1934 Monaco Grand Prix

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The 1934 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the VI Grand Prix de Monaco ) was a Grand Prix motor race held on 2 April 1934 at Circuit de Monaco in and out of Monte Carlo. The race comprised 100 laps of a 3.180km circuit, for a total race distance of 318.0km.

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The Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR) had announced on 12 October 1932 that a new Grand Prix formula will go into effect for the 1934 season, and the 1934 Monaco Grand Prix was the first Grand Épreuve event run under the new regulations. Although one of the new rules required the race distance to be over 500 km, Monaco GP was permitted to be run for 100 laps or 318 km, as the time required to complete 100 laps at the slow Circuit de Monaco was comparable to 500 km at faster tracks such as Monza.

The race was won by Guy Moll, a newly recruited Algerian [1] of Scuderia Ferrari, driving an Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3. In addition to winning the first race after the enrollment to the Ferrari team, Moll (at 23 years and 10 months old) remained the youngest driver to have won a Monaco GP until Lewis Hamilton (at 23 years and 4 months) won in 2008.

Starting grid

GridNoDriverCarQual.Time
122 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Carlo Felice Trossi Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P31'58"
214 Flag of France.svg Philippe Étancelin Maserati 8CM 1'59"
38 Flag of France.svg René Dreyfus Bugatti T59 1'59"
424 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Achille Varzi Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P31'59"
528 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Tazio Nuvolari Bugatti T59 1'59"
616 Flag of Monaco.svg Louis Chiron Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P32'00"
720 Flag of France.svg Guy Moll Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P32'00"
832 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Piero Taruffi Maserati 4C 2500 [2] 2'00"
910 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Wimille Bugatti T59 2'00"
1018 Flag of France.svg Marcel Lehoux Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P32'00"
114 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM 2'02"
1230 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Eugenio Siena Maserati 8C30002'05"
1326 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Renato Balestrero Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza2'05"
1412 Flag of France.svg Pierre Veyron Bugatti T51 2'06"
152 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Earl Howe Maserati 8CM 2'08"

Classification

PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retire
120 Flag of France.svg Guy Moll Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P31003h31m31.4
216 Flag of Monaco.svg Louis Chiron Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P31003h32m33.4
38 Flag of France.svg René Dreyfus Bugatti T59 993h32m19s
418 Flag of France.svg Marcel Lehoux Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3993h33m18s
528 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Tazio Nuvolari Bugatti T59 983h33m35s
624 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Achille Varzi Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3983h33m38s
74 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM 963h32m00s
814 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Eugenio Siena Maserati 8C 3000963h32m47s
912 Flag of France.svg Pierre Veyron Bugatti T51 953h33m29s
Ret22 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Carlo Felice Trossi Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P395Transmission
Ret32 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Piero Taruffi Maserati 4C 2500 [2] 91Ignition/Fuel feed?
102 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Earl Howe Maserati 8CM 853h31m51s
Ret14 Flag of France.svg Philippe Étancelin Maserati 8CM 63Accident
Ret26 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Renato Balestrero Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza51Differential
Ret10 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Wimille Bugatti T59 18Brakes
Source: [3]

Fastest Lap: Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Carlo Felice Trossi (Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3), 2m00s

References

  1. Algeria was a French colony, so Moll had a French nationality
  2. 1 2 Chassis #2012 34 Engine #2012 "4CM 2000/2500".
  3. "1934 Grand Prix". www.teamdan.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
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