1923 Italian Grand Prix

1923 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Date 9 September 1923
Official name III Gran Premio d'Italia
I Grand Prix d'Europe
Location Monza, Italy
Course Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Course length 10.00 km (6.21 miles)
Distance 80 laps, 800 km (496.8 miles)
Pole position
Driver
  • Italy Ferdinando Minoia
Benz
Grid positions set by car number
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Pietro Bordino Fiat
Time 3:44.0
Podium
First
  • Italy Carlo Salamano
Fiat
Second
  • Italy Felice Nazzaro
Fiat
Third
  • United States Jimmy Murphy
Miller
Motor car race

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

Ferdinando Minoia in his Benz.
Winner Carlo Salamano in his Fiat.
Pos No Driver Car Laps Time/Retired
1 14 Italy Carlo Salamano Fiat 805/405 80 5h27m38
2 8 Italy Felice Nazzaro Fiat 805 80 5h28m02
3 5 United States Jimmy Murphy Miller 122 80 5h32m51
4 1 Italy Ferdinando Minoia Benz RH 76
NC 7 Germany Franz Horner Benz RH 71
NC 16 Argentina Martín de Álzaga Miller 122 70
Ret 4 France Albert Guyot Rolland-Pilain 60
Ret 2 Italy Pietro Bordino Fiat 805/405 44 Driver exhaustion
Ret 10 France Gaston Delalande Rolland-Pilain 30
Ret 15 France André Lefebvre Voisin Laboratoire 29
Ret 13 Germany Willy Walb Benz RH 29
Ret 9 France Henri Rougier Voisin Laboratoire 28
Ret 11 United Kingdom Louis Zborowski Miller 122 15
Ret 3 Italy Eugenio Silvani Voisin Laboratoire 14 Mechanical
DNS 6 Italy Antonio Ascari Alfa Romeo P1 Withdrawn
DNS 12 Italy Giuseppe Campari Alfa Romeo P1 Withdrawn
DNS 17 Italy Ugo Sivocci Alfa Romeo P1 Fatal crash in practice

References

  1. ^ Darren Galpin. "1923 Grands Prix, The GEL Motorsport Information Page". Archived from the original on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2009-03-18.


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