Circuito di Cremona
The Circuito di Cremona was an international automobile race in Italy that was held a total of four times around Cremona in Lombardy between 1923 and 1929 .
route
The route traveled had a length of 62.94 km and consisted of public roads that were closed to racing. It was driven counterclockwise in 1923, 1924 and 1928 and clockwise in 1929. The track led from Cremona in an easterly direction to San Giovanni in Croce , from there north to Piadena and then in a westerly direction via Gadesco back to Cremona. The section east of Gadesco included a straight 18 km long.
history
The first Circuito di Cremona was held on May 6, 1923 in the Formula Libre and Voiturettes classes over a distance of 188.93 km. The first winner in Formula Libre was the Italian Antonio Ascari in an Alfa Romeo RLTF . The following year the race was held over 321.86 km. Ascari won again in an Alfa Romeo.
After a three-year break, the Circuito di Cremona was held again in 1928 and 1929 . On June 24, 1928 Luigi Arcangeli won on a French Talbot-Darracq 700 .
In 1929, the race was on September 29, over 200 miles in the categories up to 1100, to 1500, and over 1500 cc displacement advertised. Gastone Brilli-Peri won the big class in an Alfa Romeo P2 - works car . Luigi Arcangeli won the 1500s on a Talbot-Darracq 700 of the Scuderia Materassi and Filippo Sartorio was victorious in the 1100 cm³ category on a privately used Amilcar - Cyclecar . The Circuito di Cremona was preceded by a 10-kilometer time trial on the straight at Gadesco. This was won by Baconin Borzacchini on a 16-cylinder Maserati V4 with an average speed of 246.083 km / h - a new world speed record over 10 km.
After 1929 the Circuito di Cremona no longer took place.
Results
Edition | year | class | winner | Second | Third | Pole position | Fastest lap | |
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I. | 1923 | FL | Antonio Ascari ( Alfa Romeo ) | Alfieri Maserati ( Diatto ) |
Boggio ( Ceirano ) and Antonio Masperi ( OM )
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unknown | Antonio Ascari ( Alfa Romeo ) | |
II | 1924 | FL | Antonio Ascari ( Alfa Romeo ) | Alete Marconcini ( Chiribiri ) | Roberto Malinverni ( Bugatti ) | unknown | Antonio Ascari ( Alfa Romeo ) | |
1925 to 1927 | no Circuito di Cremona | |||||||
III | 1928 | GP | Luigi Arcangeli ( Talbot ) | Tazio Nuvolari ( Bugatti ) | Emilio Materassi ( Talbot ) | unknown | Giuseppe Campari ( Alfa Romeo ) | |
IV | 1929 | GP | Gastone Brilli-Peri ( Alfa Romeo ) | Achille Varzi ( Alfa Romeo ) | Ernesto Maserati ( Alfa Romeo ) | unknown |
Achille Varzi ( Alfa Romeo ) (official) Ernesto Maserati ( Alfa Romeo ) (unofficial)
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Legend | ||
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abbreviation | class | comment |
F1 | formula 1 | Formula 1 World Championship from 1950 |
F2 | Formula 2 | |
FL | Formula libre | Vehicle class usually advertised by the organizer |
SW | Sports car | |
TW | Touring car | |
GP | Grand Prix vehicles | |
↓ Solid gray lines indicate when a new course was used in history. ↓ | ||
Entries with a light red background were not runs for the automobile or Formula 1 world championship. | ||
Entries with a yellow background were runs for the European Championship . |
Web links
- Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: CIRCUITO DI CREMONA (I). www.kolumbus.fi, September 5, 2014, accessed on May 24, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: CIRCUITO di Cremona (I). www.kolumbus.fi, September 5, 2014, accessed on May 24, 2015 .
- ^ A b Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: CIRCUITO DI CREMONA. www.kolumbus.fi, April 17, 2014, accessed on May 24, 2015 .
- ^ I Circuito di Cremona. (No longer available online.) Www.teamdan.com, archived from the original on May 4, 2009 ; accessed on May 24, 2015 .
- ^ II Circuito di Cremona. (No longer available online.) Www.teamdan.com, archived from the original on May 4, 2009 ; accessed on May 24, 2015 .
- ^ III Circuito di Cremona. (No longer available online.) Www.teamdan.com, archived from the original on September 28, 2011 ; accessed on May 24, 2015 .
- ^ IV Circuito di Cremona. (No longer available online.) Www.teamdan.com, archived from the original on June 30, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2015 .