1931 Grand Prix Season

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← none 1931 European Championship season 1932 →

The 1931 Grand Prix season saw the introduction of the European Championship, which Ferdinando Minoia won for Alfa Romeo.

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Rd	Date	Name	Circuit	Winning drivers	Winning constructor	Report
1	24 May	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Romeo	Report
1	24 May	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
2	21 June	French Grand Prix	Montlhéry	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
2	21 June	French Grand Prix	Montlhéry	Achille Varzi	Bugatti	Report
3	12 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	William Grover-Williams	Bugatti	Report
3	12 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Caberto Conelli	Bugatti	Report

Minoia won the championship on a tie-breaker as he had completed a longer distance in total than Campari.

Pos	Driver	ITA	FRA	BEL	Pts
1	Ferdinando Minoia	2	6	3	9
2	Giuseppe Campari	1	2	Ret	9
3	Baconin Borzacchini	Ret	2	2	11
4	Albert Divo	3	7	Ret	12
=	Guy Bouriat	3	7	Ret	12
=	Achille Varzi	Ret	1	Ret	12
=	Louis Chiron	Ret	1	Ret	12
8	Tazio Nuvolari	Ret	11	2	13
9	Jean-Pierre Wimille	4	Ret	7	14
=	Jean Gaupillat	4	Ret	7	14
=	William Grover-Williams		Ret	1	14
=	Caberto Conelli		Ret	1	14
13	^[1] Boris Ivanowski	5	Ret	5	15
=	Henri Stoffel	5	Ret	5	15
=	Giovanni Minozzi		11	3	15
16	Henry Birkin		4	4	16
=	Jean Pesato		10	6	16
=	Pierre Félix		10	6	16
=	Brian Lewis		12	4	16
20	Pietro Ghersi	8	8		17
=	Robert Sénéchal	9	5		17
22	Goffredo Zehender		6	Ret	18
23	Clemente Biondetti		3		19
=	Luigi Parenti		3		19
25	Francesco Pirola	6			20
=	Giovanni Lurani	6			20
=	Amadeo Ruggeri	7			20
=	Renato Balestrero	7			20
=	George Eyston		4		20
=	René Dreyfus		8		20
=	René Ferrant		9		20
=	Louis Rigal		9		20
=	Earl Howe		12		20
34	Umberto Klinger	8			21
=	Roberto di Vecchio	Ret			21
=	Gerolamo Ferrari	Ret			21
=	Marcel Lehoux	Ret	Ret		21
=	Philippe Étancelin	Ret	Ret		21
=	Emilio Eminente		Ret		21
=	Edmond Bourlier		Ret		21
=	Georges d'Arnoux		Ret		21
=	Max Fourny		Ret		21
=	Charles Montier			8	21
=	Ducolombier			8	21
=	François Montier			Ret	21
46	Enzo Grimaldi		Ret		22
=	Borgait		Ret		22
=	Luigi Fagioli		Ret		22
=	Ernesto Maserati		Ret		22
=	Rudolf Caracciola		Ret		22
=	Otto Merz		Ret		22
52	Alfredo Caniato	Ret			23
=	Tortini	Ret			23
=	William "Bummer" Scott		Ret		23
=	S. Armstrong-Payne		Ret		23
=	Jack Dunfee		Ret		23
Pos	Driver	ITA	FRA	BEL	Pts