1931 Italian Grand Prix

  1931 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 3 in the 1931 European Championship
Date	May 24, 1931
Official name	IX Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 10.00 km (6.21 mi)
Distance	155 laps, 1550.03 km (963.14 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Romeo
Fastest lap
Driver	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Romeo
Time	3:32.8
Podium
First	Giuseppe Campari Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo
Second	Ferdinando Minoia Baconin Borzacchini	Alfa Romeo
Third	Albert Divo Guy Bouriat	Bugatti

The 1931 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on May 24, 1931.

Classification

Start of the race

Tazio Nuvolari

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	155	10:00:0.7	1	1
		Tazio Nuvolari						n/a
2	30	Ferdinando Minoia	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	153	+2 Laps	6	2
		Baconin Borzacchini						n/a
3	14	Albert Divo	Bugatti	Bugatti Type 51	152	+3 Laps	7	3
		Guy Bouriat						3
4	18	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Private entry	Bugatti Type 37A	138	+17 Laps	2	4
		Jean Gaupillat						4
5	22	Boris Ivanowski	Private entry	Mercedes-Benz SSKL	134	+21 Laps	4	4
		Henri Stoffel						4
6	32	Francesco Pirola	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500	129	+26 Laps	13	4
		Giovanni Lurani						4
7	38	Amedeo Ruggeri	Private entry	Talbot 700	120	+35 Laps	10	4
		Renato Balestrero						4
8	8	Umberto Klinger	Maserati	Maserati 26M	111	+45 Laps	14	5
		Pietro Ghersi						5
Ret	40	Roberto di Vecchio	Private entry	Talbot 700	87	+68 Laps	8	5
		Gerolamo Ferrari						5
9	20	Robert Sénéchal	Delage	Delage 15SB	81	+74 Laps	3	5
Ret	16	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti	Bugatti Type 51	49	Con-rod	5	6
		Philippe Étancelin						6
Ret	12	Achille Varzi	Bugatti	Bugatti Type 51	44	Differential	11	6
		Louis Chiron						6
Ret	28	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	33	Mechanical	9	7
		Baconin Borzacchini						7
Ret	50	Alfredo Caniato	Private entry	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	15		12	7
		"Tortini"						7
DNS	24	Luigi Arcangeli	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 3500 bimotore tipo A		Fatal accident in practice		8

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