1928 Grand Prix season

The 1928 Grand Prix season saw the Monegasque driver Louis Chiron take seven Grand Prix victories whilst driving for the Bugatti team.

1928 Grand Prix season
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The World Manufacturers' Championship was planned on seven races but five of them (France, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Great Britain) were cancelled. Moreover, three races were considered mandatory but, when only two Grands Prix remained, the championship was cancelled.[1]

During the 1928 Italian Grand Prix in Monza a serious accident involving the car of Emilio Materassi: his Talbot crashed at 200 km/h into the grandstand, killing Materassi and 21 other people.

This event brought to evidence the need for better safety measures at the Italian circuit. The following two seasons the Italian Grand Prix wasn't held, while the Monza circuit underwent a complete upgrade.[2]

Season review

Grandes Épreuves
Date Name Circuit Winning driver Winning
constructor		 Report
30 May Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Louis Meyer Miller Report
9 September Italian Grand Prix
European Grand Prix		 Monza Louis Chiron Bugatti Report

The Indianapolis 500 counted towards the 1928 AAA Championship Car title.

Other Grands Prix
Date Name Circuit Winning driver Winning constructor Report
11 March Tripoli Grand Prix Tripoli Tazio Nuvolari Bugatti Report
11 March Circuit d'Esterel Plage Saint-Raphaël Louis Chiron Bugatti Report
25 March Pozzo Circuit Pozzo Tazio Nuvolari Bugatti Report
1 April Riviera Circuit Cannes Louis Chiron Bugatti Report
9 April Antibes Grand Prix Garoupe Louis Chiron Bugatti Report
22 April Alessandria Circuit Alessandria Tazio Nuvolari Bugatti Report
6 May Coppa Florio[nb 1] Madonie Albert Divo Bugatti Report
Targa Florio[nb 1]
6 May Algerian Grand Prix Staouéli Marcel Lehoux Bugatti Report
13 May Messina Cup Messina Edwald Probst Bugatti Report
16 May Burgundy Grand Prix Dijon Jannine Jennky Bugatti Report
20 May Etna Cup Catania Baconin Borzacchini Maserati Report
3 June Tunis Grand Prix Le Bardo Marcel Lehoux Bugatti Report
3 June Mugello Circuit Mugello Emilio Materassi Talbot Report
10 June Picardy Grand Prix Péronne Henry Auber Bugatti Report
10 June Thuin Circuit Thuin "Delzaert" Bugatti Report
12 June Rome Grand Prix Tre Fontane Louis Chiron Bugatti Report
24 June Cremona Circuit Cremona Luigi Arcangeli Talbot Report
8 July Grand Prix de la Marne Reims-Gueux Louis Chiron Bugatti Report
25 July San Sebastián Grand Prix Lasarte Louis Chiron Bugatti Report
4 August Coppa Acerbo Pescara Giuseppe Campari Alfa Romeo Report
19 August Coppa Montenero Montenero Emilio Materassi Talbot Report
23 August La Baule Grand Prix La Baule Pierre Blacque Belair Bugatti Report
9 September Boulogne Grand Prix Boulogne Malcolm Campbell Delage Report
  1. The Targa Florio and Coppa Florio were held simultaneously on the same circuit and over the same distance, so Albert Divo won both races.[3]

References
  1. http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/cha28.htm
  2. Emilio Materassi, museoauto.it
  3. Etzrodt, Hans. "Divo wins the Targa Florio, finishing ahead of Campari's Alfa Romeo". The Golden Era of GP Racing. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
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