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INTRODUCTION:
1935 was the great year of Mercedes-Benz and Rudolf Caracciola, while Auto Union was struggling. It was also the first year of the AIACR European Championship.
Grand Prix racing was becoming more and more a thing for the great manufacturers, private drivers had no chance to compete on equal terms any more. In 1935 therefore the Independent Drivers Association was formed in Paris by the amateur drivers in an attempt to better the situation. But the race organizers were not any longer ready to spend start money on also-runners, and one after an other the privateers left Grand Prix racing and turned to sports car or Voiturette racing instead. Whitney Straight left the scene altogether after unsuccessfully having tried to buy an Auto Union car for his team. And Maserati and Bugatti also lost their interest in GP racing during the season, leaving the field to Alfa Romeo and the two German teams.
In the autumn AIACR and representatives for the teams met, trying to find a new racing formula, but the meeting was resultless and the existing 750 kg formula was extended to include also the 1937 season.
1935 was the year that Voiturette racing became an serious alternative for race organizers around Europe. More and more of the continental races were changed from the 1100cc to the 1500cc class. The reason for the change in attitude towards the class was the new British ERA, which during the season took over the honor from Maserati of being the leading Voiturette car manufacturer. And Maserati was willing to take up the challenge, realizing that the future for them lay in Voiturette, not in GP racing.
Cancelled events:
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1935 SEASON LINEUP:
GRAND PRIX:
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes continued to race their W25 cars with 3.7 litres engines, upgraded later to 4.0 litres and finally 4.3 litres.
The driver lineup for 1935 was the same as in 1934 with Rudolf Caracciola, Manfred von Brauchitsch
and Luigi Fagioli as drivers and Hanns Geier as reserve. Second reserve was Hermann Lang,
who at the start of the season still worked as Fagioli's chief mechanic.
Auto Union
Auto Union entered the season with Auto Union B, a variant of Auto Union A upgraded on 56 different points including
increasing the engine capacity to 4.9 litre. Later in the season a 5.6 litre variant appeared.
The team retained the services of Hans Stuck and Hermann zu Leiningen and signed on Italian Achille Varzi. As reserves the team selected
GP privateer Paul Pietsch and the young motorcycle racer Bernd Rosemeyer. Momberger, who had great difficulties in working together
with team manager Willy Walb , and Sebastian, who admitted he did not have the speed for GP racing, had both moved to other duties
at the Auto Union concern.
Maserati
During the season the Maserati works team was represented by Count Della Chiesa's Scuderia Subalpina, in a similar way that
Scuderia Ferrari represented Alfa Romeo. Drivers Philippe Étancelin and Goffredo Zehender raced 6C-34 cars or upgraded 8CM cars
while waiting for their new V8-RI.
Another Maserati team was Gino Rovere with Giuseppe Farina as driver and
early in the season Étancelin sold his old blue 8CM to Armand Girod.
The new long expected 4.8 litre Maserati Tipo V-8RI finally made its debut in July at the Marne GP.
The streamlined design was clearly influenced by the German cars. Sadly it never got its chance to prove itself, for
suddenly Maserati lost interest in Grand Prix racing and the car never went through a proper development program.
Private Maserati drivers continued to drive their 3 litre 8CM cars with little success, the car being inferior to
both the latest Alfa Romeo and German cars.
Alfa Romeo
The Alfa Romeo P3 cars were bored out to 3.2 litres and were equipped with independent front suspension. In the middle of the season
a final variant of the car had a 3.8 litre engine.
Late in the season the new Tipo C 8 appeared with the 3.8 litre engine fitted into a streamlined body with a fully independent
suspension.
Tazio Nuvolari had approached Auto Union only to find out that Varzi had already signed on.
Nuvolari then planned to continue as a Maserati privateer, but with Varzi gone it seemed that the Ferrari team
would be led by French René Dreyfus and Monegasque Louis Chiron. Thus Benito Mussolini himself made it clear that he liked to
see the "Flying Mantuan" leading the team, so after having left the team in the middle of the 1933 season, Nuvolari
was now back at Ferrari. Other Ferrari drivers included Felice Trossi, who also worked as president for Scuderia Ferrari,
Antonio Brivio, Gianfranco Comotti, Mario Tadini and Carlo Pintacuda.
Scuderia Ferrari also built two new twin-engine 6.3 litre formula libre cars known as the "Bi-motore" with an intent
to beat the Germans at AVUS and Tripoli.
Bugatti
Bugatti had increased their engine volume to 3.8 litres and at last found some reliability. The team retained four of their cars and
managed to sell the other four to British amateur drivers.
Driver lineup included Jean-Pierre Wimille, Piero Taruffi and veteran driver Robert Benoist. Earl Howe entered his private
car in a some major races and several old Bugattis appeared in racing during the year.
VOITURETTE 1500cc:
Maserati
In 1935 Maserati continued with their 4C cars but were beaten by the new ERA cars.
Luigi Della Chiesa's new Scuderia Subalpina represented
the works. During the season Maserati worked on a new car to beat ERA in 1936.
ERA
This was a great year for ERA. A new bettered variant called ERA-B was built and raced by the works team.
Works drivers were Raymond Mays and Humphrey Cook. Tim Rose-Richards and Prince Hermann zu Leiningen
also did a start each for the works team. Pat Fairfield raced his 1100cc car and new ERA-B cars were sold to
"B. Bira" and Richard Seaman. These few cars dominated the 1935 Voiturette season.
Bugatti
The Bugatti cars were also runners, the team had no plans for any new design and the old cars were no match for the
Maseratis and ERAs. Pierre Veyron continued as the team's top driver.
Other
Earl Howe continued racing with his 1927 Delage. Old Salmsons and MGs also showed up here and there during the season.
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IN MEMORIAM:
Considering the fact that the speeds had gone up, 1935 proved to be one of the most accident free seasons in the 1930s,
at least regarding grand prix racing. The absolutely worst accident of the season was at the Château-Thierry hillclimb on 7 April when
Joseph "Papa" Cattanéo lost control of his Bugatti and crashed into the crowd. Some seven spectators succumed to their injuries with other 18 badly injured.
On 26 May French driver Buffy lost contral of his Bugatti in the rain at the Circuit d'Orleans race while chasing Cazaux. The car bounced off a tree
into the crowd, hitting 12 people. Eight of them were hospitalized of which one, Eugčne Regrain, later succumbed to his wounds.
