1930 San Sebastián Grand Prix Explained

Type:	GP
Grand Prix:	San Sebastián
Date:	5 October
Year:	1930
Official Name:	VIII Gran Premio de San Sebastián
Country:	Spain
Flag Suffix:	1785
Location:	Circuito Lasarte San Sebastián, Spain
Course:	Road course
Course Mi:	10.760
Course Km:	17.315
Weather:	Sunny
Distance Laps:	30
Distance Mi:	322.8
Distance Km:	519.5
Pole Driver:	Filippo Sartorio
Pole Team:	Maserati
Pole Country:	Italy
Pole Flag Suffix:	1861
Grid From Number:	True
Fast Driver:	Achille Varzi
Fast Team:	Maserati
Fast Time:	7:05.3
Fast Lap:	8
Fast Country:	Italy
Fast Flag Suffix:	1861
First Driver:	Achille Varzi
First Team:	Maserati
First Country:	Italy
First Flag Suffix:	1861
Second Driver:	Aymo Maggi
Second Team:	Maserati
Second Country:	Italy
Second Flag Suffix:	1861
Third Driver:	Henri Stoffel
Third Team:	Peugeot
Third Country:	France

The 1930 San Sebastián Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Circuito Lasarte on 5 October 1930. The Italian driver Achille Varzi won the race in a works Maserati, ahead of his teammate Aymo Maggi and the privateer Peugeot of Henri Stoffel.^{[1] [2]}

Entries

No	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine
1	Arrigo Sartorio	Private entry	Maserati	Maserati 26R	1.7 L8
2	Henri Stoffel	Private entry	Peugeot	Peugeot 174 S	4.0 L4
3	Robert Sénéchal	Private entry	Delage	Delage 15 S 8	1.5 L8
4	Philippe Étancelin	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35C	2.0 L8
5	Ferdinand Montier	Private entry	Montier Ford	Montier Ford Special	3.3 L4
6	Baconin Borzacchini	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo P2	2.0 L8
7	René Ferrand	Private entry	Peugeot	Peugeot 174 S	4.0 L4
8	Achille Varzi	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 26M	2.5 L8
9	Charles Montier	Private entry	Montier Ford	Montier Ford Special	3.3 L4
10	Jean de Maleplane	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35C	2.0 L8
11	Tazio Nuvolari	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo P2	2.0 L8
12	Aymo Maggi	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 26M	2.5 L8
14	Marcel Lehoux	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	2.3 L8
15	René Dreyfus	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	2.3 L8
16	Filippo Sartorio	Private entry	Maserati	Maserati 26	1.5 L8
18	Jean de l'Espée	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35C	2.0 L8
19	Juan Zanelli	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	2.3 L8
20	Cor John van Hulzen	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	2.3 L8
21	Guy Daniel	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	2.3 L8
22	Max Fourny	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35C	2.0 L8
23	Claude Arthez	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35	2.0 L8

Starting grid

Starting grid — 1930 San Sebastián Grand Prix
	width=150px		F. Sartorio Maserati
Stoffel Peugeot
	Étancelin Bugatti
		F. Montier Montier Ford
Ferrand Peugeot
	Varzi Maserati
		C. Montier Montier Ford
de Maleplane Bugatti
	Maggi Maserati
		Lehoux Bugatti
Dreyfus Bugatti
	de l'Espée Bugatti
		Zanelli Bugatti
van Hulzen Bugatti
	Fourny Bugatti

Note: grid slots were allocated in numerical order.^[2]

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	8	Achille Varzi	Maserati 26M	30	3:43:05	6
2	12	Aymo Maggi	Maserati 26M	30	+21:58	9
3	2	Henri Stoffel	Peugeot 174 S	30	+25:43	2
4	7	René Ferrand	Peugeot 174 S	30	+27:05	5
5	22	Max Fourny	Bugatti T35C	30	+30:53	15
6	10	Jean de Maleplane	Bugatti T35C	30	+32:41	8
7	1	Filippo Sartorio Arrigo Sartorio	Maserati 26R	30	+35:23	1
8	5	Ferdinand Montier	Montier Ford Special	26	Flagged off	4
Ret	15	René Dreyfus	Bugatti T35B	25	Crash/fuel problem	11
Ret	19	Juan Zanelli	Bugatti T35B	24	Crash	13
Ret	14	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti T35B	21	Driveshaft	10
Ret	18	Jean de l'Espée	Bugatti T35C	17	Engine	12
Ret	20	Cor John van Hulzen	Bugatti T35B	15	Crash, fire	14
Ret	4	Philippe Étancelin	Bugatti T35C	10	Crash	3
Ret	9	Charles Montier	Montier Ford Special	8		7
DNS	16	Filippo Sartorio	Maserati 26		Started in #1 car
DNA	3	Robert Sénéchal	Delage 15 S 8		Did not appear
DNA	6	Baconin Borzacchini	Alfa Romeo P2		Did not appear
DNA	11	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo P2		Did not appear
DNA	21	Guy Daniel	Bugatti T35B		Did not appear
DNA	23	Claude Arthez	Bugatti T35		Did not appear
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Notes and References

1. Web site: 1930 Spanish Grand Prix | Motor Sport Magazine Database. Motor Sport.
2. Web site: VIII° GRAN PREMIO DE SAN SEBASTIAN. kolumbus.fi. 4 October 2013. 11 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210511005034/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp3012.htm#72. dead.