1937 San Remo Grand Prix

The first San Remo Grand Prix was a non-championship event, held on July 25, 1937, for 1500 cc Voiturette class Grand Prix cars[1] and ran counter clockwise on a 1.862 km (1.157 m.) street circuit in the town of San Remo, known as the San Remo Circuit (Circuito di San Remo, official name: Circuita Stracittadino di San Remo)

1937 San Remo Grand Prix
Race details
Date 25 July 1937
Official name I Gran Premio di San Remo
Location San Remo, Liguria, Italy
Course San Remo
Course length 1.862 km (1.157 miles)
Distance 30 (25-Heat) laps, 55.86 km (34.71 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Time 1:07.7
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Achille Varzi Maserati
Time 1:07.0 on lap 4
Podium
First Maserati
Second Maserati
Third
  • Italy Giovanni Rocco
Maserati

The race was run in three 25 lap heats, the 2 best of each heat qualifying for the 30 lap (55.860 km.) final, which was won in 34'39" min. by Achille Varzi driving a Maserati 4CM, averaging 96.7 km/h.[2][3]

Heat 1

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2 Italy Piero Dusio Maserati 25 30:29.4 1
2 10 Italy Emilio Villoresi Maserati 25 + 1'31.6 3
3 8 Italy Luigi Villa Bugatti T51 20 + 5 Laps 4
4 4 Italy Ettore Blanco Maserati 18 + 7 Laps 2

Heat 2

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 16 Italy Achille Varzi Maserati 25 29:06.0 2
2 22 Italy Pasquino Ermini Maserati 24 + 1 Lap 4
3 20 Italy Nando Righetti Maserati 24 + 1 Lap 5
DNF 18 Italy Luigi Villoresi Maserati 15 Crash Damage 1
DNF 14 Italy Aldo Marazza Maserati 5 Ignition 3

Heat 3

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 32 Italy Giovanni Rocco Maserati 25 29'36.0 4
2 26 Italy Giovanni Lurani Maserati 25 + 1'55.0 1
DNF 34 Italy Guido Barbieri Maserati 21 + 4 Laps (crash) 5
DNF 28 Italy Sergio Carnevalli MB[4] 21 + 4 Lap (crash) 2
DNF 30 Italy Luigi Rovere Maserati 21 + 4 Laps (supercharger) 3

Final Classification

Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 16 Italy Achille Varzi Maserati 30 34'39.3 1
2 2 Italy Piero Dusio Maserati 30 + 46.9 3
3 32 Italy Giovanni Rocco Maserati 30 + 51.7 2
4 22 Italy Pasquino Ermini Maserati 29 + 1 Lap 4
DNF 26 Italy Giovanni Lurani Maserati 19 + 11 Laps 5
DNF 10 Italy Emilio Villoresi Maserati 28 + 2 Laps 6

References

  1. "The Golden Era - Introduction (§ Voiturette racing)". Leif Snellman. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  2. "1937 San Remo Grand Prix (Race Results)". Leif Snellman. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  3. "1937 San Remo Grand Prix". marinadiospedaletti.it. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  4. "Sergio Carnevalli - Maserati/Bugatti". Leif Snellman. Archived from the original on February 17, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

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