On 16 June French driver Robert Cazaux was the winner at Course de Côte de Sézanne with his Bugatti T51. While doing a "climb of honor" he
overturned and fell out of the car, receiving fatal injuries.
On 2 November German driver Rudolf Steinweg died in a crash while practicing for the Guggerberg hillclimb near Budapest, Hungary.
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean on 21 May race driver Stubby Stubblefield and his mechanic Leo Whitaker crashed during qualifying for the indy 500.
The same day rookie driver Johnny Hannon crashed fatally during practice. Driving the same car as Hannon, Clay Weatherly then crashed fatally during Indy 500 on
30 May.
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Late February 1935:
Mercedes-Benz tested at Monza with Lang, Soenius and Kohlrausch as drivers. Hermann Lang was selected as junior driver.
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Spring 1935:
Achille Varzi tested both the streamlined and the GP variants of the Auto Union at AVUS Berlin and was delighted.
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II NORGES GRAND PRIX
Bogstad-Oslo (N), 10 February 1935
20 laps x 5 km (~3.1 mi) = 100 km = km (62.1 mi)
Widengren wins the Norwegian GP second time in a row.
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The first race of the 1935 season was the Norwegian winter Grand Prix, moved away this year from Gjersjøn
to a 5 km circuit laid out on Bogstadvannet, a frozen lake in the Sørkedalen valley 10 kilometers from Oslo. With some 25000 spectators turning up
transports and crowd control in the snow filled valley proved a bit troublesome.
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Entries:
The field included a decent number of GP cars and the racing class also included Finnish driver Alm who initially had entered his Flash Gordon inspired
"tail Ford" in the sports car class.
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Practice:
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Race:
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Ebb
Mercedes-Benz
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Isberg?
Bugatti
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Bjřrnstad
Alfa Romeo
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Sundstedt?
Bugatti
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Rüesch
Maserati
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6
P-W Widengren
Bugatti
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Alm
Ford
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The sports cars started on line 100 m behind the racing cars
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As expected the Nordic ice racing specialists dominated the race.
Widengren immediately took the lead followed by Bjørnstad, Ebb, Rüesch and Isberg. After a few laps Ebb with his huge SSK passed
Bjørnstad for second place. Soon afterwards Bjørnstad had a puncture and fell back. On lap 9 Sundstedt spun and crashed in a cloud of snow,
luckily without recieving any major injuries. Widengren was in his own class and on lap 18 he lapped third placed Rüesch to put all except Ebb a lap
behind. Bjørnstad had another puncture and was forced to do almost a full lap on the rim before being able to reaching the pit.
After 25 laps Widengren took the flag to win the Norwegian GP second time in a row.
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Results
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II VALLENTUNALOPPET
Vallentunasjön (S), 17 February 1935
10 laps x 4 km (2.49 mi) = 40 km (24.9 mi)
Widengren wins Swedish ice race
Results
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GRAND PRIX DE PAU
Pau (F), 24 February 1935
80 laps x 2.769 km (1.721 mi) = 221.5 km (137.6 mi)
Nuvolari wins from team mate Dreyfus
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Entries:
The Ferrari Alfa Romeo cars of Nuvolari and Dreyfus were the favourites and they faced Maseratis from Étancelin (in his old 8CM as the 6C-34 was not ready),
Falchetto, Soffietti and Brunet. Rüesch had got stuck at the customs and was a non starter.
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Practice:
Nuvolari's new Alfa with reveresed rear suspension proved to be fastest in practice with a time of 1:53
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Race:
It had been raining at Pau the night before the race but when the cars lined up the conditions were perfect.
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Etancelin
Maserati
1m56s
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14
Nuvolari
Alfa Romeo
1m55s
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24
Soffietti
Maserati
1m58s
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4
Lehoux
Bugatti
1m57s
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20
Dreyfus
Alfa Romeo
1m56s
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2
Brunet
Maserati
2m02s
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26
Falchetto
Maserati
1m59s
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6
Hellé-Nice
Alfa Romeo
2m06s
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Cazaux
Bugatti
2m04s
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28
G Léoz-Abad
Bugatti
2m06?s
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10
Delorme
Bugatti
2m07s
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12
Zanelli
Nacional Pescara
2m06s
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18
Veyron
Bugatti
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Just as expected the Ferrari cars took control over the race with Nuvolari leading from Dreyfus.
After 10 laps the order was:
| 1. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 19m49s |
| 2. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 19m50s |
| 3. Etancelin (Maserati) | 20m01s |
| 4. Lehoux (Bugatti) | 20m03s |
| 5. Falchetto (Maserati) | 20m16s |
| 6. Brunet (Maserati) | 20m21s |
| 7. Soffietti (Maserati) | 20m39s |
| 8. Leoz-Abad (Bugatti) | 21m01s |
| 9. Cazaux (Bugatti) | 21m09s |
| 10. "Hellé-Nice" (Alfa Romeo) | 21m14s |
The only driver being able to challenge them was Etancelin but he had to retire with a broken oil pump.
20 laps:
| 1. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 39m55s |
| 2. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 39m56s |
| 3. Falchetto (Maserati) | 40m30s |
| 4. Lehoux (Bugatti) | 40m31s |
| 5. Brunet (Maserati) | 40m55s |
| 6. Soffietti (Maserati) | 41m30s |
| 7. Leoz-Abad (Bugatti) | 41m59s |
| 8. Cazaux (Bugatti) | 42m02s |
| 9. "Hellé-Nice" (Alfa Romeo) | 42m48s(sic) |
| 10. Delorme (Bugatti) | 42m31s |
30 laps:
| 1. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 59m22s |
| 2. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 59m23s |
| 3. Falchetto (Maserati) | 1h00m04s |
| 4. Lehoux (Bugatti) | 1h00m27s |
| 5. Brunet (Maserati) | 1h00m48s |
| 6. Soffietti (Maserati) | 1h00m49s |
| 7. Leoz-Abad (Bugatti) | 1h01m43s |
| 8. Cazaux (Bugatti) | 1h01m49s |
| 10. Delorme (Bugatti) | 1h02m46s |
| 9. "Hellé-Nice" (Alfa Romeo) | 1h04m36s |
At half distance Dreyfus led Nuvolari by 2 seconds:
| 1. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 1h19m09s |
| 2. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 1h19m11s |
| 3. Falchetto (Maserati) | 1h20m23s |
| 4. Brunet (Maserati) | 1h21m15s |
| 5. Soffietti (Maserati) | 1h21m42s |
| 6. Leoz-Abad (Bugatti) | |
| 7. Cazaux (Bugatti) | |
| 8. Delorme (Bugatti) | |
| 9. "Hellé-Nice" (Alfa Romeo) | |
Situation after 50 laps:
| 1. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 1h38m47s |
| 2. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 1h38m51s |
| 3. Falchetto (Maserati) | 1h39m45s |
| 4. Brunet (Maserati) | 1h41m50s |
| 5. Soffietti (Maserati) | 1h42m00s |
Five laps from the finish Nuvolari passed Dreyfus and the Alfa Romeo drivers
then cruised home to give Nuvolari a straight win in his comeback race for Ferrari. Four minutes behind them two Maseratis of Soffietti and falchetto were fighting
for third place and the cars actually collided once they had passed the finish line.
