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{{short description|Interim year of the Grand Prix}} |
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The '''1929 Grand Prix season''' was another interim year, where most races were run to [[Formula Libre]] (open formula) rules due to a lack of regulations from the AIACR that would be popular for race organisers and manufacturers. This blurred the line between [[open-wheel car|racing cars]] and [[sports car racing|sports cars]] with both competing in the same races. [[Bugatti]] won the major international races, with their drivers [[Louis Chiron]] and [[William Grover-Williams|"W Williams"]]. The Italian Championship proved very competitive, attracting many top drivers. There it was [[Alfa Romeo]], using their 4-year old [[Alfa Romeo P2|P2 model]] that claimed more victories, than their main competition coming from Bugatti and [[Maserati]]. |
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The '''1929 Grand Prix season''' was dominated by [[Italy|Italian]] constructors. Both [[Alfa Romeo]] and [[Bugatti]] won races, with [[William Grover-Williams|"W Williams"]] and [[Louis Chiron]] being the dominant drivers. |
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Chiron took a [[Delage]] across to [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway|Indianapolis]] but was outclassed by the [[Harry Miller (auto racing)|Millers]]. [[Ray Keech]] won after duelling with the Millers of [[Lou Moore]] and [[Louis Meyer]]. Keech was killed a fortnight later at the AAA race at [[Altoona Speedway]]. Meyer went on to become the first back-to-back [[1929 AAA Championship Car season|AAA champion]]. |
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The [[World Manufacturers' Championship]] was planned on seven races. Three of them (Belgium, Germany and Spain) were converted to sport-cars races while British and European Grands Prix were not held. Since the last one was required, the championship was cancelled. |
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==Season review== |
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The racing festival on the French Riviera held around Easter culminated in a new race – the [[Monaco Grand Prix]]. In a close race between Williams’ Bugatti and the [[Mercedes-Benz SSK]] sports car of [[Rudolf Caracciola]], it was decided by a botched pit-stop for the German. The Targa Florio was another triumph for Bugatti, with [[Albert Divo]] claiming the fifth win in a row for the marque. [[Achille Varzi]] was the Italian Champion with victories at Alessandria, Rome, Montenero and Monza. |
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===Grandes Épreuves=== |
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==Grand Épreuves== |
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| '''30 May''' |
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| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Indianapolis 500]] |
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| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''XVII [[Indianapolis 500|International 500 Mile <br>Sweepstakes]]''' |
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| [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway|Indianapolis]] |
| [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway|Indianapolis]] |
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| [[AAA Contest Board|AAA]] |
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| ? |
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| 500 miles |
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| 5h 07m |
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| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ray Keech]] |
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ray Keech]] |
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| [[Miller Car Company|Miller]] |
| [[Miller Car Company|Miller]] 91 |
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| [[1929 Indianapolis 500|Report]] |
| [[1929 Indianapolis 500|Report]] |
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| '''30 Jun''' |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[French Grand Prix]] |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''XXIII [[French Grand Prix|Grand Prix de l’ACF]] ''' |
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| [[Circuit de la Sarthe|Le Mans]] |
| [[Circuit de la Sarthe|Le Mans]] |
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| AIACR |
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| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[William Grover-Williams|"W Williams"]] |
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| rain & sun |
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| [[Bugatti]] |
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| 600 km |
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| 4h 33m |
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| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[William Grover-Williams]]<br>("W. Williams") |
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| [[Bugatti Type 35#Type 35B|Bugatti Type 35B]] |
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| [[William Grover-Williams]]<br> Bugatti |
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| [[1929 French Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 French Grand Prix|Report]] |
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| 7 Jul |
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| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Belgian Grand Prix]] |
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| [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|Spa-Francorchamps]] |
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| 14 Jul |
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| {{flagicon|Germany|Weimar}} ''IV [[German Grand Prix|Großer Preis von Deutschland]] '' |
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| ''[[Nürburgring]]'' |
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| ''sports'' |
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| ? |
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| ''510 km'' |
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| ''4h 46m'' |
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| ''{{flagicon|MCO}} Louis Chiron'' |
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| ''Bugatti Type 35B '' |
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| ''Louis Chiron<br>Bugatti'' |
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| [[1929 German Grand Prix|Report]] |
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! 9 |
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| '''25 Jul''' |
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| {{flagicon|ESP|1874}} '''VII [[San Sebastián Grand Prix|Gran Premio de San Sebastián]]'''<br> (Nation's Cup) |
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| [[Circuito Lasarte|Lasarte]] |
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| AIACR |
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| rain & sun |
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| 690 km |
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| 5h 57m |
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| {{flagicon|MCO}} [[Louis Chiron]] |
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| Bugatti Type 35B |
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| Louis Chiron<br>Bugatti |
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| [[1929 San Sebastián Grand Prix|Report]] |
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| 17 Aug |
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| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[British Grand Prix]] |
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| [[Brooklands]] |
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| 8 Sep |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Italian Grand Prix]] /<br> [[European Grand Prix]] |
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| [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] |
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A pink background indicates the race was run for Sports Cars or Touring Cars this year, while a grey background indicates the race was not held this year. Sources:<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 Season|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp29.htm|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Speedfreaks.org|url= http://www.dlg.speedfreaks.org/archive/gen/1929.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150405025213/http://www.dlg.speedfreaks.org/archive/gen/1929.html|access-date=2020-09-15|archive-date= 2015-04-05}}</ref><ref name="Rendall 1993, p.362">Rendall 1993, p.362</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=ChampCar Stats|url= http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1929.htm|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=MotorSport AAA results|url= https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/indycars/1929-aaa-national-championship|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=6th Gear|url=http://www.forix.com/8w/6thgear/gp-yby.html#1929|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref><ref name="La Targa Florio">{{Cite web|title=La Targa Florio|url=http://www.targaflorio.info/20.htm|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref><ref name="World Sports Racing Prototypes"/> |
