1931 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 3 of 3 in the 1931 European Championship
Race details
Date 12 July 1931
Official name III Grand Prix de Belgique
Location Spa-Francorchamps
Spa, Belgium
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 14.864 km (9.236 miles)
Distance 88 laps, 1320.399 km (820.458 miles)
Pole position
Drivers
Alfa Romeo
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver Monaco Louis Chiron Bugatti
Time 6:18.6
Podium
First Bugatti
Second Alfa Romeo
Third
Alfa Romeo

The 1931 Belgian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 12 July 1931.[1][2][3][4]

Classification

Start of the race

Race

Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 United Kingdom William Grover-Williams Private entry Bugatti T51 88 2 1
Italy Caberto Conelli 1
2 10 Italy Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 88 5 2
Italy Baconin Borzacchini 2
3 2 Italy Ferdinando Minoia Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 85 +3 Laps 1 3
Italy Giovanni Minozzi 3
4 16 United Kingdom Henry Birkin Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 8C-2300LM 83 +5 Laps 8 4
United Kingdom Brian Lewis 4
5 8 France Henri Stoffel Private entry Mercedes-Benz SSK 81 +7 Laps 4 4
Russia Boris Ivanowski[note 1] 4
6 24 France Jean Pesato Private entry Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 73 +15 Laps 12 4
France Pierre Félix 4
Ret 18 France Jean-Pierre Wimille Private entry Bugatti T51 65 +23 Laps 9 5
France Jean Gaupillat 5
8[1][2][3][note 2] 22 France Charles Montier Private entry Montier-Ford 58 +30 Laps 11 5
France "Ducolombier" 5
Ret 20 France Ferdinand Montier Private entry Montier-Ford 56 10 5
Ret 6 France Albert Divo Bugatti Bugatti T51 51 Mechanical 3 5
France Guy Bouriat 5
Ret 12 Italy Achille Varzi Bugatti Bugatti T51 44 Magneto 6 6
Monaco Louis Chiron 6
Ret 14 Italy Giuseppe Campari Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 40 Fire 7 6
Italy Goffredo Zehender 6

Starting grid positions

1st Row 1 Pos. 2 Pos. 3 Pos.
Italy / Italy
Minoia / Minozzi
Alfa Romeo
United Kingdom / Italy
Grover-Williams / Conelli
Bugatti
France / France
Divo / Bouriat
Bugatti
2nd Row 1 Pos. 2 Pos. 3 Pos.
France /  
Stoffel / Russia Ivanowski
Mercedes-Benz
Italy / Italy
Nuvolari / Borzacchini
Alfa Romeo
Italy / Monaco
Varzi / Chiron
Bugatti
3rd Row 1 Pos. 2 Pos. 3 Pos.
Italy / Italy
Campari / Zehender
Alfa Romeo
United Kingdom / United Kingdom
Birkin / Lewis
Alfa Romeo
France / France
Wimille / Gaupillat
Bugatti
4th Row 1 Pos. 2 Pos. 3 Pos.
France
F. Montier
Montier-Ford
France / France
C. Montier / Ducolombier
Montier-Ford
France / France
Pesato / Félix
Alfa Romeo

Notes

  1. Ivanowski was a Russian national, but in exile since the Russian Revolution.
  2. Researcher Hans Etzrodt has Montier placed 7th.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "1931 Belgian Grand Prix". NASCAR Digital Media.
  2. 1 2 "The Belgian Grand Prix". Motor Sport. August 1931.
  3. 1 2 "1931 Belgian Grand Prix | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport.
  4. 1 2 Etzrodt, Hans. "1931 Grand Prix Season - 1931 Belgian Grand Prix (Grand Prix de Belgique)". III Grand Prix de Belgique. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  5. Etzrodt, Hans. "The 1931 European Automobile Championship". Archived from the original on 2020-02-08. Retrieved 2020-02-01.


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