Gran Premio di Tripoli 1933
The Gran Premio di Tripoli 1933 took place on May 7th on the new Mellaha circuit.
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After the race was overshadowed in 1930 by the fatal accident of the popular Italian Gastone Brilli-Peri and had also become a financial disaster for the organizers, it was not held for the next two years. This year, however, the president of the local car club in Tripoli, Egidio Sforzini , chose the event. The nearly 13-kilometer-long ring near Tagiura east of Tripoli was built especially for this race .
The starting line-up was drawn, as was customary at the time, and the starting numbers were assigned based on the sequence. The start was cleared by Governor Pietro Badoglio , and Carlo Cazzaniga took the lead. After the first round, however, he had to let Tim Birkin pass and a little later also Tazio Nuvolari , Giuseppe Campari and Goffredo Zehender, who also passed Birkin. Shortly before halfway through the race, Campari had to park his Maserati in the pits with engine failure. Birkin got back third place, but also had to go into the pits to refuel his Maserati. Birkin sustained a severe burn injury to his arm when he accidentally touched the hot exhaust pipe. Despite the injury, Birkin continued the race with no apparent problems. At the front, Nuvolari and Varzi fought a tough duel, which Varzi won by 0.2 seconds.
The serious burn injury to Birkins turned out to be extremely critical in retrospect, but the Briton did not allow her to be treated adequately. On June 22nd, almost six weeks after the race, Birkin died of the consequences of this injury.
Results
Registration list
team | No. | driver | chassis | engine | tires |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Luigi Premoli | 2 | Luigi Premoli | BMP Maserati 8C | Maserati 2.8L I8 supercharger | |
Scuderia Ferrari | 4th | Tazio Nuvolari | Alfa Romeo Monza | Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor | E. |
32 | Baconin Borzacchini | ||||
56 | Mario Tadini | Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Spider | |||
Giuseppe Bianchi | 6th | Giuseppe Bianchi | Maserati 26 | Maserati 1.5L I8 | |
Mario Cussini | 8th | Mario Cussini | Maserati 26 | Maserati 1.5L I8 | |
Bernard Rubin & Henry Birkin | 10 | Tim Birkin | Maserati 8C-3000 | Maserati 3.0L I8 compressor | D. |
Carlo Gazzabini | 12 | Carlo Gazzabini | Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Spider | Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor | |
Officine Alfieri Maserati | 14th | Luigi Fagioli | Maserati 8C-3000 | Maserati 3.0L I8 compressor | P |
38 | Giuseppe Campari | ||||
Charly Jellen | 16 | Charly Jellen | Alfa Romeo Monza | Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor | |
Achille Varzi | 18th | Achille Varzi | Bugatti T51 | Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor | |
Gianni Battaglia | 20th | Gianni Battaglia | Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Spider | Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor | |
Renato Balestrero | 22nd | Renato Balestrero | Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Spider | Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor | |
Angelo Giusti | 24 | Angelo Giusti | Bugatti T35C | Bugatti 2.0L I8 compressor | |
Raymond Summers | 26th | Raymond Summers | Maserati 8CM | Maserati 3.0L I8 compressor | |
44 | Goffredo Zehender | ||||
Albino Pratesi | 28 | Albino Pratesi | Talbot-Darracq 700 | Talbot 1.5L I8 | |
