1937 San Remo Grand Prix

1937 San Remo Grand Prix
Race details
Date 25 July 1937
Official name I Gran Premio di San Remo
Location San Remo, Liguria, Italy
Course San Remo
Course length 1.862 km (1.157 mi)
Distance 30 (25-Heat) laps, 55.86 km (34.71 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Maserati
Time 1:07.7
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Achille Varzi Maserati
Time 1:07.0 on lap 4
Podium
First
Maserati
Second
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. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Sergio Carnevalli - Maserati/Bugatti". Leif Snellman. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

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

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