1937 San Remo Grand Prix

Italy  1937 San Remo Grand Prix
Race details
1937 Grand Prix season

Date 25 July 1937
Official name I Gran Premio di San Remo
Location San Remo, Liguria, Italy
Course San Remo
1.862 km (1.157 mi)
Distance 30 (25-Heat) laps, 55.86 km (34.71 mi)
Pole position
Driver Italy Achille Varzi Maserati
Time 1:07.7
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Achille Varzi Maserati
Time 1:07.0 on lap 4
Podium
First Italy Achille Varzi Maserati
Second Italy Piero Dusio Maserati
Third Italy Giovanni Rocco Maserati

The first San Remo Grand Prix was a non-championship event, held on July 25, 1937 for 1500 cc Voiturette class Grand Prix cars[1] and ran counter clockwise on a 1.862 km (1.157 m.) street circuit in the town of San Remo, known as the San Remo Circuit (Circuito di San Remo, official name: Circuita Stracittadino di San Remo)

The race was run in three 25 lap heats, the 2 best of each heat qualifying for the 30 lap (55.860 km.) final, which was won in 34'39" min. by Achille Varzi driving a Maserati 4CM, averaging 96.7 km/h.[2][3]

Heat 1

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2 Italy Piero Dusio Maserati 25 30:29.4 1
2 10 Italy Emilio Villoresi Maserati 25 + 1'31.6 3
3 8 Italy Luigi Villa Bugatti T51 20 + 5 Laps 4
4 4 Italy Ettore Blanco Maserati 18 + 7 Laps 2

Heat 2

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 16 Italy Achille Varzi Maserati 25 29:06.0 2
2 22 Italy Pasquino Ermini Maserati 24 + 1 Lap 4
3 20 Italy Nando Righetti Maserati 24 + 1 Lap 5
DNF 18 Italy Luigi Villoresi Maserati 15 Crash Damage 1
DNF 14 Italy Aldo Marazza Maserati 5 Ignition 3

Heat 3

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 32 Italy Giovanni Rocco Maserati 25 29'36.0 4
2 26 Italy Giovanni Lurani Maserati 25 + 1'55.0 1
DNF 34 Italy Guido Barbieri Maserati 21 + 4 Laps (crash) 5
DNF 28 Italy Sergio Carnevalli MB[4] 21 + 4 Lap (crash) 2
DNF 30 Italy Luigi Rovere Maserati 21 + 4 Laps (supercharger) 3

Final Classification

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 16 Italy Achille Varzi Maserati 30 34'39.3 1
2 2 Italy Piero Dusio Maserati 30 + 46.9 3
3 32 Italy Giovanni Rocco Maserati 30 + 51.7 2
4 22 Italy Pasquino Ermini Maserati 29 + 1 Lap 4
DNF 26 Italy Giovanni Lurani Maserati 19 + 11 Laps 5
DNF 10 Italy Emilio Villoresi Maserati 28 + 2 Laps 6

References

  1. "The Golden Era - Introduction (§ Voiturette racing)". Leif Snellman. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  2. "1937 San Remo Grand Prix (Race Results)". Leif Snellman. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  3. "1937 San Remo Grand Prix". marinadiospedaletti.it. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  4. "Sergio Carnevalli - Maserati/Bugatti". Leif Snellman. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 43°48′51.5520″N 7°46′21.5328″E / 43.814320000°N 7.772648000°E

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