Carlo Cazzaniga | 30th | Carlo Cazzaniga | Bugatti T35B | Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor | |
Francesco Matrullo | 34 | Francesco Matrullo | Maserati 4CM | Maserati 1.1L I4 | |
Attilio Battilana | 36 | Attilio Battilana | Maserati 26 | Maserati 1.5L I8 | |
Luigi Castelbarco | 40 | Luigi Castelbarco | Maserati 4CM | Maserati 1.5L I4 | P |
Nando Barbieri | 42 | Nando Barbieri | Maserati 4CM | Maserati 1.1L I8 | P |
Guglielmo Gramonelli | 46 | Guglielmo Gramonelli | Alfa Romeo Monza | Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor | |
László Hartmann | 48 | László Hartmann | Bugatti T51 | Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor | |
Secondo Corsi | 50 | Secondo Corsi | Maserati 26C | Maserati 1.5L I8 | |
Mario Moradei | 52 | Mario Moradei | Talbot-Darracq 700 | Talbot 1.5L I8 | |
Clemente Biondetti | 54 | Clemente Biondetti | MB Maserati Speciale | Bugatti 2.5L I8 compressor | |
Gerolamo Ferrari | 58 | Gerolamo Ferrari | Bugatti T51 | Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor | |
Letterio Cucinotta Piccolo | 60 | Letterio Cucinotta Piccolo | Talbot-Darracq 700 | Talbot 1.5L I8 | |
Lelio Pellegrini | 62 | Lelio Pellegrini | Alfa Romeo Monza | Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor | |
Piero Taruffi | 64 | Piero Taruffi | Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Spider | Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor | P |
Pietro Ghersi | 66 | Pietro Ghersi | Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 | Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor | P |
Race result
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Achille Varzi | Bugatti | 30th | 2: 19: 51.4 h | 7th | 4: 26.8 min | ||
2 | Tazio Nuvolari | Alfa Romeo | 30th | + 0.2 s | 2 | |||
3 | Tim Birkin | Maserati | 30th | +1: 31.8 min | 4th | |||
4th | Attilio Battilana | Maserati | 27 | + 3 rounds | 15th | |||
5 | Piero Taruffi | Alfa Romeo | 27 | + 3 rounds | 28 | |||
6th | Renato Balestrero | Alfa Romeo | 27 | + 3 rounds | 9 | |||
7th | Pietro Ghersi | Alfa Romeo | 27 | + 3 rounds | 29 | |||
8th | Gianni Battaglia | Alfa Romeo | 26th | + 4 rounds | 8th | |||
9 | László Hartmann | Bugatti | 26th | + 4 rounds | 20th | |||
10 | Luigi Castelbarco | Maserati | 26th | + 4 rounds | 17th | |||
11 | Francesco Matrullo | Maserati | 25th | + 5 rounds | 14th | |||
12 | Letterio Cucinotta | Talbot | 25th | + 5 rounds | 26th | |||
13 | Nando Barbieri | Maserati | 24 | + 6 rounds | 18th | |||
14th | Mario Cussini | Maserati | 19th | + 11 rounds | 3 | |||
- | Goffredo Zehender | Maserati | 29 | DNF | 19th | failure | ||
- | Gerolamo Ferrari | Bugatti | 28 | DNF | 25th | failure | ||
- | Mario Tadini | Alfa Romeo | 20th | DNF | 24 | failure | ||
- | Giuseppe Campari | Maserati | 20th | DNF | 16 | failure | ||
- | Carlo Gazzabini | Alfa Romeo | 17th | DNF | 5 | failure | ||
- | Luigi Fagioli | Maserati | 17th | DNF | 6th | failure | ||
- | Carlo Cazzaniga | Bugatti | 11 | DNF | 13 | failure | ||
- | Luigi Premoli | BMP Maserati | 7th | DNF | 1 | failure | ||
- | Mario Moradei | Talbot | 7th | DNF | 22nd | failure | ||
- | Lelio Pellegrini | Alfa Romeo | 6th | DNF | 27 | failure | ||
- | Albino Pratesi | Talbot | 4th | DNF | 11 | failure | ||
- | Angelo Giusti | Bugatti | 3 | DNF | 10 | failure | ||
- | Clemente Biondetti | MB Maserati | 2 | DNF | 23 | failure | ||
- | Baconin Borzacchini | Alfa Romeo | 2 | DNF | 12 | failure | ||
- | Secondo Corsi | Maserati | 2 | DNF | 21st | failure |