1931 Monaco Grand Prix

1931 Monaco Grand Prix
Soon after the start
Louis Chiron winning

The 1931 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on April 19, 1931.

With 16 Bugattis in a field of 23 cars, the event was close to being a single-make race. Among the 16 were four factory-team Type 51s driven by the Monegasque Louis Chiron, the Italian Achille Varzi and the French Albert Divo and Guy Bouriat. The real challenge came from the Maserati 8C 2500's driven by Rene Dreyfus, the Italian Luigi Fagioli and Clemente Bondietti. Rudolf Caracciola with his huge Mercedes SSKL (Super Sport Short Light-Weight) was uncompetative as his car larger car performed poorly around the tight Monaco track.

The race was between the blue cars from Molsheim and the red ones from Modena. When the start flag dropped it was Rene Dreyfus in his red Maserati who led into St. Devote, only to be passed by 'Williams' on the hill to the Casino, but his lead was short lived as the Brit was sidelined by a broken valve spring, and his race was over. Achille Varzi and Caracciola started closing on Dreyfus and Varzi managed to overtake the Frenchman on the 7th lap. Caracciola struggled with a slipping clutch that gave in on lap 53.

Starting slowly, Louis Chiron eventually displayed his talents; gaining back ground with a new lap record time. He caught up with all his opponents and left them behind. Chiron, a native of Monaco, finished the race some 5 minutes ahead of Luigi Fagioli.

Jean Bugatti couldn't control his joy and jumped over the parapet of the bleachers and fell into Louis Chiron's arms. For the Monegasque, this Monaco Grand Prix victory really confirmed his reputation.

Classification

Race

Pos No Driver Car Laps Time/Retired
1 22 Monaco Louis Chiron Bugatti T51 100 3h39m09.2
2 52 Italy Luigi Fagioli Maserati 26M 100 3h43m04.6
3 26 Italy Achille Varzi Bugatti T51 100 3h43m13.2
4 20 Guy Bouriat Bugatti T51 98 -2 laps
5 46 Goffredo Zehender Alfa Romeo 6C 97 -3 laps
6 38 Andre Boillot Peugeot 174S 96 -4 laps
7 48 Clemente Biondetti Maserati 26M 91 -9 laps
8 12 Clifton Penn-Hughes Bugatti T35 89 -11 laps
9 30 Poland Stanislav Czaykowski Bugatti T35 85 -15 laps
DNC 50 France Rene Dreyfus Maserati 26M 91 Fuel feed

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