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Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Type | Engine | Laps | Time/Status | Diff |
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| 1. | 14 | Tazio Nuvolari | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B | 2.9 | S-8 | 80 | 2h38m19.8s | 12.8s? |
| 2. | 20 | René Dreyfus | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B | 2.9 | S-8 | 80 | 2h38m46s | + 26s |
| 3. | 24 | Luigi Soffietti | L. Soffietti | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 80 | 2h42m10s | + 3m50s |
| 4. | 26 | Benoît Falchetto | Ecurie Braillard | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 80 | 2h43m12s | + 3m52s |
| 5. | 2 | Robert Brunet | Ecurie Braillard | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 79 | |
| 6. | 22 | Robert Cazaux | Ecurie Girod | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 77 | |
| 7. | 28 | Genaro Léoz-Abad | G. Léoz-Abad | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 77 | |
| 8. | 6 | Mlle "Hellé-Nice" | Mlle "Hellé-Nice" | Alfa Romeo | Monza | 2.3 | S-8 | 75 | |
| 9. | 10 | Jean Delorme | J. Delorme | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 75 | |
| DNF | 4 | Marcel Lehoux | M. Lehoux | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 32 | mechanical |
| DNF | 16 | Philippe Etancelin | P. Etancelin | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 20 | oil pump |
| DNF | 18 | Pierre Veyron | P. Veyron | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 13 | overheating |
| DNF | 12 | Juan Zanelli | Nacional Pescara | Nacional | Pescara | | | 12 | brakes |
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Fastest lap: Tazio Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) on lap 76/78? in 1m51.7s = 89.2 km/h (55.5 mph)
Winner's medium speed: 83.9 km/h (52.2 mph)
Pole position lap speed: 86.9 km/h (53.9 mph)
Weather: sunny.
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16 March 1935:
The B.A.R.C. Opening Meeting was held at Brooklands.
The handicap races were won by A. G. Bainton (Bainton Spl. 4.3L) - two races, Miss D. B. evans (M.G. 0.7L), H. G. Dobbs (Riley 1.5L),
I. Waller (Alvis 2.2L), H. W. Cook (Era 1.5L), E. J. H. Roth (Talbot 3.0L) and C. Martin (Bugatti).
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1 April 1935:
Murphy (MG) wins the Australian GP handicap race at Phillip Island.
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4 April 1935:
Tazio Nuvolari tests the new Alfa Romeo Bi-motore on a closed road section.
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7 April 1935:
Joseph "Papa" Cattanéo loses control of his Bugatti at the Château-Thierry hillclimb and crashes into the crowd.
Some seven spectators dies with other 18 badly injured.
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13 April 1935:
Donington Opening Meeting at Donington Park, England. Handicap races were won by K. D. Evans (M.G. 0.7L), R. O. Shuttleworth (Alfa Romeo 2.9L),
H. G. Dobbs (Riley 1.5L) - two races and C. Martin (Bugatti 2.3L).
A five lap 1500cc scratch race was also held with following results:
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14 April 1935:
Carlo Pintacuda /A. della Stufa (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.9L) wins the Mille Miglia sports car race in Italy. (Results)
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22 April 1935: The B.A.R.C. Easter Meeting was held at Brooklands.
The handicap races were won by G. R Hartwell (M.G. 1.1L), O. Bertram (Barnato-Hassan Spl. 8.0L / Delage 1.7L) - two races,
K. D Evans (M.G. 0.7L), E. J. H. Roth (Talbot 3.0L), R. O. Shuttleworth (Alfa Romeo 2.9L), Mrs. K. Petre (Bugatti 2.3L),
J. C Davis (Delage 1.5L) and F. W. Dixon (Riley 1.8L)
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VII GRAND PRIX DE MONACO
Circuit de Monaco (MC), 22 April 1935 (Monday)
100 laps x 3.180 km (1.976 mi) = 318.0 km (197.6 mi)
Luigi Fagioli in command
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The first major Grand Prix of the year was held at Monaco.
The Auto Union and Bugatti teams were absent from the Monaco Grand Prix.
During practice Caracciola was in great form finishing on pole with a time of 1:56.6. Von Brauchitsch was also
finally fully fit and was doing some fast laps around the for him unknown track, driving with his usual rugged style.
Fagioli completed an all Mercedes front row.
Scuderia Subalpina had just one 6C-34 ready so for a second entry they loaned the Rovere car for Farina.
Zehender had a new 3.2L variant of the old 8CM.
All the Ferrari cars featured the new rear suspension with quarter elliptic springs and hydraulic shock absorbers.
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Entries:
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Practice:
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Race:
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Fagioli
Mercedes-Benz
1m57.3s
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Brauchitsch
Mercedes-Benz
1m57.0s
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Caracciola
Mercedes-Benz
1m56.6s
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Nuvolari
Alfa Romeo
1m59.4s
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Dreyfus
Alfa Romeo
1m59s
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Sommer
Alfa Romeo
2m02s
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16
Chiron
Alfa Romeo
2m01.8s
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Brivio
Alfa Romeo
2m01s
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26
Zehender
Maserati
2m04s
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24
Etancelin
Maserati
2m02.2s
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32
Soffietti
Maserati
2m05.1s
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Howe
Bugatti
2m04s
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30
Farina
Maserati
2m04s
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Villapadeirna
Maserati
2m07.3s
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Dusio
Maserati
2m06.0s
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At the start it was Fagioli who took the lead, followed by Caracciola, Dreyfus, Nuvolari, Étancelin, Chiron and Brivio.
