1929 Monaco Grand Prix

1929 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Date	14 April 1929
Official name	Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.180 km (1.976 miles)
Distance	100 laps, 318.0 km (197.6 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Philippe Étancelin	Bugatti
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver	William Grover-Williams	Bugatti
Time	2:15.0
Podium
First	William Grover-Williams	Bugatti
Second	Georges Bouriano	Bugatti
Third	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz

The 1929 Monaco Grand Prix event poster

The 1929 Monaco Grand Prix was the first Grand Prix to be run in the Principality. It was set up by wealthy cigarette manufacturer, Antony Noghès, who had set up the Automobile Club de Monaco with some of his friends. This offer of a Grand Prix was supported by Prince Louis II, and the Monégasque driver of that time, Louis Chiron. On 14 April 1929, their plan became reality, when 16 invited participants turned out to race for a prize of 100,000 French francs.

Classification

Winner William Grover-Williams crossing the finish line

Starting grid

There were no qualifying heats, instead grid positions were drawn by a ballot. Philippe Étancelin drew pole position, while main rival Rudolf Caracciola started 15th.

1st Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Étancelin Bugatti	Dauvergne Bugatti	Lehoux Bugatti
2nd Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Sandri Maserati	Grover-Williams Bugatti	Philippe Bugatti
3rd Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Zehender Alfa Romeo	Bouriano Bugatti	de Rovin Delage
4th Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Rigal Alfa Romeo	de Sterlich Maserati	Dreyfus Bugatti
5th Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Lepori Bugatti	Doré Corre La Licorne	Caracciola Mercedes-Benz
6th Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Perrot Alfa Romeo

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	12	William Grover-Williams	Bugatti T35B	100	3:56:11.0	5
2	18	Georges Bouriano	Bugatti T35C	100	+ 1:17.8	8
3	34	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz SSK	100	+ 2:22.6	15
4	14	Georges Philippe	Bugatti T35C	99	+ 1 Lap	6
5	28	René Dreyfus	Bugatti T37A	97	+ 3 Laps	12
6	4	Philippe Étancelin	Bugatti T35C	96	+ 4 Laps	1
7	30	Mario Lepori	Bugatti T35C	94	+ 6 Laps	13
8	32	Michel Doré	Corre La Licorne	89	+ 11 Laps	14
9	24	Louis Rigal	Alfa Romeo 6C	87	+ 13 Laps	10
Ret	22	Raoul de Rovin	Delage 15S8	80	Accident	9
Ret	16	Goffredo Zehender	Alfa Romeo 6C	55	Mechanical	7
Ret	6	Christian Dauvergne	Bugatti T35C	46	Mechanical	2
Ret	10	Guglielmo Sandri	Maserati 8C	41	Mechanical	4
Ret	36	Albert Perrot	Alfa Romeo 6C	18	Wheel detached	16
Ret	26	Diego de Sterlich	Maserati 8C	16	Mechanical	11
Ret	8	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti T35C	7	Transmission	3

External links

• http://www.f1-grandprixhistory.net/Monaco.html
• http://sidepodcast.com/post/1929-first-monaco-grand-prix