1926 Milan Grand Prix

1926 Milan Grand Prix
1926 Milan Grand Prix
Race details
Date	12 September 1926
Official name	Gran Premio Milano
Location	Monza, Italy
Course	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Course length	10.00 km (6.21 miles)
Distance	40 laps, 400 km (248.5 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Henry Segrave;
	Grid positions set by car number
Fastest lap
Driver	Meo Costantini
Time	3:42.2
Podium
First	Meo Costantini;
Second	Jules Goux;
Third	Arturo Farinotti;

The 1926 Milan Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on 12 September 1926. The race was held over 40 laps of the 10 km circuit, for a total race distance of 400 km. The race was won by Bartolomeo Costantini driving a Bugatti.^[1]

As the race was held just one week after the 1926 Italian Grand Prix, also held at Monza, many of the entrants were the same. However, as this race was held to Formula Libre regulations, a much larger entry was attracted. The Bugatti team chose to use their 2-litre 1925 cars as they had at the Spanish Grand Prix earlier in the year.^[1]

Prizes were awarded for outright position, as well as three classes based on engine capacity: Class E for cars up to 2 litres, class F for cars up to 1.5 litres, and class G for cyclecars up to 1.1 litres. A special category was also used for cars over 2 litres.^[1]

Classification

Pos	No	Class	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	19	E	Meo Costantini	Bugatti	40	2h36m18.4
2	18	E	Jules Goux	Bugatti	40	2h47m19.0
3	14	E	Arturo Farinotti	Bugatti	40	2h56m51.0
4	15	E	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	40	2h58m39.0
5	3		Gastone Brilli-Peri	Itala Special	40	2h59m17.0
6	29	F	Ugo Sisto Stefanelli	Bugatti	40	3h0757.4
7	28	F	Roberto Serboli	Chiribiri	40	3h11m45.6
8	36	G	Henny de Joncy	BNC	40	3h16m31.6
9	32	G	Abele Clerici	Salmson	40	3h21m26.6
DNF	27	F	Ernesto Maserati	Maserati	31	Fuel Tank
DNF	25	F	H. Jenter	Chiribiri	29	Crash
DNF	22	E	Supremo Montanari	Bugatti	28	Engine
DNF	31	G	Gubernatis	BNC	17
DNF	12	E	Pierre Clause	Bignan	13
DNF	1		Henry Segrave	Sunbeam	12	Gearbox
DNF	23	F	Emilio Materassi	Maserati	11	Fuel Tank
DNF	11	E	François Eysermann	Bugatti	10	Oil Sump, Bearings
DNF	24	F	Maleterre	Jean Graf	10
DNF	30	F	Achille Varzi	Bugatti	9	Engine Bearing
DNF	33	G	Jean Graf	Jean Graf	6
DNS	26	F	Guido Ciriaci	Fiat		Too slow
DNS	35	G	Gina Colli	Amilcar		Too slow
DNS	38	G	Pina Conti	Amilcar		Too slow
Sources:^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 Etzrodt, Hans. "Meo Costantini with Bugatti wins the Milan Grand Prix". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

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[Etzrodt-1] 1 2 3 4 Etzrodt, Hans. "Meo Costantini with Bugatti wins the Milan Grand Prix". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

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