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The Indianapolis 500 counted towards the [[1929 AAA Championship Car season|1929 AAA Championship Car]] title. |
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===Other Grands Prix=== |
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==Major Races== |
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Multiple classes are mentioned when they were divided and run to different race lengths. |
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| 24 March |
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| 18 Mar |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Tripoli Grand Prix]] |
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| {{flagicon|AUS}} II Australian Grand Prix |
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| [[Tripoli]] |
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| [[Phillip Island]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australian Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t9.htm#PHILLIP_ISLAND|access-date=2020-08-21|archive-date=2020-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218010002/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t9.htm#PHILLIP_ISLAND|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Gastone Brilli-Peri]] |
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| Formula Libre<br>handicap races |
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| [[Talbot]] |
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| ? |
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| 200 miles |
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| 3h 14m |
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| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Arthur Terdich]] |
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| [[Bugatti Type 35#Type 37|Bugatti Type 37A]] |
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| [[1929 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] |
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| 24 Mar |
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| {{flagicon|Italian Libya}} V [[Tripoli Grand Prix|Gran Premio di Tripoli]] |
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| [[Tajura|Tagiura]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=African Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t9.htm#TRIPOLI|access-date=2020-04-21|archive-date=2020-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218010002/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t9.htm#TRIPOLI|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| [[Formula Libre]] |
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| overcast |
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| 420 km |
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| 3h 08m |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} ''Conte'' [[Gastone Brilli-Peri]] |
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| [[Talbot (automobile)|Talbot]] 700 |
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| [[1929 Tripoli Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 Tripoli Grand Prix|Report]] |
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| 1 April |
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| 1 Apr |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Antibes]] Grand Prix |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} II Grand Prix d’Antibes [[Juan-les-Pins]] |
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| Garoupe |
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| La Garoupe<ref>{{Cite web|title=French Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t1.htm#ANTIBES|access-date=2020-08-21|archive-date=2020-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608015614/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t1.htm#ANTIBES|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Mario Lepori]] |
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| Formula Libre |
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| [[Bugatti]] |
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| sunny |
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| 310 km |
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| 4h 10m |
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| {{flagicon|CHE}} Mario Lepori |
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| Bugatti Type 35B |
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| [[1929 Antibes Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 Antibes Grand Prix|Report]] |
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| 7 April |
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| 7 Apr |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[French Riviera|Riviera]] Circuit |
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| {{flagicon|French Algeria}} II [[Algerian Grand Prix|I Grand Prix d’Algèrie]] |
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| [[Cannes]] |
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| [[Staouéli]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Italian Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t9.htm#STAOUELI|access-date=2020-08-21|archive-date=2020-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218010002/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t9.htm#STAOUELI|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Edward Bret]] |
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| Formula Libre |
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| [[Bugatti]] |
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| sunny |
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| [[1929 Riviera Circuit|Report]] |
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| 360 km |
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| 3h 03m |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Algerian Grand Prix]] |
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| [[Staouéli]] |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marcel Lehoux]] |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marcel Lehoux]] |
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| [[1929 Algerian Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 Algerian Grand Prix|Report]] |
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| 14 April |
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| '''14 Apr''' |
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| {{flagicon|MCO}} [[Monaco Grand Prix]] |
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| {{flagicon|MCO}} '''I [[Monaco Grand Prix|Grand Prix de Monaco]]''' |
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| [[Monte Carlo]] |
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| [[Circuit de Monaco|Monte Carlo]] |
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| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[William Grover-Williams|"W Williams"]] |
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| Formula Libre |
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| [[Bugatti]] |
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| sunny |
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| 320 km |
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| 3h 56m |
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| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[William Grover-Williams]]<br>("W. Williams") |
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| Bugatti Type 35B |
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| [[1929 Monaco Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 Monaco Grand Prix|Report]] |
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| 21 April |
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| '''21 Apr''' |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Alessandria]] Circuit |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} '''VI Circuito di Alessandria'''<br>(Coppa Pietro Bordino) |
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| [[Bordino Circuit|Bordino]] |
