1932 Monaco Grand Prix

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E

1932 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Date	17 April 1932
Official name	IV Grand Prix de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.180 km (1.976 miles)
Distance	100 laps, 318.0 km (197.6 miles)
Weather	Overcast, dry
Pole position
Driver	William Grover-Williams	Bugatti
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver	Achille Varzi	Bugatti
Time	2:02.0 on lap 19
Podium
First	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo
Second	Rudolf Caracciola	Alfa Romeo
Third	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati

The 1932 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 17 April 1932.

Winner Tazio Nuvolari with Louis II, Prince of Monaco.

#28 is winner Nuvolario in his Alfa Romeo.

It was won by Tazio Nuvolari of Italy, driving for the works Alfa Romeo team, won the race by just 2.8 seconds from the privateer Alfa of Rudolf Caracciola, who, despite having a contract for 1932, was not yet part of the official works team. Caracciola might have had an opportunity to pass Nuvolari for the lead, after the Italian's car developed fuel pick-up issues, but he decided instead to remain behind the Alfa Romeo team leader. The 1931 Monaco Grand Prix runner-up Luigi Fagioli completed the podium in third for the Maserati team.^[1]

Entry #4 was Earl Howe, leading before #10 Guy Bouriat. Both in Bugattis.

Entries

No	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine
2	Rudolf Caracciola	Private entry	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
4	Earl Howe	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
6	Clifton Penn-Hughes	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	2.3 L8
8	Juan Zanelli	Private entry	Nacional Pescara	Nacional Pescara	3.0 L6
10	Guy Bouriat	Automobiles E. Bugatti	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
12	Louis Chiron	Automobiles E. Bugatti	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
14	Albert Divo	Automobiles E. Bugatti	Bugatti	Bugatti T53‡ Bugatti T51	5.0 V16 2.3 L8
16	Achille Varzi	Automobiles E. Bugatti	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
18	Stanisłas Czaykowski	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
20	Marcel Lehoux	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
22	William Grover-Williams	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
24	Baconin Borzacchini	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
26	Giuseppe Campari	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
28	Tazio Nuvolari	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
30	Philippe Étancelin	Private entry	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
32	Goffredo Zehender	Private entry	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
34	René Dreyfus	Officine A. Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 8C 2800	2.8 L8
36	Luigi Fagioli	Officine A. Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 8C 2800	2.8 L8
38	Amedeo Ruggeri	Officine A. Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 26M	2.5 L8

^‡ — Divo drove the T53 during the practice sessions on Thursday and Friday, but switched to the T51 for Saturday practice and the race.^[1]

Practice

Official timing for practice sessions was introduced for this year.^[1]

Thursday Driver Car Time Laps Giuseppe Campari Alfa Romeo Monza 2:08 16 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo Monza 2:08 13 René Dreyfus Maserati 8C 2800 2:08 18 Guy Bouriat Bugatti T51 2:09 7 Louis Chiron Bugatti T51 2:09 7 Goffredo Zehender Alfa Romeo Monza 2:10 11 Earl Howe Bugatti T51 2:11 6 Baconin Borzacchini Alfa Romeo Monza 2:11 10 Philippe Étancelin Alfa Romeo Monza 2:12 15 Rudolf Caracciola Alfa Romeo Monza 2:14 14 Albert Divo Bugatti T53 2:18 7 Stanisłas Czaykowski Bugatti T51 2:19 6 Marcel Lehoux Bugatti T51 — 4 Clifton Penn-Hughes Bugatti T35B —  ?