Von Brauchitsch did not get the chance to repeat his fine practice performance, he was out after only one lap with a broken gearbox.
Farina's 6C-34 was an early retirement and Zehender struggled with brake troubles on his 8CM.
Fagioli was going flat out and after five laps he had opened up a 5 second minute gap to Caracciola, and half a minute gap to
Dreyfus in third position:
| 1. Fagioli (Mercedes-Benz) | 19m55.6s |
| 2. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) | 20m00.2s |
| 3. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 20m25s |
| 4. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 20m28.3s |
| 5. Etancelin (Maserati) | 20m31.5s |
| 6. Brivio (Alfa Romeo) | 20m37.6s |
The Alfa drivers were in trouble with their new hydraulic brakes.
After 20 laps the two Mercedes cars were still leading from Dreyfus:
| 1. Fagioli (Mercedes-Benz) | 39m53.7s |
| 2. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) | 40m04.3s |
| 3. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 40m44.1s |
| 4. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 40m47.9s |
| 5. Etancelin (Maserati) | ? |
| 6. Brivio (Alfa Romeo) | 40m58.1s |
| 7. Chiron (Alfa Romeo) | 41m54.2s |
| 8. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) | 42m31.9s |
| 9. Howe (Bugatti) | 43m36.3s |
| 10. Soffietti (Maserati) | 44m47.8s |
| 11. Villapadierna (Maserati) | 45m53.2s |
| 12. Farina (Maserati) | 46m01.2s |
| 13. Zehender (Maserati) | 46m06.8s |
By lap 30 Étancelin had moved up into third place behind the Mercedes duo
and was opening up a gap to the Alfas of Dreyfus, Brivio and Nuvolari:
| 1. Fagioli (Mercedes-Benz) | 1h00m02.0s |
| 2. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) | 1h00m24.2s |
| 3. Etancelin (Maserati) | 1h00m52.7s |
| 4. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 1h00m58.7s |
| 5. Brivio (Alfa Romeo) | 1h01m19.7s |
| 6. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 1h01m28.2s |
Order after 40 laps:
| 1. Fagioli (Mercedes-Benz) | 1h20m24.9s |
| 2. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) | 1h20m57.9s |
| 3. Etancelin (Maserati) | 1h21m11.6s |
| 4. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 1h21m26.0s |
| 5. Brivio (Alfa Romeo) | 1h21m47.4s |
| 6. Chiron (Alfa Romeo) | 1h23m57.5s |
| 7. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 1h24m07.4s |
| 8. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) | 1h26m45.3s |
| 9. Soffietti (Maserati) | 1h28m59.2s |
| 10. Zehender (Maserati) | 1h28m59.9s |
| 11. Villapadierna (Maserati) | 1h29m15.5s |
Nuvolari had never been in the picture with serious brake problems
and had given over his car to Trossi on lap 39?.
Etancelin now started to take in on Caracciola and on lap
49 the Maserati driver pushed himself on the inside of the Mercedes-Benz in the Gasometre (now Rascasse) and up to second behind
Fagioli. The situation was like this after 50 laps:
| 1. Fagioli (Mercedes-Benz) | 1h40m40.4s |
| 2. Etancelin (Maserati) | 1h41m32.1s |
| 3. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) | 1h41m32.9s |
| 4. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 1h41m56s |
| 5. Brivio (Alfa Romeo) | 1h42m21s |
| 6. Chiron (Alfa Romeo) | 1h44m51.6s |
| 7. Trossi (Alfa Romeo) | 1h45m07s |
| 8. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) | 1h48m18.1s |
| 9. Villapadierna (Maserati) | 1h48m50.1s |
| 10. Zehender (Maserati) | 1h50m28s |
| 11. Soffietti (Maserati) | 1h52m47s |
Caracciola answered the attack and succeeded to pass Étancelin on the uphill to the casino on lap 56.
the situation on lap 60 was like this:
| 1. Fagioli (Mercedes-Benz) | 2h00m55.8s |
| 2. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) | 2h02m05.8s |
| 3. Etancelin (Maserati) | 2h02m17.7s |
| 4. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 2h02m24s |
| 5. Brivio (Alfa Romeo) | 2h02m46s |
| 6. Chiron (Alfa Romeo) | 2h05m43.5s |
| 7. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) | 2h09m44.1s |
| 8. Villapadierna (Maserati) | 2h10m21.3s |
| 9. Zehender (Maserati) | 2h11m53.9s |
| 10. Soffietti (Maserati) | 2h15m39.1s |
This furious driving
proved fatal for both cars. Caracciola retired with a broken valve on lap 60 and Étancelin's Maserati lost both brakes and oil
pressure and had to see the Alfas of Dreyfus and Brivio pass.
With 20 laps to go the situation had stabilized like this:
| 1. Fagioli (Mercedes-Benz) | |
| 2. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 2h42m33.9s |
| 3. Brivio (Alfa Romeo) | 2h43m13s |
| 4. Etancelin (Maserati) | 2h43m36.4s |
| 5. Chiron (Alfa Romeo) | 2h46m52.8s |
| 6. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) | 2h53m10.8s |
| 7. Zehender (Maserati) | 2h56m41.7s |
There was nothing the Ferrari drivers could do to Fagioli. The Mercedes
driver took the flag after having led the race all the way from start to finish, the first driver to have done so in Monaco.
Chiron, who had had trouble with the brakes during the whole race, had run out of fuel in front of the pits two laps from the end but was
able to continue after some delay and finished fifth.
