Belgian Grand Prix 1925

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Race winner Antonio Ascari
Race start

The 1st Belgian Grand Prix took place on June 28, 1925 on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , a classic street circuit on public roads.

The race also had the AIACR honorary title Grand Prix of Europe and was a race for the first automobile world championship, it was held over 54 laps of 14.98 km, which corresponded to a total distance of 809.06 km. Eligible were works teams from automobile companies whose racing cars complied with the provisions of the international racing formula (displacement limitation to 2 liters, minimum weight 650 kg, two-seater with a body width of at least 80 cm). It was the first Grand Prix race in which no second person was allowed to be a mechanic on board the car. In addition, a racing distance of at least 800 km was specified in the Grand Prix formula.

The winner was Antonio Ascari in an Alfa Romeo P2 .

run

After the withdrawal of the Bugatti and Sunbeam teams , who had declared their cars not "ready to race", a small but high-quality field of seven participants remained. With the three Alfa Romeo P2s from Antonio Ascari , Giuseppe Campari and Gastone Brilli-Peri and four Delage Type 2 LCVs with René Thomas , Robert Benoist , Albert Divo and Paul Torchy at the wheel, the two strongest teams with the best designs of the last two years were represented by the 2 liter formula. However, so far only Divo's car at Delage was already equipped with a compressor, for fear of negative effects on the stability. But while Ascari and Campari took the lead right from the start and didn’t relinquish it until the end of the race, it was characteristic of the three compressorless cars that broke down after a few laps with technical problems in the race. Only Divo was able to hold onto position three ahead of Brilli-Peri, until the Alfa driver and shortly after halfway through the race the last Delage had to give up the race. After that, the two Alfa Romeo drivers who were now only left in the race were able to complete the last 25 laps in peace, before finally, after a total time of just under seven hours, Ascari was the first to cross over with a lead of over 20 minutes. His teammate had to complete the last two laps all by himself.

Legend has it that Alfa Romeo chief designer Vittorio Jano reacted to the pro-French audience by taking a meal in front of the boxes in a demonstratively relaxed manner, for which a table and chairs were set up there.

Results

Registration list

team No. driver chassis engine tires
Third French RepublicThird French Republic Automobiles Delage 01 Third French RepublicThird French Republic René Thomas Delage 2 LCV Delage 2.0L V12
05 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Robert Benoist
09 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Albert Divo
12 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Paul Torchy
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) SA Ital. Ing.Nicola Romeo 02 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Antonio Ascari Alfa Romeo P2 Alfa Romeo 2.0L I8 compressor P
06th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Giuseppe Campari
10 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Gastone Brilli-Peri
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq Motors 03 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Henry Segrave Sunbeam GP Sunbeam 2.0L I6 compressor
07th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Giulio Masetti
11 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Caberto Conelli
Third French RepublicThird French Republic Usines Bugatti 04th Spain 1875Spain Pierre de Vizcaya Bugatti T35 Bugatti 2.0L I8 M.
08th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Meo Costantini

Race result

Item driver constructor Round Stops time begin Fastest lap Failure reason
01 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Antonio Ascari Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Alfa Romeo 54 6: 42: 57.0 h 2 6: 51.2 min
02 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Giuseppe Campari Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Alfa Romeo 54 + 21: 58.0 min 4th
- Third French RepublicThird French Republic Albert Divo Third French RepublicThird French Republic Delage 29 DNF 5 Valve damage
- Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Gastone Brilli-Peri Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Alfa Romeo 18th DNF 6th Suspension damage
- Third French RepublicThird French Republic René Thomas Third French RepublicThird French Republic Delage 6th DNF 1 Wagon fire
- Third French RepublicThird French Republic Paul Torchy Third French RepublicThird French Republic Delage 2 DNF 7th Ignition damage
- Third French RepublicThird French Republic Robert Benoist Third French RepublicThird French Republic Delage 2 DNF 3 Leak in the fuel tank
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Henry Segrave United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sunbeam DNS Vehicle not ready to race
- Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Giulio Masetti United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sunbeam DNS Vehicle not ready to race
- Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Caberto Conelli United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sunbeam DNS Vehicle not ready to race
- Spain 1875Spain Pierre de Vizcaya Third French RepublicThird French Republic Bugatti DNS Vehicle not ready to race
- Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Meo Costantini Third French RepublicThird French Republic Bugatti DNS Vehicle not ready to race

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