Friday Driver Car Time Laps Baconin Borzacchini Alfa Romeo Monza 2:05 22 Achille Varzi Bugatti T51 2:06 14 Philippe Étancelin Alfa Romeo Monza 2:06 22 René Dreyfus Maserati 8C 2800 2:06 14 Luigi Fagioli Maserati 8C 2800 2:06 9 Rudolf Caracciola Alfa Romeo Monza 2:07 13 Louis Chiron Bugatti T51 2:07 18 Marcel Lehoux Bugatti T51 2:07 9 William Grover-Williams Bugatti T51 2:07 19 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo Monza 2:07 18 Giuseppe Campari Alfa Romeo Monza 2:09 11 Earl Howe Bugatti T51 2:10 7 Guy Bouriat Bugatti T51 2:10 13 Stanisłas Czaykowski Bugatti T51 2:11 17 Goffredo Zehender Alfa Romeo Monza 2:15 9 Albert Divo Bugatti T53 2:19 6 Juan Zanelli Nacional Pescara 2:29 8

Saturday Driver Car Time Laps Louis Chiron Bugatti T51 2:04 22 Giuseppe Campari Alfa Romeo Monza 2:05 12 Achille Varzi Bugatti T51 2:06 9 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo Monza 2:07 9 Rudolf Caracciola Alfa Romeo Monza 2:07 13 Marcel Lehoux Bugatti T51 2:07 5 William Grover-Williams Bugatti T51 2:07 13 Baconin Borzacchini Alfa Romeo Monza 2:07 11 Goffredo Zehender Alfa Romeo Monza 2:07 15 Luigi Fagioli Maserati 8C 2800 2:08 16 Amedeo Ruggeri Maserati 26M 2:08 16 Guy Bouriat Bugatti T51 2:10 23 Albert Divo Bugatti T51 2:11 13 Stanisłas Czaykowski Bugatti T51 2:11 11 Juan Zanelli Nacional Pescara 2:17 13

Starting grid

Although practice laps had been officially timed, the grid was still determined by ballot. This was changed for the following year's race.^[1]

Starting grid — 1932 Monaco Grand Prix
		Grover-Williams Bugatti
	Étancelin Alfa Romeo
Ruggeri Maserati
		Chiron Bugatti
	Campari Alfa Romeo
Czaykowski Bugatti
		Lehoux Bugatti
	Borzacchini Alfa Romeo
Dreyfus Maserati
		Bouriat Bugatti
	Nuvolari Alfa Romeo
		Varzi Bugatti
	Caracciola Alfa Romeo
Howe Bugatti
		Divo Bugatti
	Zehender Alfa Romeo
Fagioli Maserati

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	28	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo Monza	100	3:32:25.2	11
2	2	Rudolf Caracciola	Alfa Romeo Monza	100	+2.8	13
3	36	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati 8C 2800	100	+2:17.8	17
4	4	Earl Howe	Bugatti T51	98	+2 laps	14
5	32	Goffredo Zehender	Alfa Romeo Monza	96	+4 laps	16
6	20	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti T51	95	+5 laps	7
7	22	William Grover-Williams	Bugatti T51	95	+5 laps	1
8	10	Guy Bouriat	Bugatti T51	93	+7 laps	10
9	14	Albert Divo	Bugatti T51	91	+9 laps	15
10	26	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Romeo Monza	86	+14 laps	5
Ret	24	Baconin Borzacchini	Alfa Romeo Monza	85	Brakes	8
Ret	34	René Dreyfus	Maserati 8C 2800	57	Broken driveshaft, lost wheel	9
Ret	16	Achille Varzi	Bugatti T51	56	Rear axle	12
Ret	30	Philippe Étancelin	Alfa Romeo Monza	49	Gearbox	2
Ret	18	Stanisłas Czaykowski	Bugatti T51	49	Gearbox	6
Ret	12	Louis Chiron	Bugatti T51	29	Crash	4
Ret	38	Amedeo Ruggeri	Maserati 26M	12	Supercharger	3
DNS	6	Clifton Penn-Hughes	Bugatti T35B		Practice crash, injury
DNS	8	Juan Zanelli	Nacional Pescara		Broken spring
Sources:[1]

References

1. "IV GRAND PRIX DE MONACO". kolumbus.fi. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2013.

External links

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