The 1923 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on 9 September 1923.[1]
| 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 | Benz | ||
| Grid positions set by car number | |||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Pietro Bordino | Fiat | |
| Time | 3:44.0 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Fiat | ||
| Second | Fiat | ||
| Third | Miller | ||
It was the first race to be designated as the European Grand Prix.
Classification edit
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| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | Carlo Salamano
|
Fiat 805/405 | 80 | 5h27m38 |
| 2 | 8 | Felice Nazzaro
|
Fiat 805 | 80 | 5h28m02 |
| 3 | 5 |  Jimmy Murphy
|
Miller 122 | 80 | 5h32m51 |
| 4 | 1 | Ferdinando Minoia
|
Benz RH | 76 | |
| NC | 7 |  Franz Horner
|
Benz RH | 71 | |
| NC | 16 |  Martín de Álzaga
|
Miller 122 | 70 | |
| Ret | 4 |  Albert Guyot
|
Rolland-Pilain | 60 | |
| Ret | 2 | Pietro Bordino
|
Fiat 805/405 | 44 | Driver exhaustion |
| Ret | 10 | Gaston Delalande
|
Rolland-Pilain | 30 | |
| Ret | 15 | André Lefebvre
|
Voisin Laboratoire | 29 | |
| Ret | 13 | Willy Walb
|
Benz RH | 29 | |
| Ret | 9 | Henri Rougier
|
Voisin Laboratoire | 28 | |
| Ret | 11 |  Louis Zborowski
|
Miller 122 | 15 | |
| Ret | 3 | Eugenio Silvani
|
Voisin Laboratoire | 14 | Mechanical |
| DNS | 6 | Antonio Ascari
|
Alfa Romeo P1 | Withdrawn | |
| DNS | 12 | Giuseppe Campari
|
Alfa Romeo P1 | Withdrawn | |
| DNS | 17 | Ugo Sivocci
|
Alfa Romeo P1 | Fatal crash in practice |
References edit
- ^ Darren Galpin. "1923 Grands Prix, The GEL Motorsport Information Page". Archived from the original on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2009-03-18.