1931 Italian Grand Prix
The 1931 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza between 24 May 1931 and 28 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. This is the longest race in history, lasting 100 hours and covering nearly 9,700 miles over 1,550 laps. [1]
| 1931 Italian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 3 in the 1931 European Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 24 May-28 May 1931 | ||
| Official name | IX Gran Premio d'Italia | ||
| Location |
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 10.00 km (6.21 miles) | ||
| Distance | 1,550 laps, 15,550.3 km (9,631.4 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Drivers |
| Delage | |
| Grid positions set by ballot | |||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Giuseppe Campari | Alfa Romeo | |
| Time | 3:32.8 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Second | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Third |
| Bugatti | |
Entries
- ^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.[1]
Starting grid
Grid positions were allocated by drawing lots.[1]
| First row | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
 Sénéchal FrètetDelage |
Wimille Gaupillat Bugatti |
Campari Marinoni Alfa Romeo | ||
| Second row | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Minoia Zehender Alfa Romeo |
Lehoux Étancelin Bugatti |
 Ivanowski StoffelMercedes-Benz | ||
| Third row | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Nuvolari Borzacchini Alfa Romeo |
di Vecchio Ferrari Talbot |
Divo Bouriat Bugatti | ||
| Fourth row | ||||
| 10 | 11 | |||
| Caniato Tadini Alfa Romeo |
Varzi ChironBugatti | |||
| Fifth row | ||||
| 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Ruggeri Balestrero Talbot |
Klinger Ghersi Maserati |
Pirola Lurani Alfa Romeo | ||
Classification
Start of the race
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Distance (km) | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | Giuseppe Campari |
Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 | 1550 | 100:00:00.3 | 15570.00 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Tino Bianchi |
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| Sources:[1] | ||||||||
Notes:
- The race was limited to one hundred hours. Each driver was allowed to complete a lap begun before the one-hundred hour cutoff (and retain the fraction of the lap already completed), provided that the lap took no more than five minutes.[1]
References
- Etzrodt, Hans. "Campari and Nuvolari win at Monza with the new 2300 Alfa Romeo". kolumbus.fi. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
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