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| [[Alessandria]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Italian Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#ALVACA|access-date=2020-04-21|archive-date=2019-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019211012/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#ALVACA|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| Formula Libre |
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| sunny |
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| 260 km |
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| 2h 21m |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Achille Varzi]] |
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Achille Varzi]] |
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| [[Alfa Romeo |
| [[Alfa Romeo P2]] |
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| [[1929 Alessandria Circuit|Report]] |
| [[1929 Alessandria Circuit|Report]] |
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| '''5 May''' |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Coppa Florio]]{{refn|group=nb|name=florio|The Targa Florio and Coppa Florio were held simultaneously on the same circuit and over the same distance, so Albert Divo won both races.<ref name="florio">{{cite web |last1=Etzrodt |first1=Hans |title=Divo repeats his prior year's victory at the Targa Florio. Bugatti's fifth win. |url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2903.htm#14 |website=The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing |accessdate=27 April 2019}}</ref>}} |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} '''XX [[Targa Florio]] '''<br>{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} XII [[Coppa Florio]]<ref group="note" name="note">The Targa Florio and the Coppa Florio were run simultaneously over the same route.</ref> |
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| rowspan="2"|[[Madonie]] |
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| Medio [[Madonie]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Italian Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#MADONIEM|access-date=2020-04-21|archive-date=2019-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019211012/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#MADONIEM|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Albert Divo]] |
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| Targa Florio |
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| rowspan="2"|[[Bugatti]] |
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| sunny |
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| rowspan="2"|[[1929 Targa Florio|Report]] |
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| 540 km |
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| 7h 16m |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Targa Florio]]{{refn|group=nb|name=florio}} |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Albert Divo]] |
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| Bugatti Type 35C |
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| [[1929 Targa Florio|Report]] |
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| 9 May |
| 9 May |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} II Coupe de Bourgogne |
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| [[Dijon]] |
| [[Dijon]] |
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| Formula Libre<br>[[Cyclecar]] |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe de Rothschild]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/georges-philippe|title="Georges Philippe"|work="Motorsport Magazine"|accessdate=1 October 2017}}</ref> |
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| rain |
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| [[Bugatti]] |
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| 525 km<br>420 km |
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| 3h 48m |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe de Rothschild]]<br> (“Philippe”) |
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| Bugatti Type 35C |
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| [[1929 Burgundy Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 Burgundy Grand Prix|Report]] |
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| 19 May |
| 19 May |
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| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Grand Prix des Frontières]] |
| {{flagicon|BEL}} IV [[Grand Prix des Frontières]] |
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| [[Chimay]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Belgian Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t6.htm#CHIMAY|access-date=2020-09-15|archive-date=2013-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205023448/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t6.htm#CHIMAY|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| [[Chimay]] |
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| Formula Libre |
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| ? |
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| 220 km |
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| h 58m |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Goffredo Zehender]] |
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Goffredo Zehender]] |
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| [[Alfa Romeo |
| [[Alfa Romeo 6C]]-1750 |
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| [[1929 Grand Prix des Frontières|Report]] |
| [[1929 Grand Prix des Frontières|Report]] |
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| '''26 May''' |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Rome Grand Prix]] |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} '''V [[Rome Grand Prix|Premio Reale di Roma]]''' |
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| [[Tre Fontane]] |
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| [[Tre Fontane]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Italian Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#TER_FONTANE|access-date=2020-08-21|archive-date=2019-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019211012/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#TER_FONTANE|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Achille Varzi]] |
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| Formula Libre |
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| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] |
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| cloudy |
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| 390 km |
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| 3h 03m |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Achille Varzi |
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| [[Alfa Romeo P2]] |
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| [[1929 Rome Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 Rome Grand Prix|Report]] |
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| 2 June |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Pozzo Circuit |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} IV Circuito del Pozzo |
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| [[Verona]] |
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| [[Verona]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Italian Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#POZZO|access-date=2020-04-21|archive-date=2019-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019211012/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#POZZO|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| Formula Libre |
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| hot |
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| 310 km |
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| 2h 13m |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Giovanni Alloatti]] |
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Giovanni Alloatti]] |
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| Bugatti Type 35B |
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| [[1929 Pozzo Circuit|Report]] |
| [[1929 Pozzo Circuit|Report]] |
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| 9 June |
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| {{flagicon| |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} II Grand Prix Bugatti |
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| [[Circuit de la Sarthe|Le Mans]] |
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| Formula Libre<br>handicap |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Gastone Brilli-Peri]] |
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| [[Talbot]] |
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| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Juan Zanelli]] |
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| Bugatti Type 35C |
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| [[1929 Bugatti Grand Prix|Report]] |