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Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Type | Engine | Laps | Time/Status |
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| 1. | 4 | Luigi Fagioli | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz | W25 | 4.0 | S-8 | 100 | 3h23m49.8s |
| 2. | 18 | René Dreyfus | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B/P3 | 3.2 | S-8 | 100 | 3h24m21.3s | + 31.5s? |
| 3. | 22 | Antonio Brivio | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B/P3 | 2.9 | S-8 | 100 | 3h24m56.2s | + 1m06.4s/1m07.4s? |
| 4. | 24 | Philippe Etancelin | Scuderia Subalpina | Maserati | 6C-34 | 3.7 | S-6 | 99 | |
| 5. | 16 | Louis Chiron | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B/P3 | 2.9 | S-8 | 97 | |
| 6. | 14 | Raymond Sommer | R. Sommer | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B/P3 | 2.9 | S-8 | 94 | |
| 7. | 26 | Goffredo Zehender | Scuderia Subalpina | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 93 | |
| 8. | 32 | Luigi Soffietti | L. Soffietti | Maserati | 8CM | 2.9 | S-8 | 91 | |
| DNF | 2 | Rudolf Caracciola | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz | W25 | 4.0 | S-8 | 65 | broken valve |
| DNF | 10 | José de Villapadierna | Comte de Villapadierna | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 65 | crash |
| DNF | 20 | T. Nuvolari / C. F. Trossi | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B/P3 | 3.2 | S-8 | 53 | brakes |
| DNF | 8 | Earl Howe | Earl Howe | Bugatti | T59 | 3.3 | S-8 | 34 | brakes/crash |
| DNF | 30 | Giuseppe Farina | Gino Rovere | Maserati | 6C-34 | 3.7 | S-6 | 21 | fuel feed/valve? |
| DNF | 28 | Piero Dusio | Scuderia Subalpina | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 3 | crash |
| DNF | 6 | Manfred von Brauchitsch | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz | W25 | 4.0 | S-8 | 1 | gearbox |
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Fastest lap: Luigi Fagioli (Mercedes-Benz) in 1m58.4s = 96.7 km/h (60.1 mph)
Winner's medium speed: 93.6 km/h (58.2 mph)
Pole position lap speed: 98.2 km/h (61.0 mph)
Weather:
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XXVI° TARGA FLORIO
Madonie - Sicily (I), 28 April 1935
6 laps x 72 km (44.7 mi) = 432 km (268.4 mi) = km ( mi)
The last "real" Targa Florio
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Entries:
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Practice:
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Race:
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No grid. Cars started in intervals.
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The Ferrari Alfa Romeos of Brivio and Chiron dominated the last "real" GP car Targa Florio race in Sicily. The race started at 11 a.m on Sunday. Chiron took an early lead followed by Pintacuda (Alfa Romeo 2.9L), Brivio and Barbieri. At the end of the first lap the order was Chiron, Brivio, Magistri and Pintacuda. On the second lap Brivio took over the lead and Chiron, who was clearly in trouble with his car, soon also had to let Magistri by. Later Chiron managed to take back his second position.
Brivio was never challenged and took the flag nearly 7 minutes in front of his team mate Chiron. The third Ferrari of Pintacuda (Tipo B 2.9 litre biposto) was a non-finisher. A charging Nando Barbieri was a sensational third with his Maserati 4CM Voiturette after having managed to pass Magistri. Of the top nine finishers eight were Alfa Romeos!
The small 1100cc voiturette class, raced over four laps, was won by Ferrara (Fiat) after a duel with Baruffi (Maserati)
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Results
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GRAND PRIX DE TUNISIE
Carthage (F), 5 May 1935
40 laps x 12.6 km (7.8 mi) = 504 km (313.2 mi)
Varzi makes it look easy
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Entries:
Having won the Tunis GP twice before Varzi was keen to have his first start as an Auto Union driver there.
The new Auto Union cars were not ready but Varzi persuaded the team to send an upgraded 1934 car to Tunis.
Then there was unsuspected trouble when Varzi wanted his salary paid in Lire, the new Nazi economic policy
having very hard restrictions on bringing cash out of Germany. It was decided that Varzi would
start the race as an independent and collect the starting money and prizes for himself, but in the last moment
the Germans changed their mind and Varzi was entered as a works driver.
Auto Union's first driver Stuck was not amused
when he found out in which way the team was going to start the season.
The Scuderia Subalpina and Gino Rovere were there with their 6C-34s and Ferrari turned up with a bunch of Tipo-B:s.
Nuvolari was meant to race the new Bi-motore but tyre trouble prevented this and instead Nuvolari raced a Tipo B car
bored out to 3.2L.
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Practice:
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Race:
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36
Wimille
Bugatti
4m29.2s
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4
Nuvolari
Alfa Romeo
4m28.4s
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34
Varzi
Auto Union
4m24.8s
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16
Sommer
Alfa Romeo
4m49.0s
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10
Siena
Maserati
4m56.0s?
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8
Čtancelin
Maserati
4m30.8s
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40
Farina
Maserati
5m01.0s
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14
Zehender
Maserati
4m31.0s?
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6
Comotti
Alfa Romeo
4m53.0s
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20
Chambost
Maserati
5m08.0s
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24
Soffietti
Maserati
5m04.0s
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22
Brunet
Maserati
5m25.0s?
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12
Ghersi
Alfa Romeo
5m16.0s
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42
Zanelli
Alfa Romeo
5m15.0s
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30
Barbieri
Alfa Romeo
5m12.0s
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50
Fevrier
Bugatti
5m36.2s
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18
Balestrero
Maserati
5m35.0s
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48
L Hartmann
Maserati
5m25.0s
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28
Mablot
Bugatti
6m14.0s
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44
Rey
Bugatti
6m07.0s
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32
"Raph"
Alfa Romeo
5m42.0s
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Falchetto
Maserati
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Once away Varzi was in a class of his own.
Race order after 10 laps:
| 1. Varzi (Auto Union) | 45m59.8s |
| 2. Wimille (Bugatti) | 47m08s |
| 3. Etancelin (Maserati) | 48m39s |
| 4. Farina (Maserati) | 50m02s |
| 5. Comotti (Alfa Romeo) | 50m03s |
| 6. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) | 50m06s |
| 7. Barbieri (Alfa Romeo) | 52m02s |
| 8. Chambost (Maserati) | 53m19s |
| 9. Hartmann (Maserati) | 54m26s |
Race order after 20 laps:
| 1. Varzi (Auto Union) | 1h31m47s |
| 2. Wimille (Bugatti) | 1h33m44s |
| 3. Etancelin (Maserati) | 1h37m32s |
| 4. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) | 1h39m14s |
| 5. Comotti (Alfa Romeo) | 1h43m06s |
Race order after 30 laps:
| 1. Varzi (Auto Union) | 2h19m41s |
| 2. Wimille (Bugatti) | 2h22m18s |
| 3. Etancelin (Maserati) | 2h29m32s |
| 4. Comotti (Alfa Romeo) | 2h34m03s |
| 5. Farina (Maserati) | 2h34mm32s |
Varzi took the flag almost four minutes ahead of Wimille's works Bugatti.
