Practice: This is the race between the Italians and the French and is fuelled by their rivalry. Alfa Romeo against Bugatti. Divo, Chiron, Conelli, Varzi and Williams line up and Boillot driving a ten year old 4 litre, Peugeot 174.
The duration of the race remains 100 laps even through the A.I.A.C.R. has stipulated that a GP should last for ten hours and drivers can relay, this is obviously impossible on Monaco’s ‘thousand corner circuit’.
The road in the tunnel was painted white for better visibility. Another advantage; the tram rails have been taken away. The race was radio transmitted by the French PTT. Prize money is the same as before 100.000F or the winner, 40.000F for the second.
The actual start is given when cars are positioned 100 m before the starting line, so it is a pre-launched starting sequence.
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Race Result
1 Louis Chiron (MC) |
Bugatti 51 |
3h39’9.2” 87.062 km/h |
2 Fagioli (I) |
Maserati 8C |
+3’55.4” |
3 Varzi (I) |
Bugatti 51 |
+ 4’4” |
4 Bouriat (F) |
Bugatti 51 |
+ 2 laps |
5 Zehender (F) |
Alfa Romeo 1750 |
+ 3 laps |
6 “Dribus” Boillot (F) |
Peugeot 4 l - 174S |
+ 4 laps |
7 Biondetti (I) |
Maserati 8C |
+ 9 laps |
8 Penn Hughes (GB) |
Bugatti 35 |
+ 11 laps |
9 Czaikowski (POL) |
Bugatti 35 |
+ 15 laps |
Fastest lap: Chiron,Fagioli,Varzi - 2’07” - 90.141 km/h
Retired:
'Williams' |
lap 5 |
valves |
Etancelin |
lap 6 |
piston |
Pedrazzini |
lap 13 |
ignition |
Lehoux |
lap 15 |
gearbox |
Burggaller |
lap 26 |
engine |
Von Morgen |
lap 28 |
gearbox |
Leiningen |
lap 31 |
gearbox |
Zanelli |
lap 47 |
piston |
Caracciola |
lap 53 |
clutch |
Ackerl |
lap 55 |
transmission |
Stuber |
lap 59 |
transmission |
Howe |
lap 62 |
engine |
Divo |
lap 66 |
engine |
Dreyfus |
lap 91 |
engine |
Starting lineup
Caracciola retired with clutch problems
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Race
Dreyfus wins the pole position lottery and is first off leading for three laps, followed by Williams, Stuber, Lehoux, Caracciola, Varzi, Chiron. Fuel pump problems direct Dreyfus to fourth place and later to abandon.
Williams takes the lead, but in lap 6, he stops with a broken valve spring and Dreyfus back in the lead. Varzi takes the lead. In lap 12 Lehoux takes second with Fagioli third, passing Dreyfus with fuel problems.
In lap 15 Lehoux potters into the pit lane and abandons. Louis Chiron takes the second place.
In lap 20 Varzi equals the 2’07” record while Fagioli and Bouriat fight for 3rd place.
In lap 29 Varzi hits the curb in the train station curve and stumbles slowly to the pit lane for a new wheel. He manages to join the race before Chiron passes. However Chiron still takes the lead away.
Lap 50 Chiron in the lead followed by Fagioli, Bouriat, Caracciola, Varzi, Lord owe, Divo, Dribus, Stuber, Biondetti. Chiron stays up front and even does 101 laps instead of 100, better safe than sorry.
Cause for giving later in the year big parties with the presence of Vanderbilt, Maurice Chevalier, the Prince de Polignac, Charles Boyer, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the Dolly Sisters and and a small italian by the name of Léon Garibaldi.
Chiron taking the 4 chequed flag
Pitlane
Chiron the winner
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