1934 Moroccan Grand Prix

  1934 Anfa Grand Prix

Race details
Date	20 May 1934
Official name	1934 Anfa Grand Prix
Location	Anfa, Casablanca, Morocco
Course	Street circuit
Course length	6.37 km (3.96 mi)
Distance	60 laps, 382.2 km (237.6 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Marcel Lehoux	Scuderia Ferrari
Time	2:49
Fastest lap
Driver	Louis Chiron	Scuderia Ferrari
Time	2:49.2
Podium
First	Louis Chiron	Scuderia Ferrari
Second	Philippe Étancelin	P. Étancelin
Third	Marcel Lehoux	Scuderia Ferrari

Layouts of Anfa Circuit (brown) and Ain-Diab Circuit (black)

The 1934 Moroccan Grand Prix (also known as the 1934 Anfa Grand Prix or the 1934 Casablanca Grand Prix) was a Grand Prix that was held on 20 May 1934 at the street circuit in Anfa, a suburb of Casablanca, Morocco. The race, contested over 60 laps of 6.37 km (3.96 mi), was won by Louis Chiron driving a Alfa Romeo Tipo B after starting from second position.

Entries

No.	Driver	Entrant	Car
2	Menco	Menco	Maserati 26M
4	Marcel Lehoux	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Tipo B
6	Luigi Soffietti	Scuderia Siena	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza
8	Clemente Biondetti	Grupa Genovese San Giorgio	Maserati 26M
10	Gianfranco Comotti	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Tipo B
12	Whitney Straight	Whitney Straight	Maserati 8CM
14	Juan Zanelli	J. Zanelli	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza
16	Philippe Étancelin	P. Étancelin	Maserati 8CM
18	Hugh Hamilton	Whitney Straight	Maserati 8CM
20	Raymond Sommer	R. Sommer	Maserati 8CM
22	"Mlle. Hellé-Nice"	"Mlle. Hellé-Nice"	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza
24	Giovanni Minozzi	Scuderia Siena	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza
26	Robert Brunet	R. Brunet	Bugatti T51
28	Secondo Corsi	Grupa Genovese San Giorgio	Maserati 26M
30	Louis Chiron	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Tipo B

Grid positions

Race report

Soon in the race Chiron took over the lead from Lehoux, who later got into a long fight with Philippe Étancelin for second position. Comotti, Straight and Hamilton were fighting for fourth position. When Lehoux's tyre blew he had to make multiple extra pitstops, which made him fall back in the field. Team mates Straight and Hamilton also struck tyre trouble and at the end of the race Hamilton had to retire with a leaking fuel tank. Lehoux fought back to third position finishing behind Étancelin. Chiron, driving an Alfa Romeo Tipo B, completed the required 60 laps the fastest and took victory.^[1]

Race results

References

Other sources

• Racing Sports Cars (The page of each aformentioned driver was consulted.)
• Driver Database (The page of each aformentioned driver was consulted.)
• The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing - Drivers (The page of each aformentioned driver was consulted.)