The only thing that had troubled the Italian was a strong side wind on the fast parts of the track.
Nuvolari held second place for a while before retiring with technical problems.
Zehender crashed his 6C-34 after just 2 laps but the other 6C-34 cars of Étancelin and Farina did a good race to
finish 3rd and 5th. The Ferrari team was in trouble with their old Tipo B cars clearly inferior to the new Maseratis.
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Results
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Footnote:
1. Grid positions from photo evidence (Venables - First among Champions). The source of the times is Sheldon with questionmarks added where times are inconsistent with grid positions.
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6 May 1935:
Luis Fontes (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3L) wins the JCC International Trophy handicap race at Brooklands, England.
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11 May 1935:
Donington Second Meeting at Donington Park, England. Handicap races were won by P. Maclure (Riley 1.1L), H. G. Dobbs (Riley 1.6L) - two races, and
Miss Fay Taylour (Frazer-Nash 1.5L). A five lap 1500cc scratch race was also held with following results:
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IX° GRAN PREMIO DI TRIPOLI
Autodromo di Mellaha (I), 12 May 1935
40 laps x 13.1 km (8.14 mi) = 524.0 km (325.6 mi)
Mercedes-Benz vs. Auto Union
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The Tripoli Grand Prix, a Formula Libre event like the Tunis race the week before, was held on the Mellaha circuit, the fastest road circuit in the world at that time. As usual the state lottery demanded a large field of cars.
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Entries:
The high prizes offered attracted
the full GP elite with three Mercedes-Benz, two Auto Unions, Gino Rovere's and Scuderia Subalpina's Maseratis and a full
Ferrari team with four Tipo B and two of the new "Bi-motore" cars.
Varzi and Stuck obviously now raced Typ B cars in early 1935 configuration even if initial plans (as seen in Kirchberg's book) was to race the
Tunis car and a streamliner (Note 1).
The German cars showed their class during practice. Stuck's car was fastest with a speed of 220.4 km/h from
Nuvolari's Bi-motore and Caracciola's Mercedes. The Maseratis and Alfa Tipo B's were nowhere near to that speed.
Practice times did not count for places on the grid however.
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Practice:
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Race:
There was some fear before the start that the tyres would not stand the combination of hot weather and fast track
during the race. Continental was well prepared with 300 tyres for the German teams alone. The Mercedes team was planning for
a three stop tactics, Auto Union for two stops.
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10
Fagioli
Mercedes-Benz
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8
Magistri
Alfa Romeo
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6
Barbieri
Alfa Romeo
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4
Premoli
Maserati
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2
Dreyfus
Alfa Romeo
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18
Brivio
Alfa Romeo
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16
Etancelin
Maserati
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14
Zehender
Maserati
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12
Siena
Alfa Romeo
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28
Ghersi
Alfa Romeo
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26
Caracciola
Mercedes-Benz
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24
Varzi
Auto Union
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22
Tadini
Alfa Romeo
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20
Sommer
Alfa Romeo
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36
Rosa
Maserati
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34
Balestrero
Alfa Romeo
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32
Soffietti
Maserati
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30
Farina
Maserati
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46
Pintacuda
Alfa Romeo
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44
Widengren
Maserati
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42
Nuvolari
Alfa Romeo
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40
Rüesch
Maserati
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38
Taruffi
Maserati
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54
Bonetto
Alfa Romeo
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52
Brauchitsch
Mercedes-Benz
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50
Carraroli
Maserati
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48
Stuck
Auto Union
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Chiron
Alfa Romeo
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When the flag fell
at 3 PM Caracciola's Mercedes took the lead followed by Nuvolari and Varzi. After three laps Varzi was up to second place
as Nuvolari already was in the pits, the "Bi-motore" eating both fuel and tyres at an amazing speed.
Two laps later Caracciola was also in the pits for a 20 second stop after a front wheel puncture.
Auto Union cars took the command of the race with Varzi leading from Stuck, Fagioli and Caracciola. Von Brauchitsch
was already out with engine trouble. Starting down in the sixth row he never really got into the race.
Nuvolari made his second stop on lap 7 and on lap 8 Caracciola was also in again, the tread gone on the rear tyres. He rejoined the race in 10th position a lap behind the
leader, but soon Caracciola unlapped himself.
Situation after 10 laps:
| 1. Varzi (Auto Union) | 37m57s |
| 2. Stuck (Auto Union) | 37m59s |
| 3. Fagioli (Mercedes-Benz) | 38m36s |
| 4. Farina (Maserati) | 40m17s |
| 5. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 41m00s |
| 6. Etancelin (Maserati) | 41m12s |
| 7. Zehender (Maserati) | 41m33s |
| 8. Tadini (Alfa Romeo) | 41m34s |
| 9. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 41m36s |
| 10. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) | 41m37s |
| 11. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) | 42m08s |
| 12. Widengren (Maserati) | 43m27s |
When Varzi and Stuck stopped at lap 11 and 12 Fagioli became the new leader. Brivio had a bad crash with his Alfa Romeo, finishing in the
cactus woods. At lap 16 Caracciola was in the pits for the third time, but he was not the only one, the speed and the heat were putting
tremendous pressure on the tyres.
At half point Varzi was leading from Fagioli, Dreyfus and Caracciola.
Suddenly Stuck's car caught fire. The driver in his closed cockpit was however unaware of it for quite a while
driving on with huge flames coming out of the rear of the car. When Stuck finally realized the situation the
brakes had already gone and the driver had great problems to stop the car. A shaken Stuck was helped out of
the closed cockpit by nearby officials.
Order after 20 laps:
| 1. Varzi (Auto Union) | 1h19m47s |
| 2. Fagioli (Mercedes-Benz) | 1h21m35s |
| 3. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 1h22m18s |
| 4. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) | 1h22m18s |
| 5. Zehender (Maserati) | 1h22m23s |
| 6. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 1h23m12s |
| 7. Tadini (Alfa Romeo) | 1h23m40s |
| 8. Farina (Maserati) | 1h23m44s |
| 9. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) | 1h23m46s |
| 10. Widengren (Maserati) | 1h25m54s |
Varzi continued in the lead chased by Nuvolari's Alfa and Caracciola's and Fagioli's Mercedes cars.
At lap 27 Caracciola made his fourth and final pit stop and yet another pitstop dropped Nuvolari down to fourth.
