1930 Rome Grand Prix Explained

Type:	GP
Grand Prix:	Rome
Date:	25 May
Year:	1930
Official Name:	VI Reale Premio di Roma
Country:	Italy
Flag Suffix:	1861
Location:	Circuito Tre Fontane Rome, Italy
Course:	Road course
Course Mi:	8.11
Course Km:	13.050
Weather:	Overcast, warm
Distance Laps:	20
Distance Mi:	162.2
Distance Km:	261.0
Pole Driver:	Luigi Arcangeli
Pole Team:	Maserati
Pole Country:	Italy
Pole Flag Suffix:	1861
Fast Driver:	Louis Chiron
Fast Team:	Bugatti
Fast Time:	5:36.6
Fast Country:	Monaco
First Driver:	Luigi Arcangeli
First Team:	Maserati
First Country:	Italy
First Flag Suffix:	1861
Second Driver:	Guy Bouriat
Second Team:	Bugatti
Second Country:	France
Second Driver2:	Louis Chiron
Second Country2:	Monaco
Third Driver:	Heinrich Joachim von Morgen
Third Team:	Bugatti
Third Country:	Germany
Third Flag Suffix:	1919

The 1930 Rome Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Circuito Tre Fontane on 25 May 1930. Maserati driver Luigi Arcangeli won the race, ahead of the shared works Bugatti of Guy Bouriat and Louis Chiron, and the privateer Bugatti of Heinrich Joachim von Morgen.^[1]

Entries

No	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine
2	Luigi Arcangeli	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 26M	2.5 L8
4	Louis Chiron	Automobiles Ettore Bugatti	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	2.3 L8
6	Clemente Biondetti	Scuderia Materassi	Talbot	Talbot 700	1.5 L8
8	Pietro Nicolotti	Private entry	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500	1.5 L6
10	Cleto Nenzioni	Private entry	Maserati	Maserati 26B	2.1 L8
12	Luigi Fagioli	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 26	1.7 L8
14	Fritz Caflisch	Private entry	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SS	7.1 L6
16	Achille Varzi	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo P2	2.0 L8
18	Giuseppe Campari	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GS	1.8 L6
20	Arrigo Sartorio	Private entry	Maserati	Maserati 26	1.5 L8
22	Mario Tadini	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GS	1.8 L6
24	Heinrich Joachim von Morgen	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	2.3 L8
26	Emil Frankl	Private entry	Steyr	Steyr 4.5 Liter	4.5 L6
28	Tazio Nuvolari	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo P2	2.0 L8
30	Guy Bouriat	Automobiles Ettore Bugatti	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	2.3 L8
32	Cesare Renzi	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T37A	1.5 L8
34	Cesare Pastore	Private entry	Maserati	Maserati 26B	2.1 L8
36	Colonna de Stigliano	Private entry	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	1.8 L6
?	Filippo Sartorio	Enrico or F. Sartorio	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	1.5 L6
?	Arrigo Nenzioni	A. or E. Nenzioni	Maserati	Maserati 26	1.5 L8
?	William Grover-Williams	Automobiles Ettore Bugatti	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	2.3 L8
?	?	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo P2	2.0 L8
?	?	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500	1.5 L6

Starting grid

Starting grid — 1930 Rome Grand Prix
	width=150px		Arcangeli Maserati
Chiron Bugatti
	Biondetti Talbot
		Nicolotti Alfa Romeo
C. Nenzioni Maserati
	Fagioli Maserati
		Caflisch Mercedes-Benz
Varzi Alfa Romeo
	Campari Alfa Romeo
		A. Sartorio Maserati
Tadini Alfa Romeo
	von Morgen Bugatti
		Nuvolari Alfa Romeo
Bouriat Bugatti
	Renzi Bugatti

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	Luigi Arcangeli	Maserati 26M	20	1:56:37.8	1
2	30	Guy Bouriat Louis Chiron	Bugatti T35B	20	+1.8	14
3	24	Heinrich Joachim von Morgen	Bugatti T35B	20	+7:47.0	12
4	6	Clemente Biondetti	Talbot 700	20	+10:26.2	3
5	18	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GS	20	+10:41.6	9
6	14	Fritz Caflisch	Mercedes-Benz SS	20	+14:34.4	7
7	22	Mario Tadini	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GS	20	+22:31.4	11
8	32	Cesare Renzi	Bugatti T35C	20	+24:38.6	15
NC	8	Pietro Nicolotti	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500	20	Exceeded maximum time	4
Ret	12	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati 26	19	Rear axle bearing	6
Ret	28	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo P2	19	Broken piston	13
NC	20	Arrigo Sartorio	Maserati 26	18	+2 laps	10
Ret	10	Cleto Nenzioni	Maserati 26	12	?	5
Ret	16	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo P2	6	Clutch	8
Ret	4	Louis Chiron	Bugatti T35B	2	Engine bearing	2
DNS	?	Filippo Sartorio	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500		Raced 1100 cc
DNS	?	William Grover-Williams	Bugatti T35B		Reserve driver
DNA	26	Emil Frankl	Steyr 4.5 Liter		Did not appear
DNA	34	Cesare Pastore	Maserati 26B		Did not appear
DNA	36	Colonna de Stigliano	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750		Did not appear
DNA	?	Arrigo Nenzioni	Maserati 26		Did not appear
DNA	?	?	Alfa Romeo P2		Did not appear
DNA	?	?	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500		Did not appear
Source:

• Louis Chiron took over the #30 Bugatti of Guy Bouriat on lap five, driving it for the remainder of the race.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: VI REALE PREMIO DI ROMA . kolumbus.fi . 2 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216211115/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp3004.htm . 16 December 2013 . live .