The 1930 Rome Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Circuito Tre Fontane on 25 May 1930. Maserati driver Luigi Arcangeli won the race, ahead of the shared works Bugatti of Guy Bouriat and Louis Chiron, and the privateer Bugatti of Heinrich Joachim von Morgen.[1]

1930 Rome Grand Prix
Race details
Date 25 May 1930
Official name VI Reale Premio di Roma
Location Circuito Tre Fontane
Rome, Italy
Course Road course
Course length 13.050 km (8.11 miles)
Distance 20 laps, 261.0 km (162.2 miles)
Weather Overcast, warm
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Fastest lap
Driver Monaco Louis Chiron Bugatti
Time 5:36.6
Podium
First Maserati
Second
Bugatti
Third
  • Germany Heinrich Joachim von Morgen
Bugatti

Entries

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No Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine
2   Luigi Arcangeli Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati Maserati 26M 2.5 L8
4   Louis Chiron Automobiles Ettore Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti T35B 2.3 L8
6   Clemente Biondetti Scuderia Materassi Talbot Talbot 700 1.5 L8
8   Pietro Nicolotti Private entry Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 1.5 L6
10   Cleto Nenzioni Private entry Maserati Maserati 26B 2.1 L8
12   Luigi Fagioli Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati Maserati 26 1.7 L8
14   Fritz Caflisch Private entry Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SS 7.1 L6
16   Achille Varzi SA Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo P2 2.0 L8
18   Giuseppe Campari Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GS 1.8 L6
20   Arrigo Sartorio Private entry Maserati Maserati 26 1.5 L8
22   Mario Tadini Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GS 1.8 L6
24   Heinrich Joachim von Morgen Private entry Bugatti Bugatti T35B 2.3 L8
26   Emil Frankl Private entry Steyr Steyr 4.5 Liter 4.5 L6
28   Tazio Nuvolari SA Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo P2 2.0 L8
30   Guy Bouriat Automobiles Ettore Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti T35B 2.3 L8
32   Cesare Renzi Private entry Bugatti Bugatti T37A 1.5 L8
34   Cesare Pastore Private entry Maserati Maserati 26B 2.1 L8
36   Colonna de Stigliano Private entry Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 1.8 L6
?   Filippo Sartorio Enrico or F. Sartorio Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 1.5 L6
?   Arrigo Nenzioni A. or E. Nenzioni Maserati Maserati 26 1.5 L8
?   William Grover-Williams Automobiles Ettore Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti T35B 2.3 L8
?   ? Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo P2 2.0 L8
?   ? Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 1.5 L6

Starting grid

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Starting grid — 1930 Rome Grand Prix
  Arcangeli
Maserati
  Chiron
Bugatti
  Biondetti
Talbot
  Nicolotti
Alfa Romeo
  C. Nenzioni
Maserati
  Fagioli
Maserati
  Caflisch
Mercedes-Benz
  Varzi
Alfa Romeo
  Campari
Alfa Romeo
  A. Sartorio
Maserati
  Tadini
Alfa Romeo
  von Morgen
Bugatti
  Nuvolari
Alfa Romeo
  Bouriat
Bugatti
  Renzi
Bugatti

Classification

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Race

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Pos No Driver Car Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2   Luigi Arcangeli Maserati 26M 20 1:56:37.8 1
2 30   Guy Bouriat
  Louis Chiron
Bugatti T35B 20 +1.8 14
3 24   Heinrich Joachim von Morgen Bugatti T35B 20 +7:47.0 12
4 6   Clemente Biondetti Talbot 700 20 +10:26.2 3
5 18   Giuseppe Campari Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GS 20 +10:41.6 9
6 14   Fritz Caflisch Mercedes-Benz SS 20 +14:34.4 7
7 22   Mario Tadini Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GS 20 +22:31.4 11
8 32   Cesare Renzi Bugatti T35C 20 +24:38.6 15
NC 8   Pietro Nicolotti Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 20 Exceeded maximum time 4
Ret 12   Luigi Fagioli Maserati 26 19 Rear axle bearing 6
Ret 28   Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo P2 19 Broken piston 13
NC 20   Arrigo Sartorio Maserati 26 18 +2 laps 10
Ret 10   Cleto Nenzioni Maserati 26 12 ? 5
Ret 16   Achille Varzi Alfa Romeo P2 6 Clutch 8
Ret 4   Louis Chiron Bugatti T35B 2 Engine bearing 2
DNS ?   Filippo Sartorio Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Raced 1100 cc
DNS ?   William Grover-Williams Bugatti T35B Reserve driver
DNA 26   Emil Frankl Steyr 4.5 Liter Did not appear
DNA 34   Cesare Pastore Maserati 26B Did not appear
DNA 36   Colonna de Stigliano Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Did not appear
DNA ?   Arrigo Nenzioni Maserati 26 Did not appear
DNA ?   ? Alfa Romeo P2 Did not appear
DNA ?   ? Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Did not appear
Source:[1]
  • Louis Chiron took over the #30 Bugatti of Guy Bouriat on lap five, driving it for the remainder of the race.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "VI REALE PREMIO DI ROMA". kolumbus.fi. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.


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