The 1930 Rome Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Circuito Tre Fontane on 25 May 1930. Maserati driver Luigi Arcangeli won the race, ahead of the shared works Bugatti of Guy Bouriat and Louis Chiron, and the privateer Bugatti of Heinrich Joachim von Morgen.[1]
| 1930 Rome Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race details | |||
| Date | 25 May 1930 | ||
| Official name | VI Reale Premio di Roma | ||
| Location |
Circuito Tre Fontane Rome, Italy | ||
| Course | Road course | ||
| Course length | 13.050 km (8.11 miles) | ||
| Distance | 20 laps, 261.0 km (162.2 miles) | ||
| Weather | Overcast, warm | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Maserati | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Louis Chiron | Bugatti | |
| Time | 5:36.6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Maserati | ||
| Second |
| Bugatti | |
| Third |
| Bugatti | |
Entries edit
Starting grid edit
| Starting grid — 1930 Rome Grand Prix | ||
|---|---|---|
 ArcangeliMaserati | ||
| Chiron Bugatti | ||
| Biondetti Talbot |
||
 NicolottiAlfa Romeo | ||
| C. Nenzioni Maserati | ||
| Fagioli Maserati |
||
 CaflischMercedes-Benz | ||
| Varzi Alfa Romeo | ||
| Campari Alfa Romeo |
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| A. Sartorio Maserati | ||
| Tadini Alfa Romeo | ||
 von MorgenBugatti |
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| Nuvolari Alfa Romeo | ||
 BouriatBugatti | ||
| Renzi Bugatti |
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Classification edit
Race edit
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Luigi Arcangeli
|
Maserati 26M | 20 | 1:56:37.8 | 1 |
| 2 | 30 | Guy Bouriat Louis Chiron
|
Bugatti T35B | 20 | +1.8 | 14 |
| 3 | 24 | Heinrich Joachim von Morgen
|
Bugatti T35B | 20 | +7:47.0 | 12 |
| 4 | 6 | Clemente Biondetti
|
Talbot 700 | 20 | +10:26.2 | 3 |
| 5 | 18 | Giuseppe Campari
|
Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GS | 20 | +10:41.6 | 9 |
| 6 | 14 | Fritz Caflisch
|
Mercedes-Benz SS | 20 | +14:34.4 | 7 |
| 7 | 22 | Mario Tadini
|
Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GS | 20 | +22:31.4 | 11 |
| 8 | 32 | Cesare Renzi
|
Bugatti T35C | 20 | +24:38.6 | 15 |
| NC | 8 | Pietro Nicolotti
|
Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 | 20 | Exceeded maximum time | 4 |
| Ret | 12 | Luigi Fagioli
|
Maserati 26 | 19 | Rear axle bearing | 6 |
| Ret | 28 | Tazio Nuvolari
|
Alfa Romeo P2 | 19 | Broken piston | 13 |
| NC | 20 | Arrigo Sartorio
|
Maserati 26 | 18 | +2 laps | 10 |
| Ret | 10 | Cleto Nenzioni
|
Maserati 26 | 12 | ? | 5 |
| Ret | 16 | Achille Varzi
|
Alfa Romeo P2 | 6 | Clutch | 8 |
| Ret | 4 | Louis Chiron
|
Bugatti T35B | 2 | Engine bearing | 2 |
| DNS | ? | Filippo Sartorio
|
Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 | Raced 1100 cc | ||
| DNS | ? |  William Grover-Williams
|
Bugatti T35B | Reserve driver | ||
| DNA | 26 |  Emil Frankl
|
Steyr 4.5 Liter | Did not appear | ||
| DNA | 34 | Cesare Pastore
|
Maserati 26B | Did not appear | ||
| DNA | 36 | Colonna de Stigliano
|
Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 | Did not appear | ||
| DNA | ? | Arrigo Nenzioni
|
Maserati 26 | Did not appear | ||
| DNA | ? | ?
|
Alfa Romeo P2 | Did not appear | ||
| DNA | ? | ?
|
Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 | Did not appear | ||
| Source:[1] | ||||||
- Louis Chiron took over the #30 Bugatti of Guy Bouriat on lap five, driving it for the remainder of the race.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c "VI REALE PREMIO DI ROMA". kolumbus.fi. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.