- Moroccan Grand Prix
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Moroccan Grand Prix
Ain-Diab Circuit Race information Laps 53 Circuit length 7.618 km (4.724 mi) Race length 403.754 km (250.37 mi) Number of times held 13 First held 1925 Last held 1958 Most wins (drivers) no repeat winners Most wins (constructors) Bugatti (4)
Last race (1958): Pole position Mike Hawthorn
Ferrari
2:23.1Podium 1. Stirling Moss
Vanwall
2:09:15.100
2.Mike Hawthorn
Ferrari
+2.211s
3.Phil Hill
Ferrari
+34.163sFastest lap Stirling Moss
Vanwall
2:22.5The Moroccan Grand Prix (Arabic: المغربي سباق الجائزة الكبرى) was a Grand Prix motor racing event begun in 1925 in Casablanca, Morocco with the official denomination of "Casablanca Grand Prix".
In 1930, the race was held at the new Anfa Racecourse (official denomination "Anfa Grand Prix"). It claimed the life of driver Count Bruno d'Harcourt during a practice run. All winners, in touring cars, were either French or Monegasque.
There was no race in 1933 nor between 1935 and 1953. When it returned in 1954, it was held on a circuit at the city of Agadir for sports cars, and French dominance was interrupted by an Italian driver, Giuseppe Farina.
A new layout at Ain-Diab near Casablanca was made ready for the 1957 Formula One race which, although not counting toward the World Championship, attracted a world-class field.
The following year the race was officially sanctioned and was held on October 19, 1958. The race was marred by the death of Stuart Lewis-Evans (second in the 1957 race) who died in a London hospital of burn injuries six days after crashing heavily at the dusty circuit. His Vanwall engine seized (possibly because of dust) and sent him lurching into barriers at high speed, igniting his car in flames. This was the last Grand Prix organized in Morocco.
Winners of the Moroccan Grand Prix
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.
Year Driver Constructor Category Location Report 1958 Stirling Moss
Vanwall Formula One Ain-Diab Report 1957 Jean Behra
Maserati Formula One Ain-Diab Report 1956 Maurice Trintignant
Ferrari Sports cars Agadir Report 1955 Mike Sparken
Ferrari Sports cars Agadir Report 1954 Giuseppe Farina
Ferrari Sports cars Agadir Report 1953
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1935Not held 1934 Louis Chiron
Alfa Romeo Touring cars Anfa Report 1933 Not held 1932 Marcel Lehoux
Bugatti Touring cars Anfa Report 1931 Stanisław Czaykowski
Bugatti Touring cars Anfa Report 1930 Charles Bénitah
Amilcar Touring cars Anfa Report 1929 Not held 1928 E. Meyer
Bugatti Touring cars Casablanca Report 1927 G. Roll
Georges Irat Touring cars Casablanca Report 1926 R. Meyerl
Bugatti Touring cars Casablanca Report 1925 Comte de Vaugelas
Delage Touring cars Casablanca Report Races in the Formula One World Championship Current Future
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Categories:- Moroccan Grand Prix
- Sport in Casablanca
- Pre–World Championship Grands Prix
- Formula One Grands Prix
- National Grands Prix
- Recurring sporting events established in 1925
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