The 1931 Italian Grand Prix was a race held on May 24, at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. It was the ninth Italian Grand Prix ever, but the first race in the new European drivers' championship. The 10-hour race was won by the team of Giuseppe Campari and Tazio Nuvolari in an Alfa Romeo.
Background[]
Entry list[]
The full entry list for the 1931 Italian Grand Prix is outlined below:
| No. | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 |  Umberto Klinger Pietro Ghersi
|
U. Klinger | Maserati | 26M | 2.5 L8 |
| 10 |  Carlo Pedrazzini
|
C. Pedrazzini | Maserati | 26B | 2.0 L8 |
| 12 | Achille Varzi Louis Chiron
|
Automobile Ettore Bugatti |
Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 L8 |
| 14 |  Albert Divo Guy Bouriat
|
Automobiles Ettore Bugatti |
Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 L8 |
| 16 | Marcel Lehoux Philippe Étancelin
|
M. Lehoux | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 L8 |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean Gaupillat
|
J.-P. Wimille | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 L8 |
| 20 | Robert Sénéchal Henri Frètet
|
R. Sénéchal | Delage | 15S8 | 1.5 L8 |
| 22 |  Boris Ivanowski Henri Stoffel
|
B. Ivanowski | Mercedes | SSK | 7.1 L6 |
| 24 | Antonio Maino Gildo Strazza
|
A. Maino | Mercedes | SSK | 7.1 L6 |
| 26 | Giuseppe Campari Attilio Marinoni*
|
SA Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | 8C-2300 | 2.3 L8 |
| 28 | Tazio Nuvolari Baconin Borzacchini
|
SA Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | Type A | 2x 3.5 L6 |
| 30 | Ferdinando Minoia Goffredo Zehender
|
SA Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | 8C-2300 | 2.3 L8 |
| 32 | Francesco Pirola Giovanni Lurani
|
F. Pirola | Alfa Romeo | 6C-1500 | 1.5 L6 |
| 34 | Guglielmo Lettieri
|
G. Lettieri | Alfa Romeo | 6C 1750 | 1.7 L6 |
| 38 | Amedeo Ruggeri Renato Balestrero
|
A. Ruggeri | Talbot | Talbot 700 | 1.7 L8 |
| 40 | Carlo di Vecchio Gerolamo Ferrari
|
C. di Vecchio | Talbot | Talbot 700 | 1.5 L8 |
| 50 | Alfredo Caniato Mario Tadini
|
A. Caniato | Alfa Romeo | 6C 1750 | 1.8 L8 |
Practice Overview[]
Grid[]
Race[]
Results[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/ Retired |
Distance (km) |
Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | Giuseppe Campari
|
Alfa Romeo
|
155 | 10:00:00.7 | 1557.754 | 3 | 1 |
| Tazio Nuvolari
|
n/a* | |||||||
| 2 | 30 | Ferdinando Minoia
|
Alfa Romeo
|
153 | + 2 Laps | 1535.087 | 4 | 2 |
| Baconin Borzacchini
|
n/a* | |||||||
| 3 | 14 | Albert Divo
|
Bugatti
|
152 | + 3 Laps | 1525.319 | 9 | 3 |
| Guy Bouriat
|
3 | |||||||
| 4 | 18 | Jean-Pierre Wimille
|
Bugatti
|
138 | + 17 Laps | 1386.082 | 2 | 4 |
| Jean Gaupillat
|
4 | |||||||
| 5 | 22 | Boris Ivanowski
|
 Mercedes
|
134 | + 21 Laps | 1343.255 | 6 | 4 |
| Henri Stoffel
|
4 | |||||||
| 6 | 32 | Francesco Pirola
|
Alfa Romeo
|
129 | + 26 Laps | 1290.243 | 14 | 4 |
| Giovanni Lurani
|
4 | |||||||
| 7 | 38 | Amedeo Ruggeri
|
Talbot
|
129 | + 26 Laps | 1290.000† | 12 | 4 |
| Renato Balestrero
|
4 | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | Umberto Klinger
|
Maserati
|
114 | + 41 Laps | 1140.000 | 13 | 5 |
| Pietro Ghersi
|
5 | |||||||
| Ret | 40 | Carlo di Vecchio
|
Talbot
|
87 | + 68 Laps | 870.000 | 8 | 5 |
| Gerolamo Ferrari
|
5 | |||||||
| NC‡ | 20 | Robert Sénéchal
|
Delage
|
81 | + 74 Laps | 809.977 | 1 | 5 |
| Henri Frètet
|
5 | |||||||
| Ret | 16 | Marcel Lehoux
|
Bugatti
|
49 | Engine | 490.000 | 5 | 6 |
| Philippe Étancelin
|
6 | |||||||
| Ret | 12 | Achille Varzi
|
Bugatti
|
44 | Differential | 440.000 | 11 | 6 |
| Louis Chiron
|
6 | |||||||
| Ret | 28 | Tazio Nuvolari
|
Alfa Romeo
|
31 | Mechanical | 310.000 | 7 | 7 |
| Baconin Borzacchini
|
7 | |||||||
| Ret | 50 | Alfredo Caniato
|
Alfa Romeo
|
14 | 140.000 | 10 | 7 | |
| Mario Tadini
|
7 | |||||||
| DNS | 24 | Antonio Maino
|
Mercedes
|
Did not start | 8 | |||
| Gildo Strazza
|
8 | |||||||
| DNS | 36 | Luigi Castelbarco
|
Maserati
|
Did not start | 8 | |||
| Tino Bianchi
|
8 | |||||||
| Sources: | ||||||||
- * — Nuvolari and Borzacchini did not receive the points for first and second place, respectively, because they were not driving in their designated cars. The seven points apiece that they received were for driving car #28, which completed less than a quarter of the race distance. Attilio Marinoni and Goffredo Zehender, who had been designated to drive cars #26 and #30, respectively, both received eight points, since they did not take part in the race.
- † — Ruggeri and Balestrero were initially credited with 1290.534 km, putting them in sixth place. However, their final lap took more than five minutes to complete, so the fraction of the lap completed subsequent to the ten-hour mark was eliminated, demoting the pair to seventh, and promoting Pirola and Lurani to sixth.
- ‡ — Sénéchal and Frètet were not classified because they failed to complete at least three-fifths of the number of laps achieved by the race winner.
Notes:
- The race was limited to ten hours. Each driver was allowed to complete a lap begun before the ten-hour cutoff (and retain the fraction of the lap already completed), provided that the lap took no more than five minutes.
Milestones[]
Standings after race[]
Links[]
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