Coppa Acerbo

The Coppa Acerbo was an motor race held in Italy. Following Italy's defeat in World War II, the race was renamed the Circuito di Pescara, and in some years was also referred to as the Pescara Grand Prix (Gran Premio di Pescara). The race was run between 1924 and 1961 with a variety of vehicle classes. In 1957 the Pescara Grand Prix was one round of the Formula One World Championship. This race which holds the record of the longest circuit length ever used for a Championship event.

Coppa Acerbo / Circuito di Pescara

Pescara Circuit
Race information
Number of times held	27
First held	1924
Last held	1961
Most wins (drivers)	Giuseppe Campari (3)
Most wins (constructors)	Alfa Romeo (10)
Circuit length	25.579 km (15.894 mi)
Race length	460.422 km (286.093 mi)
Laps	18
Last race (1957)
Pole position
Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 9:44.6
Podium
1. Stirling Moss Vanwall 2:59:22.7 2. Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati +3:13.9 3. Harry Schell Maserati +6:46.8
Fastest lap
Stirling Moss Vanwall 9:44.6

Race winners

Repeat winners (drivers)

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Wins	Driver	Years won
3	Giuseppe Campari	1927, 1929, 1931
2	Luigi Fagioli	1933, 1934
	Achille Varzi	1930, 1935
	Bernd Rosemeyer	1936, 1937
	Giovanni Bracco	1948, 1952

Repeat winners (constructors)

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Wins	Constructor	Years won
10	Alfa Romeo	1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1939, 1949, 1950
4	Ferrari	1951, 1952, 1953, 1961
3	Auto Union	1935, 1936, 1937
	Maserati	1930, 1948, 1954
2	Mercedes-Benz	1934, 1938

Repeat winners (engine manufacturers)

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Wins	Manufacturer	Years won
10	Alfa Romeo	1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1939, 1949, 1950
4	Ferrari	1951, 1952, 1953, 1961
3	Auto Union	1935, 1936, 1937
	Maserati	1930, 1948, 1954
2	Mercedes-Benz	1934, 1938

Year by year

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Year	Driver(s)	Class	Vehicle	Race title
1924	Enzo Ferrari	Grand Prix	Alfa Romeo RL	I Coppa Acerbo
1925	Guido Ginaldi	Grand Prix	Alfa Romeo RL	II Coppa Acerbo
1926	Luigi Spinozzi	Grand Prix	Bugatti T35	III Coppa Acerbo
1927	Giuseppe Campari	Grand Prix	Alfa Romeo P2	IV Coppa Acerbo
1928	Not held
1929	Giuseppe Campari	Grand Prix	Alfa Romeo P2	V Coppa Acerbo
1930	Achille Varzi	Grand Prix	Maserati 26M	VI Coppa Acerbo
1931	Giuseppe Campari	Grand Prix	Alfa Romeo Tipo A	VII Coppa Acerbo
1932	Tazio Nuvolari	Grand Prix	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B 'P3'	VIII Coppa Acerbo
1933	Luigi Fagioli	Grand Prix	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B 'P3'	IX Coppa Acerbo
1934	Luigi Fagioli	Grand Prix	Mercedes-Benz W25	X Coppa Acerbo
1935	Achille Varzi	Grand Prix	Auto Union B Typ.	XI Coppa Acerbo
1936	Bernd Rosemeyer	Grand Prix	Auto Union C Typ.	XII Coppa Acerbo
1937	Bernd Rosemeyer	Grand Prix	Auto Union C Typ.	XIII Coppa Acerbo
1938	Rudolf Caracciola	Grand Prix	Mercedes-Benz W154	XIV Coppa Acerbo
1939	Clemente Biondetti	Voiturette	Alfa Romeo 158	XV Coppa Acerbo
1940 – 1946	Not held
1947	Vincenzo Auricchio	Sports car	Stanguellini-Fiat 1100	XVI Circuito di Pescara
1948	Giovanni Bracco Alberto Ascari	Sports car	Maserati A6GCS	XVII Circuito di Pescara
1949	Franco Rol	Sports car	Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS	XVIII Circuito di Pescara
1950	Juan Manuel Fangio	Formula One	Alfa Romeo 158	XIX Circuito di Pescara
1951	José Froilán González	Formula One	Ferrari 375	XX Circuito di Pescara
1952	Giovanni Bracco Paolo Marzotto	Sports car	Ferrari 250 S	1° 12 Ore di Pescara
1953	Umberto Maglioli Mike Hawthorn	Sports car	Ferrari 375 MM	2° 12 Ore di Pescara
1954	Luigi Musso	Formula One/Two	Maserati 250F	XXIII Gran Premio di Pescara
1955	Not held
1956	Robert Manzon	Sports car	Gordini T15S	XXIV Gran Premio di Pescara
1957	Stirling Moss	Formula One	Vanwall VW5	XXV Circuito di Pescara
1958 – 1959	Not held
1960	Denny Hulme	Formula Junior[1]	Cooper T52 - BMC	XXVI Gran Premio di Pescara
1961	Lorenzo Bandini Giorgio Scarlatti	Sports car	Ferrari 250 TRI	1961 4h Testa Rosa

References

1. Autocourse Review of International Motor Sport 1960 Part Two. 1961. p. 164.

Other websites

• The Pescara Circuit at ETracksonline Archived 2007-09-09 at the Wayback Machine.