At 30 laps the order was:
| 1. Varzi (Auto Union) | 1h58m56s |
| 2. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) | 1h59m38s |
| 3. Fagioli (Mercedes-Benz) | 2h01m27s |
| 4. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 2h02m42s |
| 5. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 2h05m38s |
| 6. Chiron (Alfa Romeo) | 2h08m25s |
| 7. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) | 2h08m47s |
| 8. Zehender (Maserati) | 2h12m41s |
| 9. Widengren (Maserati) | 2h12m44s |
Nuvolari was not the one to leave Varzi in the lead unchallenged
and he started the chase, going flat out. With 320 km/h on the straight he left the Mercedes cars standing and
started attacking Varzi. The two Italians where racing side by side, banging wheels but then Nuvolari had to do yet
another pitstop and Varzi could continue unchallenged.
Caracciola and Fagioli followed a minute behind the Auto Union, and behind the two Mercedes cars came Farina in the 6C-34 Maserati,
Nuvolari's Alfa and Étancelin with the other 6C-34.
35 laps:
| 1. Varzi (Auto Union) | 2h18m34s |
| 2. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) | 2h20m35s |
| 3. Fagioli (Mercedes-Benz) | 2h21m44s |
| 4. Dreyfus (Alfa Romeo) | 2h26m09s |
But the duel had taking its toll on Varzi's tyres too and with 5 laps to go one of his rear tyres disintegrated just
as he passed the pits and the Auto Union had to make almost a full lap on the rims to the reserve pit. The hub was jammed on the wheel and
Caracciola took over the lead before the Auto Union team was ready with the change. Varzi came out of the pits and took up the chase.
With one lap to go he had caught the Mercedes but then another tyre blew and the race was over.
Caracciola took the flag for his first victory of a season that should become one of his greatest.
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Results
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Footnote:
1. A picture from the start seems to indicate it was NOT a streamliner after all.
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IV ELÄINTARHANAJOT/DJURGĹRDSLOPPET
Eläintarharata - Helsinki (FIN), 12 May 1935
50 laps x 2.000 km (1.243mi)= 100 km (62.1 mi)
Ebb's second home win
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Entries:
Half of the field consisted of GP cars with an entry list including Ebb's old white Mercedes SSK and
Bjørnstad's red Alfa Romeo Monza with blue white cross lines. Henken Widengren was racing his brother's Alfa Romeo Monza, blue colored with a yellow band on the bonnet.
There were three Bugattis, Lind's blue colored, Sundsteds steel grey and Elo's and Carlsson's little 600 kg Amilcar. The rest of the entries, racing in their own class, consisted of
rebuilt Chryslers, Fords and a Chevrolet. Thorsell's Chevrolet was blue colored.
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Practice:
Grid was decided from a secret 300m run.
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Race:
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Sundstedt
Bugatti
13.3s
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5
Bjørnstad
Alfa Romeo
13.1s
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Ebb
Mercedes-Benz
14.4s
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15
H Widengren
Alfa Romeo
13.6s
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14
Patama
Ford
14.9s
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7
Ramsay
Chrysler
14.8s
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Elo
Bugatti
15.3s
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6
Lind
Bugatti
15.0s
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12
Andersson
Ford
16.4s
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9
Alm
Ford
15.9s
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Thorsell
Chevrolet
18.0s
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Carlsson
Amilcar
17.4s
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Sorri
Chrysler
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Wallenius
Ford
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Ebb took the start to lead the race followed by Widengren. On the very first lap Finnish driver Gunnar Anderson's Ford
overturned, the driver ending up with a fractured thigh. Bjørnstad was also immediately in trouble and had to pit on the
first lap with dirty plugs. Elo's Bugatti was also slowing.
Order after 10 laps:
| 1. Ebb (Mercedes-Benz) | 12m09s |
| 2. Widengren (Alfa Romeo) | 12m24s |
| 3. Sundstedt (Bugatti) | 12m34s |
| 4. Ramsay (Chrysler) | 12m34.8s |
| 5. Patama (Ford) | 12m40s |
| 6. Lindh (Bugatti) | 12m42s |
| 7. Wallenius (Ford) | 12m53s |
| 8. Carlsson (Amilcar) | 13m14s |
| 9. Bjørnstad (Alfa Romeo) | 23m17s |
The only real challenger for Ebb was Widengren, but
he lost the second place to Sundstedt due to engine trouble early in the race and then he had great problems to re-pass
the blocking Bugatti driver. After some fistshaking Widengren finally went by but had lost half a minute to Ebb.
On lap 15 engine troubles forced Widengren to retire leaving Ebb to dominate the rest of the race. After 20 laps Ebb already held
a one minute lead over Sundstedt.
Order after 20 laps:
| 1. Ebb (Mercedes-Benz) | 24m10s |
| 2. Sundstedt (Bugatti) | 25m07s |
| 3. Ramsay (Chrysler) | 25m08s |
| 4. Patama (Ford) | 25m16s |
| 5. Lindh (Bugatti) | 25m22s |
| 6. Wallenius (Ford) | 25m24s |
| 7. Carlsson (Amilcar) | 25m39s |
| 8. Bjørnstad (Alfa Romeo) | 34m55s |
Bjørnstad's troubles continued as the Alfa stopped on the track and the driver had to
spend a considerable time trying to restart it with the handle, spoiling all chances for a good position.
Order after 30 laps:
| 1. Ebb (Mercedes-Benz) | 35m57s |
| 2. Sundstedt (Bugatti) | 37m34s |
| 3. Ramsay (Chrysler) | 37m35s |
| 4. Patama (Ford) | 37m38s |
| 5. Lindh (Bugatti) | 38m00s |
| 7. Carlsson (Amilcar) | 38m17s |
| 6. Wallenius (Ford) | 38m18s |
| 8. Bjørnstad (Alfa Romeo) | 46m47s |
Order after 40 laps:
| 1. Ebb (Mercedes-Benz) | 47m44s |
| 2. Sundstedt (Bugatti) | 50m08s |
| 3. Ramsay (Chrysler) | 50m10s |
| 4. Carlsson (Amilcar) | 51m04s |
| 5. Lindh (Bugatti) | 51m27s |
| 6. Patama (Ford) | 51m05s |
| 7. Wallenius (Ford) | 51m27s |
| 8. Bjørnstad (Alfa Romeo) | 58m31s |
Ramsay was the winner of the stock car class where both Sorri (Chrysler) and Patama (Ford)
were black flagged for reckless driving. The latter was subsequently disqualified.
