1932 Nice Circuit Race

The 1932 Nice Circuit Race (officially the I Circuit de Vitesse de Nice) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Nice on 31 July 1932. The 15 lap final followed 2 heats of 10 laps and a third heat of 15 laps.

1932 Nice Grand Prix
Race details
Date 31 July 1932
Official name I Circuit de Vitesse de Nice
I Grand Prix de Nice
Location Nice, France
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.229 km (2.006 miles)
Distance 15 laps, 48.428 km (30.09 miles)
Fastest lap
Drivers France René Dreyfus Bugatti
Fastest lap France Raymond Sommer Alfa Romeo
Time 1:58.0 (98.5 km/h)
Podium
First Bugatti
Second Alfa Romeo
Third Bugatti

Classification edit

Pos
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[2]

No Driver Car Laps Time/Retired Diff
1   Louis Chiron Bugatti T51 15 30:19.6 (95.81 km/h)  –
2   Raymond Sommer Alfa Romeo 8C 15 30:23.0 +3.4 sec
3   René Dreyfus Bugatti T51 15 30:29.0 +9.4 sec
4   Goffredo Zehender Alfa Romeo 8C 15 31.14.0 +54.4 sec
5   Louis Trintignant Bugatti T35C 14 +1 lap
DNF   Benoît Falchetto Bugatti T35B Accelerator

References edit

  1. ^ "The Golden Era - 1932" Archived 2016-04-25 at the Wayback Machine. Kolumbus.fi. Leif Snellman.
  2. ^ "1932 Grands Prix" Archived 2018-10-07 at the Wayback Machine. TeamDan.com.