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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

Race

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

Starting grid positions

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

References

  1. 1 2 "An Historic Monaco Grand Prix". Motor Sport Magazine. May 1933. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  2. 1 2 "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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