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
Heat 2
Heat 3
Final Classification
External links
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Notes and References
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .