FRA LehouxFRA ÉtancelinBugatti RUS IvanowskiFRA StoffelMercedes-Benz Third row 7 8 9 ITA 1861 NuvolariITA 1861 BorzacchiniAlfa Romeo ITA 1861 di VecchioITA 1861 FerrariTalbot FRA DivoFRA BouriatBugatti Fourth row 10 11 ITA 1861 CaniatoITA 1861 TadiniAlfa Romeo ITA 1861 VarziMCO ChironBugatti Fifth row 12 13 14 ITA 1861 RuggeriITA 1861 BalestreroTalbot ITA 1861 KlingerITA 1861 GhersiMaserati ITA 1861 PirolaITA 1861 LuraniAlfa Romeo Classification thumb|Start of the race thumb|Giuseppe Campari PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/RetiredDistance (km)GridPoints126 ITA 1861 Giuseppe CampariAlfa Romeo 8C-230015510:00:0.71557.7543 1 ITA 1861 Tazio Nuvolari n/a2 2230 ITA 1861 Ferdinando MinoiaAlfa Romeo 8C-2300153+2 laps1535.0874 2 ITA 1861 Baconin Borzacchini n/a2 2314 FRA Albert DivoBugatti T51152+3 laps1525.3199 3 FRA Guy Bouriat 3418 FRA Jean-Pierre WimilleBugatti T51138+17 laps1386.0822 4 FRA Jean Gaupillat 4522 RUS Boris IvanowskiMercedes-Benz SSK134+21 laps1343.2556 4 FRA Henri Stoffel 4632 ITA 1861 Francesco PirolaAlfa Romeo 6C-1500129+26 laps1290.24314 4 ITA 1861 Giovanni Lurani 4738 ITA 1861 Amedeo RuggeriTalbot 700129+26 laps1290.0003 312 4 ITA 1861 Renato Balestrero 488 ITA 1861 Umberto KlingerMaserati 26M114+41 laps1140.00013 5 ITA 1861 Pietro Ghersi 5Ret40 ITA 1861 Carlo di VecchioTalbot 70087+68 laps870.0008 5 ITA 1861 Gerolamo Ferrari 5 NC4 4 20 FRA Robert Sénéchal Delage 15S8 81 +74 Laps 809.977 1 5 FRA Henri Frètet 5Ret16 FRA Marcel LehouxBugatti T5149Con-rod490.0005 6 FRA Philippe Étancelin 6Ret12 ITA 1861 Achille VarziBugatti T5144Differential440.00011 6 MCO Louis Chiron 6Ret28 ITA 1861 Tazio NuvolariAlfa Romeo Type A31Mechanical310.0007 7 ITA 1861 Baconin Borzacchini 7Ret50 ITA 1861 Alfredo CaniatoAlfa Romeo 6C 175014140.00010 7 ITA 1861 Mario Tadini 7DNS24 ITA 1861 Antonio MainoMercedes-Benz SSKDid not start 8 ITA 1861 Gildo Strazza 8DNS36 ITA 1861 Luigi CastelbarcoMaserati 26MDid not start 8 ITA 1861 Tino Bianchi 8 Sources: 2 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. 3 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. 4 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. 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. 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