Grand Prix of Naples

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Grand Prix of Naples (1934 - 1962) was a car racing event at the 4100 metres Circuito di Posillipo, in Posillipo outside Napoli. It was known as the Coppa Principessa di Piemonte in honor of Marie-José of Belgium between 1934-1939, and after World War II it was the Gran Premio di Napoli.

• 1933 Gianfranco Comotti in Alfa Romeo 2600 (I Coppa Principessa di Piemonte), at Circuito Province Meridionale)
• 1934 Tazio Nuvolari in Maserati 6C (II Coppa)
• 1937 Giuseppe Farina in Alfa Romeo 12C and Carlo Felice Trossi (III Coppa)
• 1938 Aldo Marazza in Maserati 4CS (IV Coppa)
• 1939 John Peter Wakefield in Maserati 6CL (V Coppa)
• 1948 Luigi Villoresi in Osca MT4 (I Gran Premio di Napoli)
• 1949 ??
• 1950 Franco Cortese in Ferrari 166 F2 (III GP)
• 1951 Alberto Ascari in Ferrari 166 F2 (IV GP)
• 1952 Giuseppe Farina in Ferrari 500 (V GP)
• 1953 Giuseppe Farina in Ferrari 500 (VI GP)
• 1954 ??
• 1955 Alberto Ascari in Lancia D50 (VIII GP)
• 1956 Robert Manzon in Gordini T16 (IX GP)
• 1957 Peter Collins in Lancia-Ferrari D50 (X GP)
• 1958 (XI GP)
• 1959 Colin Davis in Fiat (XII GP)
• 1960 ?? (XIII GP)
• 1961 Giancarlo Baghetti in Ferrari 156 (XIV GP)
• 1962 Willy Mairesse in Ferrari 156 (XV GP)

The race was relaunched, for classical racing cars, in 1998. In 2006 the IX rievocazione storica Gran Premio di Napoli takes place at the same circuit. The Naples GP refers to a cycling race in the area, and there is also a Grand Prix of Naples horse race.