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| rowspan=2|9 Jun |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} IX Circuito del Mugello<br> (Targa Giulio Masetti) |
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| [[Mugello region|Mugello]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Italian Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#MUGELLO|access-date=2020-08-21|archive-date=2019-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019211012/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#MUGELLO|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| Formula Libre |
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| sunny |
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| 370 km |
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| 5h 11m |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} ''Conte'' Gastone Brilli-Peri |
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| [[Talbot (automobile)|Talbot]] 700 |
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| [[1929 Mugello Circuit|Report]] |
| [[1929 Mugello Circuit|Report]] |
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! |
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| 9 June |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} V Grand Prix de Picardie |
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| [[Péronne, Somme|Péronne]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=French Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t1.htm#PERONNE|access-date=2020-05-21|archive-date=2020-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608015614/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t1.htm#PERONNE|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| [[Péronne, Somme|Péronne]] |
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| [[Voiturette (F2)|Voiturette]] |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henry Auber]] |
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| ? |
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| [[Bugatti]] |
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| 190 km |
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| 1h 47m |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Auber |
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| Bugatti Type 37A |
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| [[1929 Picardy Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 Picardy Grand Prix|Report]] |
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|- |
|- |
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! |
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| 16 June |
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| 16 Jun |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lyon]] Grand Prix |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} I Grand Prix de Lyon |
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| [[Quincieux]] |
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| [[Quincieux]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=French Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t1.htm#QUINCIEUX|access-date=2020-09-15|archive-date=2020-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608015614/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t1.htm#QUINCIEUX|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Hans Simons]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/hans-simons|title="Hans Simons"|work="Motorsport Magazine"|accessdate=1 October 2017}}</ref> |
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| Formula Libre |
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| [[Bugatti]] |
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| ? |
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| 250 km |
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| 2h 28m |
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| {{flagicon|GER}} Hans Simons<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/hans-simons|title="Hans Simons"|work=Motorsport Magazine|access-date=1 October 2017}}</ref> |
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| Bugatti Type 35 |
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| [[1929 Lyon Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 Lyon Grand Prix|Report]] |
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|- |
|- |
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! |
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| 23 Jun |
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| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thuin]] Circuit |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} Grand Prix de Bordeaux de Cyclecars |
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| [[Thuin]] |
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| [[Bordeaux]] |
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| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Freddy Charlier]] |
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| [[ |
| [[Cyclecar]] |
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| ? |
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| [[1929 Thuin Circuit|Report]] |
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| 75 km |
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| 1h 04m |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}}? Hector David |
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| [[Salmson]] |
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| Report |
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|- |
|- |
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! |
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| 7 July |
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| rowspan=4|7 Jul |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Grand Prix de la Marne]] |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} V [[Grand Prix de la Marne]] |
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| [[Reims-Gueux|Reims]] |
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| [[Reims-Gueux]] |
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| Formula Libre |
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| cloudy |
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| 400 km |
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| 2h 54m |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Étancelin]] |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Étancelin]] |
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| |
| Bugatti Type 35C |
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| [[1929 Marne Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 Marne Grand Prix|Report]] |
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|- |
|- |
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! |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} Prix de la Ville de Reims |
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| [[Reims-Gueux]] |
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| Cyclecar |
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| ? |
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| 120 km |
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| 56m |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Yves Giraud-Cabantous]] |
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| [[Salmson]] |
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| [[1929 Marne Grand Prix|Report]] |
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|- |
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! |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Dieppe, Seine-Maritime|Dieppe]] Grand Prix |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Dieppe, Seine-Maritime|Dieppe]] Grand Prix |
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| [[Dieppe, Seine-Maritime|Dieppe]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=French Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t1.htm#DIEPPE|access-date=2020-09-21|archive-date=2020-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608015614/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t1.htm#DIEPPE|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| [[Dieppe, Seine-Maritime|Dieppe]] |
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| Formula Libre |
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| ? |
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| 200 km |
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| 1h 47m |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[René Dreyfus]] |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[René Dreyfus]] |
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| |
| Bugatti Type 35B |
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| [[1929 Dieppe Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 Dieppe Grand Prix|Report]] |