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Results
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I CIRCUITO DI BERGAMO/COPPA CITTA DI BERGAMO
Circuito di Bergamo (I), 19 May 1935
70 laps x 2.92 km (1.81 mi) = 204.4 km (127.0 mi)
The battle inside the town walls
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Entries:
A huge crowd gathered to see this this rather minor Italian street race which was held inside the town walls of Bergamo. The grid was
limited to 12 starters with Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) being fastest during practice to take the pole from Alfa Romeo drivers
Comotti and Mizotti. Soffietti was obviously racing a white/red Alfa Romeo Monza rather than the usual Maserati.
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Farina
Maserati
2m02.0s
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Nuvolari
Alfa Romeo
1m59.2s
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Siena
Maserati
2m09.4s
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Soffietti
Alfa Romeo
2m04.8s
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Comotti
Alfa Romeo
2m04.4s
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Romano
Bugatti
2m10.0s
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12
Minozzi
Alfa Romeo
2m09.4s
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Dusio
Maserati
2m11.2s
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Pintacuda
Alfa Romeo
2m10.4s
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Cornaggia
Alfa Romeo
2m10.4s
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Barbieri
Maserati
2m13.4s
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Clerici
Maserati
2m11.4s
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When the flag dropped at 3.30 p.m. Nuvolari took an immediate lead followed by Farina, Comotti and Soffietti.
Further down the field Siena and Barbieri started a fierce duel with their Maserati voiturettes. Nuvolari tried to shake
off Farina by setting lap record after lap record but the Maserati driver followed closely, only losing 3 seconds to the leader
during the first 10 laps. Race order:
| 1. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 20m42.4s |
| 2. Farina (Maserati) | 20m45.6s |
| 3. Comotti (Alfa Romeo) | 20m55s |
| 4. Soffietti (Alfa Romeo) | 21m45s |
Comotti was already 10 seconds behind and would soon lose 3 laps in the pit with radiator problems, giving
Soffietti the third position followed by Barbieri and Minozzi.
Situation after 20 laps:
| 1. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 41m11.6s |
| 2. Farina (Maserati) | 41m24.6s |
| 3. Soffietti (Alfa Romeo) | 43m06s |
| 4. Barbieri (Maserati) | 43m34s |
Nuvolari continued at full speed and eventually Farina started to lose ground. Minozzi had to retire with a broken axle and Pintacuda managed to
pass Soffietti for third position but by now Soffietti was already over two minutes behind Farina. At half distance (35 laps) the situaation was as follows:
| 1. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 1h11m49.4s |
| 2. Farina (Maserati) | 1h12m25.4s |
| 3. Pintacuda (Alfa Romeo) | 1h14m57s |
| 4. Soffietti (Alfa Romeo) | 1m14m59s |
The duel between Siena and Barbieri ended with
the former retiring with plug problems and the latter crashing. By 50 laps Nuvolari held a 25s lead from Farina with the rest over 3 minutes behind:
| 1. Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) | 1h42m42.4s |
| 2. Farina (Maserati) | 1h43m07s |
| 3. Pintacuda (Alfa Romeo) | 1h46m14.3s |
| 4. Soffietti (Alfa Romeo) | 1h47m10.6s |
Near the end Dusio managed to pass Cornaggia (Alfa Romeo) for sixth position.
At the end Nuvolari took a dominant victory, 2 minutes from Farina, with the rest of the field several laps behind the top duo.
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Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Type | Engine | Laps | Time/Status | Diff |
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| 1. | 2 | Tazio Nuvolari | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B | 3.2 | S-8 | 70 | 2h23m28.2s | (Note 2) |
| 2. | 4 | Giuseppe Farina | Scuderia Subalpina | Maserati | 4CM | 2.5 | S-4 | 70 | 2h25m38.0s | + 2m09.8s |
| 3. | 18 | Carlo Pintacuda | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B | 2.9? | S-8 | 68 | 2h23m53.0s |
| 4. | 8 | Luigi Soffietti | Ecurie Versoix | Alfa Romeo | Monza | 2.6 | S-8 | 67 | 2h24m43.0s |
| 5. | 6 | Gianfranco Comotti | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B | 2.9? | S-8 | 67 | 2h25m09.8s |
| 6. | 20 | Piero Dusio | Scuderia Subalpina | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 66 | 2h24m42.2s |
| 7. | 16 | G. Cornaggia-Medici | G. Cornaggia-Medici | Alfa Romeo | 8C-2300 | 2.3 | S-8 | 60 | 2h25m30.0s? |
| DNF | 24 | Ferdinando Barbieri | F. Barbieri | Maserati | 4CM | 1.5 | S-4 | 57 | crash |
| 8. | 14 | Emilio Romano | E. Romano | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 56 | 2h24m56.0s |
| DNF | 10 | Eugenio Siena | Scuderia Subalpina | Maserati | 4CM | 1.5 | S-4 | 50 | engine |
| DNF | 12 | Giovanni Minozzi | G. Minozzi | Alfa Romeo | Monza | 2.6 | S-8 | 21 | half shaft |
| DNF | 22 | Giacomo Clerici | G. Clerici | Maserati | 4CM | 1.5 | S-4 | 13 | oil pipe |
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Fastest lap: Tazio Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) in 2m00.4s = 87.3 km/h (54.3 mph)
Winner's medium speed: 85.4 km/h (53.1 mph) (Note 2)
Pole position lap speed: 88.2 km/h (54.8 mph) (Note 1)
Weather:
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Footnote:
1. Grid positions from photo evidence (Thanks Piotr Podhajski). Numbers are from Sheldon, which if should indicate that either race numbers were given AFTER qualifying or that grid was decided by ballot
and that qualifying times shown should be disregarded.
2. Both contemporary sports newspapars Il'Littoriale and Automobile-Revue give 2h23m28.2s as winner's result but the winning speed of 85.382 km/h given by both papers corresponds to 2h23m38.2s!
The results surely are copied from an official source but it is impossible afterwards to know whether a wrong number ("2 " becoming a "3") was used for counting the speed or if there was a spelling error
in the official results (with "3 " becoming a "2"). 2h23m28.2s would correspond to 85.451 km/h (if using three decimals).
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