1932 Italian Grand Prix

Start of the Italian Grand Prix

The Autodromo di Milano in its driven version.

The 10th Italian Grand Prix took place on June 5, 1932 on the 10.0 km long Autodromo di Milano in Monza . As Grande Épreuve , it was a valuation run for the Grand Prix European Championship in 1932 and was held in accordance with the applicable regulations without a predetermined racing formula for the car over a race duration of five hours.

Winner of the race was Tazio Nuvolari on Alfa Romeo Tipo B .

run

The Italian Grand Prix of 1932 was the first race after the International Grand Prix formula , which was again changed , in which the duration of the race was shortened from ten to five hours. At the same time it was the prelude to this year's European Grand Prix Championship. In keeping with the importance of the race, all three racing car manufacturers involved in Grand Prix racing competed with factory teams .

A major milestone in motorsport history was the debut of the new Alfa Romeo Tipo B , the first single -seater racing car (" Monoposto ") specially designed for Grand Prix races with a total weight of just 700 kg and a displacement of 2.65 liters the Alfa Romeo works drivers Tazio Nuvolari and Giuseppe Campari . Her teammate Baconin Borzacchini , who had meanwhile acquired the less catchy first name Mario Umberto , had to be content with a two-seater model from last year of the Alfa Romeo "Monza" type , as did Rudolf Caracciola , who in the meantime is also officially at Alfa Romeo Works driver had been contracted. Maserati presented the new double-engined 5-liter model Maserati V5 for Luigi Fagioli also a redesign that respect even surpassed the Alfa Romeo engine performance, although this was offset by a significantly larger car weight. The second Maserati driver was Amedeo Ruggeri in a Maserati 26 M with a 2.8 liter engine from the previous year, after René Dreyfus had left the team shortly before due to unsatisfactory results in the spring races. Instead, he now competed on his own account with a Bugatti Type 51 owned by Louis Chiron . Together with Achille Varzi , Chiron once again formed the regular crew of the Bugatti team, which appeared on the fast Monza train with two super- heavy Bugatti Type 54s with 5 liters displacement and was reinforced by Albert Divo on a Bugatti Type 51 from last year.

Immediately after the start, a leading group formed in which all the favorites of the race were represented with the new monopostos from Nuvolari and Campari, the twin-engine Maserati from Fagioli and the two 5-liter Bugattis from Chiron and Varzi. In a “slipstream battle” typical of Monza with several changes of position and leadership, Fagioli was finally able to establish himself increasingly at the front from Nuvolari onwards, while behind Campari the two Bugattis slowly lost touch. A first lap with pit stops followed between the 23rd and 27th lap, during which Fagioli lost more than twice as much time as the two Alfa Romeo drivers after standing still for over three minutes. Bugatti was hit even worse, where Varzi had to park his car with a faulty gearbox and Chiron was unable to continue driving because of the physical after-effects of his accident in the Monaco race . With a considerable loss of time, Varzi finally took over his teammate's car, but stopped a little later with the fuel supply interrupted.

After Campari's car had taken several minutes to get going again during its second tire stop on the 50th lap, only Nuvolari and Fagioli remained of the original leading group. Its Maserati was now clearly the fastest car and was continuously making up ground. After Nuvolari's second stop, Fagioli was even back in front for a short time until he too had to pit for the second change. But again the stop at the Maserati warehouse lasted significantly longer and because Fagioli had temporarily given the car to Ernesto Maserati for a short rest break - who in addition to his new role as company manager and chief designer in the successor of his late brother Alfieri , is still working for the team Substitute driver was active - a further pit stop was also necessary. Fagioli finally took up the chase again, more than a lap behind, but despite several record laps in a row, he was only able to approach Nuvolari by around two and a half minutes. Nuvolari was not only able to achieve the debut success of the new Alfa Romeo Monoposto, but also his third victory within a few weeks on such completely different routes as the street circuit of Monte Carlo, the Targa Florio and now the high-speed train from Monza.

Results

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
SA Alfa Romeo	02	Baconin Borzacchini	Alfa Romeo Monza	Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor	P
	20th	Rudolf Caracciola
		Attilio Marinoni
	08th	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3	Alfa Romeo 2.6L I8 compressor
	14th	Giuseppe Campari
Marcel Lehoux	04th	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti T51	Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor
Conte Luigi Castelbarco	06th	Luigi Castelbarco	Maserati 26	Maserati 2.5L I8 compressor	P
Automobiles Ettore Bugatti	10	Louis Chiron	Bugatti T54	Bugatti 5.0L I8 compressor	M.
	16	Achille Varzi
	26th	Albert Divo
		Guy Bouriat
Officine Alfieri Maserati	12	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati V5	Maserati V5 5.0L V16 supercharger	P
	40	Amedeo Ruggeri	Maserati 8C 2800	Maserati 2.8L I8 supercharger
		Ernesto Maserati
Luigi Premoli	18th	Luigi Premoli	Maserati 26	Maserati 2.5L I8 compressor	P
René Dreyfus	22nd	René Dreyfus	Bugatti T51	Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor	M.
Scuderia Ferrari	24	Pietro Ghersi	Alfa Romeo Monza	Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor	E.
	28	Eugenio Siena
		Antonio Brivio
Carlo Gazzabini	30th	Carlo Gazzabini	Alfa Romeo Monza	Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor
Jean-Pierre Wimille	32	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Bugatti T54	Bugatti 5.0L I8 compressor
Guglielmo Peri	34	Guglielmo Peri	Bugatti T35	Bugatti 2.0L I8
Emilio Romano	36	Emilio Romano	Bugatti T35C	Bugatti 2.0L I8 compressor
Clemente Biondetti	38	Clemente Biondetti	Maserati-Bugatti Speciale	Bugatti 2.5L I8 compressor
Hans Stuck		Hans Stuck	Mercedes-Benz SSKL	Mercedes-Benz M06 RS 7.1L I6 compressor	C.

Race result

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	83		4: 57: 18,800	4th
02	Luigi Fagioli Ernesto Maserati	Maserati	82		+ 1 lap	6th	3: 19,400
03	Baconin Borzacchini Attilio Marinoni Rudolf Caracciola	Alfa Romeo	82		+ 1 lap	1
04th	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Romeo	82		+ 1 lap	7th
05	René Dreyfus	Bugatti	82		+ 1 lap	11
06th	Albert Divo Guy Bouriat Louis Chiron	Bugatti	81		+ 2 rounds	13
07th	Pietro Ghersi Antonio Brivio	Alfa Romeo	79		+ 3 rounds	12
08th	Amedeo Ruggeri	Maserati	75		+ 7 rounds	15th
09	Eugenio Siena Antonio Brivio	Alfa Romeo	65		+ 17 rounds	14th
10	Luigi Premoli	Maserati	58		+ 25 rounds	9
11	Rudolf Caracciola	Alfa Romeo	57		+ 26 laps	10
-	Louis Chiron Achille Varzi	Bugatti	39		DNF	5		Motor overheated
-	Achille Varzi	Bugatti	26th		DNF	8th		defective power transmission
-	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti	20th		DNF	2		worn connecting rod
-	Luigi Castelbarco	Maserati	19th		DNF	3		accident

Web links

Commons : Italian Grand Prix 1932  - album containing pictures, videos and audio files

• X Gran Premio d'Italia. www.teamdan.com, accessed on August 9, 2014 (English). 
• Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: X ° GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA. www.kolumbus.fi, April 15, 2014, accessed on August 9, 2014 .