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|- |
|- |
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! |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} |
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} II Coppa di Camaiore |
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| [[Camaiore]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Italian Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#CAMAIORE|access-date=2020-09-21|archive-date=2019-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019211012/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#CAMAIORE|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| [[Camaiore]] |
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| Formula Libre |
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| ? |
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| 190 km |
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| 2h 35m |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Renato Balestrero]] |
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Renato Balestrero]] |
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| |
| Bugatti Type 35C |
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| [[1929 Camaiore Circuit|Report]] |
| [[1929 Camaiore Circuit|Report]] |
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|- |
|- |
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! 7 |
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| 13 July |
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| '''21 Jul''' |
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| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Irish Grand Prix]] |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} '''III Coppa Ciano'''<br> VIII [[Coppa Montenero]] |
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| [[Phoenix Park|Dublin]] |
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| [[Circuito del Montenero|Montenero]] |
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| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Boris Ivanowski]] |
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| Formula Libre<br>[[Voiturette (F2)|Voiturette]] |
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| [[Alfa Romeo]] |
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| hot |
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| [[1929 Irish Grand Prix|Report]] |
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| 225 km |
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|- |
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| |
| 2h 35m |
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| {{flagicon| |
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Achille Varzi |
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| Alfa Romeo P2 |
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| [[Nürburgring]] |
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| {{flagicon|MCO}} [[Louis Chiron]] |
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| [[Bugatti]] |
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| [[1929 German Grand Prix|Report]] |
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|- |
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| 21 July |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Coppa Montenero]] |
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| [[Montenero Circuit|Montenero]] |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Achille Varzi]] |
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| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] |
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| [[1929 Coppa Montenero|Report]] |
| [[1929 Coppa Montenero|Report]] |
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|- |
|- |
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! 8 |
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| 25 July |
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| '''28 Jul''' |
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| {{flagicon|ESP|1785}} [[San Sebastián Grand Prix]] |
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| {{flagicon|ESP|1874}} '''V [[Spanish Grand Prix|Gran Premio de España]]''' |
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| [[Circuito Lasarte|Lasarte]] |
| [[Circuito Lasarte|Lasarte]] |
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| Sports |
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| {{flagicon|MCO}} [[Louis Chiron]] |
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| sunny |
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| [[Bugatti]] |
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| 1374 km |
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| [[1929 San Sebastián Grand Prix|Report]] |
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| 12h |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} Louis Rigal |
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| Alfa Romeo P2 |
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| [[1929 Spanish Grand Prix|Report]] |
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|- |
|- |
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! |
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| 18 August |
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| 18 Aug |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Grand Prix du Comminges]] |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} V [[Grand Prix du Comminges]] |
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| [[Saint-Gaudens, France|Saint-Gaudens]] |
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| [[Saint-Gaudens, France|Saint-Gaudens]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=French Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t1.htm#LA_GAUDENS|access-date=2020-04-21|archive-date=2020-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608015614/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t1.htm#LA_GAUDENS|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Étancelin]] |
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| Formula Libre |
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| [[Bugatti]] |
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| ? |
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| 390 km |
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| 2h 48m |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Étancelin |
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| Bugatti Type 35C |
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| [[1929 Comminges Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 Comminges Grand Prix|Report]] |
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|- |
|- |
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! |
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| 22 August |
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| 22 Aug<ref>{{Cite web|title=Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp29|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref>/<br>2 Sep<ref>{{Cite web|title=TeamDan|url= http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1929.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081027015345/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1929.html|access-date=2020-09-15|archive-date= 2008-10-27}}</ref> |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[La Baule]] Grand Prix |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} VI Grand Prix de la Baule |
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| [[La Baule]] |
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| [[La Baule]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=French Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t1.htm#LA_BAULE|access-date=2020-04-21|archive-date=2020-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608015614/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t1.htm#LA_BAULE|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Étancelin]] |
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| Formula Libre |
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| [[Bugatti]] |
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| ? |
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| 100 km |
|||
| 46m |
|||
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Étancelin |
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| Bugatti Type 35C |
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| [[1929 La Baule Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 La Baule Grand Prix|Report]] |
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|- |
|- |
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! 10 |
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| 15 September |
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| '''15 Sep''' |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Monza Grand Prix]] |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} '''II Gran Premio di Monza''' |
