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1932 Tunis Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 3 April 1932 | ||
Official name | IV Grand Prix de Tunisie | ||
Location | Carthage Street Circuit Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia | ||
Course | Street circuit | ||
Course length | 12.714 km (7.9 miles) | ||
Distance | 37 laps, 470.4 km (292.3 miles) | ||
Weather | Warm, sunshine | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Bugatti | ||
Grid positions set by car number | |||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Louis Chiron | Bugatti | |
Time | 5:03 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Bugatti | ||
Second | Bugatti | ||
Third | Alfa Romeo |
The 1932 Tunis Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Carthage Street Circuit in Tunis, the capital of colonial Tunisia, on 17 April 1932. Achille Varzi, in a privateer Bugatti, won the 37-lap race ahead of fellow Bugatti driver Marcel Lehoux, with Philippe Étancelin, in an Alfa Romeo, claiming third position. The leading drivers in the voiturette class were Louis Joly, Pierre Veyron and Luigi Castelbarco. [1]
No | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine |
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2 | Marcel Lehoux | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T54 | 5.0 L8 |
4 | Jean-Pierre Wimille | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T54 | 5.0 L8 |
6 | Luigi Fagioli | Officine A. Maserati | Maserati | Maserati 8C 2800 | 2.8 L8 |
8 | René Dreyfus | Officine A. Maserati | Maserati | Maserati 8C 2800 | 2.8 L8 |
10 | Philippe Étancelin | Private entry | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo Monza | 2.3 L8 |
12 | Stanisłas Czaykowski | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 2.3 L8 |
14 | Jean de Maleplane | Private entry | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 2.5 L8 |
16 | Eugenio Siena | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo Monza | 2.3 L8 |
18 | Achille Varzi | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 2.3 L8 |
20 | Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T54 | 5.0 L8 |
22 | Louis Chiron | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 2.3 L8 |
24 | Jean Gaupillat | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T51 | 2.3 L8 |
26 | Charly Jellen | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T35B | 2.3 L8 |
28 | Clemente Biondetti | Private entry | MB-Speciale | MB-Speciale | 2.5 L8 |
30 | Luigi Castelbarco | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T51A | 1.5 L8 |
32 | Rudolf Eberhardt | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T37A | 1.5 L4 |
34 | Jean Gallay | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T37A | 1.5 L4 |
36 | Mme Anne Rose-Itier | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T37A | 1.5 L4 |
38 | Pierre Veyron | Private entry | Maserati | Maserati 26 | 1.5 L8 |
40 | Claude Ozannat | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T37A | 1.5 L4 |
42 | Jean d'Hiercourt | Private entry | Maserati | Maserati 26C | 1.1 L8 |
44 | Louis Joly | Private entry | Maserati in motorsport | Maserati 26 | 1.5 L8 |
46 | Marguerite Mareuse | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T37A | 1.5 L4 |
48 | José Scaron | Private entry | Amilcar | Amilcar MCO | 1.1 L6 |
Grid positions were allocated in numerical order. [1]
Starting grid — 1932 Tunis Grand Prix | ||
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Lehoux Bugatti | ||
Wimille Bugatti | ||
Fagioli Maserati | ||
Dreyfus Maserati | ||
Étancelin Alfa Romeo | ||
Czaykowski Bugatti | ||
de Maleplane Maserati | ||
Siena Alfa Romeo | ||
Varzi Bugatti | ||
von Morgen Bugatti | ||
Chiron Bugatti | ||
Gaupillat Bugatti | ||
Eberhardt Bugatti | ||
Gallay Bugatti | ||
Castelbarco Bugatti | ||
Rose-Itier Bugatti | ||
Veyron Maserati | ||
Ozannat Bugatti | ||
Joly Maserati | ||
Mareuse Bugatti | ||
Scaron Amilcar | ||
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
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1 | 18 | Achille Varzi | Bugatti T51 | 37 | 3:14:18 | 9 |
2 | 2 | Marcel Lehoux | Bugatti T54 | 37 | +2:56 | 1 |
3 | 10 | Philippe Étancelin | Alfa Romeo Monza | 37 | +4:07 | 5 |
4 | 16 | Eugenio Siena | Alfa Romeo Monza | 37 | +5:40 | 8 |
5 | 12 | Stanisłas Czaykowski | Bugatti T51 | 37 | +7:00 | 6 |
6 | 22 | Louis Chiron | Bugatti T51 | 37 | +10:24 | 11 |
7 | 8 | René Dreyfus | Maserati 8C 2800 | 37 | +13:31 | 4 |
8 | 14 | Jean de Maleplane | Maserati 26M | 37 | +18:37 | 7 |
9 | 44 | Louis Joly | Maserati 26 | 37 | +20:14 | 19 |
10 | 38 | Pierre Veyron | Maserati 26 | 37 | +22:57 | 17 |
11 | 30 | Luigi Castelbarco | Bugatti T51A | 37 | +24:38 | 15 |
12 | 48 | José Scaron | Amilcar MCO | 37 | +30:52 | 21 |
13 | 36 | Mme Anne Rose-Itier | Bugatti T37A | 35 | +2 laps | 16 |
14 | 46 | Marguerite Mareuse | Bugatti T37A | 34 | +3 laps | 20 |
Ret | 32 | Rudolf Eberhardt | Bugatti T37A | 27 | Brakes | 13 |
Ret | 6 | Luigi Fagioli | Maserati 8C 2800 | 15 | Supercharger | 3 |
Ret | 40 | Claude Ozannat | Bugatti T37A | 15 | ? | 18 |
Ret | 4 | Jean-Pierre Wimille | Bugatti T54 | 15 | Oil pressure, brakes | 2 |
Ret | 20 | Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen | Bugatti T54 | 11 | Brakes | 10 |
Ret | 34 | Jean Gallay | Bugatti T37A | 11 | Overheating | 14 |
Ret | 24 | Jean Gaupillat | Bugatti T51 | ? | ? | 12 |
DNA | 26 | Charly Jellen | Bugatti T35B | Did not arrive | ||
DNA | 28 | Clemente Biondetti | MB-Speciale | Did not arrive | ||
DNA | 42 | Jean d'Hiercourt | Maserati 26C | Did not arrive | ||
Sources: [1] | ||||||
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