1923 Italian Grand Prix Explained

Type:GP
Grand Prix:Italian
Date:9 Sep
Year:1923
Official Name:III Gran Premio d'Italia
I Grand Prix d'Europe
Country:Italy
Flag Suffix:1861
Location:Monza, Italy
Course:Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Course Mi:6.21
Course Km:10.00
Distance Laps:80
Distance Mi:496.8
Distance Km:800
Pole Driver:Ferdinando Minoia
Pole Country:Italy
Pole Flag Suffix:1861
Pole Team:Benz
Grid From Number:True
Fast Driver:Pietro Bordino
Fast Team:Fiat
Fast Time:3:44.0
Fast Country:Italy
Fast Flag Suffix:1861
First Driver:Carlo Salamano
First Team:Fiat
First Country:Italy
First Flag Suffix:1861
Second Driver:Felice Nazzaro
Second Team:Fiat
Second Country:Italy
Second Flag Suffix:1861
Third Driver:Jimmy Murphy
Third Team:Miller
Third Country:USA
Third Flag Suffix:1912

The 1923 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on 9 September 1923.[1]

It was the first race to be designated as the European Grand Prix.

Classification

PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retired
114 Carlo SalamanoFiat 805/405805h27m38
28 Felice NazzaroFiat 805805h28m02
35 Jimmy MurphyMiller 122805h32m51
41 Ferdinando MinoiaBenz RH76
NC7 Franz HornerBenz RH71
NC16 Martín de ÁlzagaMiller 12270
Ret4 Albert GuyotRolland-Pilain60
Ret2 Pietro BordinoFiat 805/40544Driver exhaustion
Ret10 Gaston DelalandeRolland-Pilain30
Ret15 André LefebvreVoisin Laboratoire29
Ret13 Willy WalbBenz RH29
Ret9 Henri RougierVoisin Laboratoire28
Ret11 Louis ZborowskiMiller 12215
Ret3 Eugenio SilvaniVoisin Laboratoire14Mechanical
DNS6 Antonio AscariAlfa Romeo P1Withdrawn
DNS12 Giuseppe CampariAlfa Romeo P1Withdrawn
DNS17 Ugo SivocciAlfa Romeo P1Fatal crash in practice

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1923 Grands Prix, The GEL Motorsport Information Page . Darren Galpin . https://web.archive.org/web/20081029104959/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1923.html . 2008-10-29 . live . 2009-03-18 .