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| [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] |
| [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] |
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| Formula Libre,<br>heats |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Achille Varzi]] |
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| hot |
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| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] |
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| 100 km |
|||
| 31m |
|||
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Achille Varzi |
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| Alfa Romeo P2 |
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| [[1929 Monza Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 Monza Grand Prix|Report]] |
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|- |
|- |
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! 11 |
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| 29 September |
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| '''29 Sep''' |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Cremona]] Circuit |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} '''IV Circuito di Cremona''' |
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| [[Cremona]] |
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| [[Cremona]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Italian Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#CREMONA|access-date=2020-08-21|archive-date=2019-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019211012/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t3.htm#CREMONA|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Gastone Brilli-Peri]] |
|||
| Formula Libre |
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| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] |
|||
| cloudy |
|||
| 320 km |
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| 1h 47m |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} ''Conte'' Gastone Brilli-Peri |
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| Alfa Romeo P2 |
|||
| [[1929 Cremona Circuit|Report]] |
| [[1929 Cremona Circuit|Report]] |
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|- |
|- |
||
! 12 |
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| 17 November |
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| '''17 Nov''' |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Tunis Grand Prix]] |
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| {{flagicon|TUN}} '''II [[Tunis Grand Prix|I Grand Prix de Tunisie]] ''' |
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| [[Le Bardo]] |
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| [[Le Bardo]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Italian Circuits|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t9.htm#BARDO|access-date=2020-08-21|archive-date=2020-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218010002/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t9.htm#BARDO|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Gastone Brilli-Peri]] |
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| Formula Libre |
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| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] |
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| sunny |
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| 320 km |
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| 2h 23m |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} ''Conte'' Gastone Brilli-Peri |
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| Alfa Romeo P2 |
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| [[1929 Tunis Grand Prix|Report]] |
| [[1929 Tunis Grand Prix|Report]] |
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|} |
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{{reflist|group= |
{{reflist|group=note}} |
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==Teams and drivers== |
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These tables only intend to cover entries in the major races, as keyed above. |
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Sources:<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 Season|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp29.htm|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=TeamDan|url=http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1929.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027015345/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1929.html|access-date=2020-09-15|archive-date=2008-10-27}}</ref><ref name="Speedfreaks.org">{{Cite web|title= Speedfreaks.org|url=http://www.dlg.speedfreaks.org/archive/gen/1929.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405025213/http://www.dlg.speedfreaks.org/archive/gen/1929.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-04-05|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref><ref name="La Targa Florio"/><ref name="Formula 2">{{Cite web|title=Formula 2|url=http://formula2.se/Targa29.html|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref><ref name="MotorSport">{{Cite web|title=MotorSport|url=https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1929-indianapolis-500|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref><ref name="ChampCar Stats">{{Cite web|title=ChampCar Stats|url=http://www.champcarstats.com/races/192901.htm|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref> |
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
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|- |
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! Entrant |
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! Constructor |
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! Chassis |
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! Engine |
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! Tyre |
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! Driver |
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! Rounds |
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|- |
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| rowspan=5| {{flagicon|FRA}} Usines Bugatti |
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! rowspan=5| [[Bugatti]] |
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| rowspan=5| [[Bugatti Type 35#Type 35C|Type 35C]] |
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| rowspan=5| Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c |
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| rowspan=5| |
|||
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Albert Divo]] |
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| 3, 4, 7 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} ''Conte'' Caberto Conelli |
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| 3, 7 |
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|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Ferdinando Minoia]] |
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| 3 |
|||
|- |
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| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[William Grover-Williams]] |
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| 3*, [4], 7 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Louis Wagner (driver)|Louis Wagner]] |
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| 3 |
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|- |
|||
| rowspan=4| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Officine Alfieri Maserati SpA |
|||
! rowspan=4| [[Maserati]] |
|||
| rowspan=4| Tipo V4<br>Tipo 26B<br>Tipo 26R<br>Tipo 26 |
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| rowspan=4| Maserati 4.0L 2x8 twin s/c<br> Maserati 2.0L S8 s/c<br> Maserati 1.7L S8 s/c<br> Maserati 1.5L S8 s/c |
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| rowspan=4| |
|||
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Ernesto Maserati]] |
|||
| 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12 |
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|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Baconin Borzacchini]] |
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| 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Luigi Fagioli]] |
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| 2, 4, [8] |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Alfieri Maserati]] |
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| 6*, 10 |
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|- |
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| rowspan=4| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Alfa Corse]] |
|||
! rowspan=4| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] |
