1937 San Remo Grand Prix Explained

Type:GP
Country:Italy
Flag Suffix:1861
Grand Prix:San Remo
Date:25 July
Year:1937
Official Name:I Gran Premio di San Remo
Location:San Remo, Liguria, Italy
Course:San Remo
Course Mi:1.157
Course Km:1.862
Distance Laps:30 (25-Heat)
Distance Mi:34.71
Distance Km:55.86
Pole Driver:Achille Varzi
Pole Country:Italy
Pole Flag Suffix:1861
Pole Team:Maserati
Pole Time:1:07.7
Fast Driver:Achille Varzi
Fast Team:Maserati
Fast Time:1:07.0
Fast Lap:4
Fast Country:Italy
Fast Flag Suffix:1861
First Driver:Achille Varzi
First Country:Italy
First Flag Suffix:1861
First Team:Maserati
Second Driver:Piero Dusio
Second Country:Italy
Second Flag Suffix:1861
Second Team:Maserati
Third Driver:Giovanni Rocco
Third Country:Italy
Third Flag Suffix:1861
Third Team:Maserati

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)

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

PosNoDriverManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGrid
12 Piero DusioMaserati2530:29.41
210 Emilio VilloresiMaserati25+ 1'31.63
38 Luigi VillaBugatti T5120+ 5 Laps4
44 Ettore BlancoMaserati18+ 7 Laps2

Heat 2

PosNoDriverManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGrid
116 Achille VarziMaserati2529:06.02
222 Pasquino ErminiMaserati24+ 1 Lap4
320 Nando RighettiMaserati24+ 1 Lap5
DNF18 Luigi VilloresiMaserati15Crash Damage1
DNF14 Aldo MarazzaMaserati5Ignition3

Heat 3

PosNoDriverManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGrid
132 Giovanni RoccoMaserati2529'36.04
226 Giovanni LuraniMaserati25+ 1'55.01
DNF34 Guido BarbieriMaserati21+ 4 Laps (crash)5
DNF28 Sergio CarnevalliMB[4] 21+ 4 Lap (crash)2
DNF30 Luigi RovereMaserati21+ 4 Laps (supercharger)3

Final Classification

PosNoDriverManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGrid
116 Achille VarziMaserati3034'39.31
22 Piero DusioMaserati30+ 46.93
332 Giovanni RoccoMaserati30+ 51.72
422 Pasquino ErminiMaserati29+ 1 Lap4
DNF26 Giovanni LuraniMaserati19+ 11 Laps5
DNF10 Emilio VilloresiMaserati28+ 2 Laps6

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Golden Era - Introduction (§ Voiturette racing) . Leif Snellman . February 28, 2014 . March 5, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140305022642/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/intro.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: 1937 San Remo Grand Prix (Race Results) . Leif Snellman . February 28, 2014 . March 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140316225433/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp374.htm#31 . dead .
  3. Web site: 1937 San Remo Grand Prix . marinadiospedaletti.it . February 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141213174131/http://www.marinadiospedaletti.it/gran-premio-1937/ . 2014-12-13 . dead .
  4. Web site: Sergio Carnevalli - Maserati/Bugatti . Leif Snellman . February 28, 2014 . February 17, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200217235813/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/dc.htm#CARN . dead .