1932 Tunis Grand Prix

  1932 Tunis Grand Prix

Race details
1932 Grand Prix season
Date	3 April 1932
Official name	IV Grand Prix de Tunisie
Location	Carthage Street Circuit Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia
Course	Street circuit
Course length	12.714 km (7.9 mi)
Distance	37 laps, 470.4 km (292.3 mi)
Weather	Warm, sunshine
Pole position
Driver	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti
Grid positions set by car number
Fastest lap
Driver	Louis Chiron	Bugatti
Time	5:03
Podium
First	Achille Varzi	Bugatti
Second	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti
Third	Philippe Étancelin	Alfa Romeo

The 1932 Tunis Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Carthage Street Circuit in Tunis, the capital of colonial Tunisia, on 17 April 1932. Achille Varzi, in a privateer Bugatti, won the 37 lap race ahead of fellow Bugatti driver Marcel Lehoux, with Philippe Étancelin, in an Alfa Romeo, claiming third position. The leading drivers in the voiturette class were Louis Joly, Pierre Veyron and Luigi Castelbarco.^[1]

Entries

No	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine
2	Marcel Lehoux	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T54	5.0 L8
4	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T54	5.0 L8
6	Luigi Fagioli	Officine A. Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 8C 2800	2.8 L8
8	René Dreyfus	Officine A. Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 8C 2800	2.8 L8
10	Philippe Étancelin	Private entry	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
12	Stanisłas Czaykowski	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
14	Jean de Maleplane	Private entry	Maserati	Maserati 26M	2.5 L8
16	Eugenio Siena	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
18	Achille Varzi	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
20	Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T54	5.0 L8
22	Louis Chiron	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
24	Jean Gaupillat	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
26	Charly Jellen	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	2.3 L8
28	Clemente Biondetti	Private entry	MB-Speciale	MB-Speciale	2.5 L8
30	Luigi Castelbarco	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51A	1.5 L8
32	Rudolf Eberhardt	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T37A	1.5 L4
34	Jean Gallay	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T37A	1.5 L4
36	Mme Anne Rose-Itier	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T37A	1.5 L4
38	Pierre Veyron	Private entry	Maserati	Maserati 26	1.5 L8
40	Claude Ozannat	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T37A	1.5 L4
42	Jean d'Hiercourt	Private entry	Maserati	Maserati 26C	1.1 L8
44	Louis Joly	Private entry	Maserati in motorsport	Maserati 26	1.5 L8
46	Mme Mareuse	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T37A	1.5 L4
48	José Scaron	Private entry	Amilcar	Amilcar MCO	1.1 L6

• Pink background denotes entries in the voiturette class.

Starting grid

Grid positions were allocated in numerical order.^[1]

Starting grid — 1932 Tunis Grand Prix
		Lehoux Bugatti
	Wimille Bugatti
Fagioli Maserati
		Dreyfus Maserati
	Étancelin Alfa Romeo
Czaykowski Bugatti
		de Maleplane Maserati
	Siena Alfa Romeo
Varzi Bugatti
		von Morgen Bugatti
	Chiron Bugatti
Gaupillat Bugatti
		Eberhardt Bugatti
	Gallay Bugatti
Castelbarco Bugatti
		Rose-Itier Bugatti
	Veyron Maserati
Ozannat Bugatti
		Joly Maserati
	Mareuse Bugatti
Scaron Amilcar

• Pink background denotes entries in the voiturette class.

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	18	Achille Varzi	Bugatti T51	37	3:14:18	9
2	2	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti T54	37	+2:56	1
3	10	Philippe Étancelin	Alfa Romeo Monza	37	+4:07	5
4	16	Eugenio Siena	Alfa Romeo Monza	37	+5:40	8
5	12	Stanisłas Czaykowski	Bugatti T51	37	+7:00	6
6	22	Louis Chiron	Bugatti T51	37	+10:24	11
7	8	René Dreyfus	Maserati 8C 2800	37	+13:31	4
8	14	Jean de Maleplane	Maserati 26M	37	+18:37	7
9	44	Louis Joly	Maserati 26	37	+20:14	19
10	38	Pierre Veyron	Maserati 26	37	+22:57	17
11	30	Luigi Castelbarco	Bugatti T51A	37	+24:38	15
12	48	José Scaron	Amilcar MCO	37	+30:52	21
13	36	Mme Anne Rose-Itier	Bugatti T37A	35	+2 laps	16
14	46	Mme Mareuse	Bugatti T37A	34	+3 laps	20
Ret	32	Rudolf Eberhardt	Bugatti T37A	27	Brakes	13
Ret	6	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati 8C 2800	15	Supercharger	3
Ret	40	Claude Ozannat	Bugatti T37A	15	?	18
Ret	4	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Bugatti T54	15	Oil pressure, brakes	2
Ret	20	Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen	Bugatti T54	11	Brakes	10
Ret	34	Jean Gallay	Bugatti T37A	11	Overheating	14
Ret	24	Jean Gaupillat	Bugatti T51	?	?	12
DNA	26	Charly Jellen	Bugatti T35B		Did not arrive
DNA	28	Clemente Biondetti	MB-Speciale		Did not arrive
DNA	42	Jean d'Hiercourt	Maserati 26C		Did not arrive
Sources:[1]

• Pink background denotes entries in the voiturette class.

References