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| rowspan=4| [[Alfa Romeo 6C|Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 SS]]<br> Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 GS<br> [[Alfa Romeo P2]] |
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| rowspan=4| Alfa Romeo 1.75L S6 s/c <br>Alfa Romeo 1.75L S6 s/c<br> Alfa Romeo 2.0L S8 s/c |
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| rowspan=4| |
|||
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} ''Conte'' [[Gastone Brilli-Peri]] |
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| 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12 |
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|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Achille Varzi]] |
|||
| 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giuseppe Campari |
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| 3, 8 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Tazio Nuvolari]] |
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| 8 |
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|- |
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| rowspan=3| {{flagicon|Germany|Weimar}} Daimler-Benz AG |
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! rowspan=3| [[Mercedes-Benz]] |
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| rowspan=3| [[Mercedes-Benz SSK]]<br>Mercedes-Benz 1921 |
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| rowspan=3| Mercedes-Benz 7.1L S6 s/c<br>Mercedes-Benz 4.5L S4 s/c |
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| rowspan=3| |
|||
| {{flagicon|Germany|Weimar}} [[Rudolf Caracciola]] |
|||
| 1, [9] |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|Germany|Weimar}} [[August Momberger]] |
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| 10 |
|||
|- |
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| {{flagicon|Germany|Weimar}} [[Adolf Rosenberger]] |
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| 10 |
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|- |
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| rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Officine Meccaniche]] |
|||
! rowspan=2| O.M. |
|||
| rowspan=2| 665 SMM |
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| rowspan=2| O.M. 2.0L S 6 |
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| rowspan=2| |
|||
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Archimede Rosa |
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| [3], 6, 8 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giuseppe Morandi |
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| [3], 6, 8 |
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|- |
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| rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} SA des Autos et Cycles [[Peugeot]] |
|||
! rowspan=2| Peugeot |
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| rowspan=2| 174 S |
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| rowspan=2| Peugeot 4.0L S 4 |
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| rowspan=2| |
|||
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[André Boillot]] |
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| 7 |
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|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Guy Bouriat |
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| 7 |
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|- |
|||
| rowspan=7|{{flagicon|United States|1912}} Duesenberg Bros |
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! rowspan=7|[[Duesenberg]] |
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| rowspan=7| Type 91 |
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| rowspan=7|Duesenberg 1.5L S8 s/c |
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| rowspan=7| {{Firestone}} |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Jimmy Gleason]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Bill Spence (racing driver)|Bill Spence]] † |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Freddie Winnai]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Lora L. Corum]] |
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| 5* |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Roscoe Ford |
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| 5* |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Thane Houser]] |
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| 5* |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Ernie Triplett]] |
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| 5* |
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|- |
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| rowspan=3| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Cooper Engineering<br>[[Marmon Motor Car Company]] |
|||
! rowspan=3| [[Earl Cooper|Cooper]]-Miller |
|||
| rowspan=3| Type 91 FD |
|||
| rowspan=3| Miller 1.5L S8 s/c<br>Miller 1.5L S8 s/c |
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| rowspan=3| |
|||
| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Russ Snowberger]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Fred Frame]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Johnny Seymour]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| rowspan=4| {{flagicon|ITA}} Scuderia Materassi |
|||
! rowspan=4| [[Automobiles Talbot France|Talbot]]<br>Bugatti |
|||
| rowspan=4| 700 GPLB<br>[[Bugatti Type 35#Type 35C|Type 37A]] |
|||
| rowspan=4| Talbot 1.5L S8 s/c<br> Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c |
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| rowspan=4| |
|||
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} ''Conte'' [[Gastone Brilli-Peri]] |
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| 2, 6 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Luigi Arcangeli]] |
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| 2, 4, 8, 10, 11 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Carlo Maria Pintacuda]] |
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| 4 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Tazio Nuvolari]] |
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| 10, 11 |
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| {{flagicon|ITA}} Scuderia Nuvolari |
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! Bugatti<br>Alfa Romeo |
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| Type 35C<br>6C-1750 SS |
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| Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c<br> Alfa Romeo 1.75L S6 s/c |
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| |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Tazio Nuvolari]] |
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| [ 2], 4, 6 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Bill White Race Cars |
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! Duesenberg |
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| Type 91 |
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| Miller 1.5L S8 s/c |
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| |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Babe Stapp]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| rowspan=4| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Boyle Valve |
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! rowspan=4| Miller |
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| rowspan=4| Type 91 FD |
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| rowspan=4| Miller 1.5L S8 s/c |
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| rowspan=4| |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Cliff Woodbury]] |
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| 5 |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Pete DePaolo]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Billy Arnold (racing driver)|Billy Arnold]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Red Robert |
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| 5* |
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|- |
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| rowspan=4| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Packard Cable |
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! rowspan=4| [[Harry Miller (auto racing)|Miller]] |
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| rowspan=4| Type 91 FD |
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| rowspan=4| Miller 1.5L S8 s/c |
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| rowspan=4| |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} “[[Leon Duray]]” |
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| 5, 10 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Ralph Hepburn]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Tony Gulotta]] |
