1932 Monaco Grand Prix
Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 Grand Prix season | |||
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| 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 mi) | ||
| Distance | 100 laps, 318.0 km (197.6 mi) | ||
| Weather | Overcast, dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Bugatti | ||
| Grid positions set by ballot | |||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
.svg.png){kind=small} Achille Varzi | Bugatti | |
| Time | 2:02.0 on lap 19 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Second | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Third | Maserati | ||
The 1932 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 17 April 1932. Tazio Nuvolari, 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]
Entries
- ^‡ — 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]
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 | ||
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 Grover-WilliamsBugatti | ||
 ÉtancelinAlfa Romeo | ||
| Ruggeri Maserati |
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 ChironBugatti | ||
| Campari Alfa Romeo | ||
 CzaykowskiBugatti |
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| Lehoux Bugatti | ||
| Borzacchini Alfa Romeo | ||
| Dreyfus Maserati |
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| Bouriat Bugatti | ||
| Nuvolari Alfa Romeo | ||
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| Varzi Bugatti | ||
 CaracciolaAlfa Romeo | ||
| Howe Bugatti |
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| Divo Bugatti | ||
| Zehender Alfa Romeo | ||
| Fagioli Maserati |
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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] | ||||||
| Grand Prix Race | ||
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| 1932 Grand Prix season | ||
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References
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