1924 Italian Grand Prix

1924 Italian Grand Prix
1924 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Date	19 October 1924
Official name	IV Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Monza, Italy
Course	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Course length	10.00 km (6.21 miles)
Distance	80 laps, 800 km (496.8 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Antonio Ascari;
	Grid positions set by car number
Fastest lap
Driver	Antonio Ascari
Time	3:43.6
Podium
First	Antonio Ascari;
Second	Louis Wagner;
Third	Giuseppe Campari; Cesare Pastore;

The 1924 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on 19 October 1924. The race was won by Antonio Ascari of Italy, and Alfa Romeo automobiles finished in first, second, third and fourth place. The event was marred by the death of English driver Louis Zborowski, who was killed when he lost control of his Mercedes and the vehicle rolled over twice.^[1] ^[2]

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	1	Antonio Ascari	Alfa Romeo P2 8C/2000	80	5h02m05
2	9	Louis Wagner	Alfa Romeo P2 8C/2000	80	5h18m05
3	5	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Romeo P2 8C/2000	80	5h21m59
3	5	Cesare Pastore	Alfa Romeo P2 8C/2000	80	5h21m59
4	11	Ferdinando Minoia	Alfa Romeo P2 8C/2000	80	5h22m43
5	3	Jules Goux	Rolland-Pilain Schmid	80	6h10m22
6	7	Giulio Foresti	Rolland-Pilain Schmid	80	6h32m03
NC	8	"Nino"¹	Chiribiri 12/16	70	6h32m30
Ret	2	Christian Werner	Mercedes M72/94	68	Withdrawn
Ret	6	Alfred Neubauer	Mercedes M72/94	66	Withdrawn
Ret	12	Louis Zborowski	Mercedes M72/94	44	Fatal crash at Lesmo/hit tree
Ret	10	Giulio Masetti	Mercedes M72/94	43	No fuel
Ret	4	Alete Marconcini	Chiribiri 12/16	34	Mechanical

Notes

^1 – Nino Cirio raced under the name "Nino".^[3]

References

^ "Racing Count Killed. Double Somersault In Motor Grand Prix", Birmingham (England) Gazette, October 20, 1924, p.1
^ Darren Galpin. "1924 Grands Prix, The GEL Motorsport Information Page". Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
^ "Motor Sport Magazine Database". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

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[1] "Racing Count Killed. Double Somersault In Motor Grand Prix", Birmingham (England) Gazette, October 20, 1924, p.1

[2] Darren Galpin. "1924 Grands Prix, The GEL Motorsport Information Page". Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2009-03-17.

[Motor_Sport_Magazine_Database-3] "Motor Sport Magazine Database". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

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