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| 5 |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} Edmond Bourlier |
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| [10] |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} M. A. Yagle |
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! Miller |
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| Type 91 |
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| Miller 1.5L S8 s/c |
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| {{Firestone}} |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Ray Keech]] † |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| rowspan=3| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Reed & Mulligan |
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! rowspan=3| Miller |
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| rowspan=3| Type 91 |
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| rowspan=3| Miller 1.5L S8 s/c |
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| rowspan=3| |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Bert Karnatz]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|CHE}} / {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Herman Schurch]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Jack Buxton |
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| 5* |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Thompson Products |
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! [[Amilcar]] |
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| |
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| Amilcar 1.5L |
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| |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jules Moriceau]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Tommy Milton]] |
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! Detroit |
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| Type 91 |
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| Miller 1.5L S8 s/c |
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| |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Pete Kreis]] |
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| 5 |
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|} |
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===Significant Privateer drivers=== |
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
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|- |
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! Entrant |
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! Constructor |
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! Chassis |
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! Engine |
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! Driver |
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! Rounds |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Bugatti |
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| Type 35C<br> Type 35B |
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| Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c<br> Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|ROM}} / {{flagicon|BEL}} Georges Bouriano |
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| [2], 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11 |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Salmson<br>Bugatti<br>Bugatti |
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| .<br> Type 37A<br> Type 35C |
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| Salmson 1.1L <br> Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c<br> Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Clemente Biondetti]] |
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| 1, [2], 4, 6, 9 |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Bugatti |
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| Type 37A<br> Type 35B |
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| Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c<br> Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[René Dreyfus]] |
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| 1, 9, 12 |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Bugatti |
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| Type 35A<br> Type 35B |
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| Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c<br> Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Étancelin]] |
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| 1, 9, 12 |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Alfa Romeo |
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| [[Alfa Romeo 6C|6C-1500]]<br> 6C-1750 GS |
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| Alfa Romeo 1.5L S6 s/c<br> Alfa Romeo 1.75L S6 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Pietro Ghersi]] |
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| [1], 2, 8 |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Bugatti |
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| Type 37A<br> Type 35B |
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| Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c<br> Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marcel Lehoux]] |
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| 1, 9, 12 |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Bugatti |
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| Type 35C<br> Type 44<br>Type 35B |
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| Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c<br> Bugatti 3.0L S8<br> Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe de Rothschild]]<br> (“Philippe”) |
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| 1, 7, 9 |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Maserati |
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| Tipo 26B |
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| Maserati 2.0L S8 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Cleto Nenzioni |
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| 2, 4, 6, 10, [11] |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Bugatti |
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| Type 35B <br>Type 37A |
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| Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c <br>Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Juan Zanelli]] |
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| 2, [6], 9, 10 |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Bugatti |
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| Type 35B <br>Type 35C |
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| Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c <br>Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giulio Foresti |
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| 3, 4, 9, 10, [11] |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Miller |
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| Type 91 FD |
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| Miller 1.5L S8 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Cliff Bergere]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Bugatti |
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| Type 35C |
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| Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|MCO}} [[Louis Chiron]] |
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| 5, 9, [11] |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Miller |
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| Type 91 |
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| Miller 1.5L S8 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Louis Meyer]] |
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| 5 |
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|- |
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| ''Private Entrant'' |
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! Bugatti |
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| Type 35B |
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| Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Robert Sénéchal]] |
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| 7 |
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|} |
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''Note: * raced in event as a relief driver. Those in brackets show, although entered, the driver did not race''<br> |
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''Note: † driver killed during this racing season'' |
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==Regulations and Technical== |
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The [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|AIACR]] recognised the tight economic times were limiting manufacturer involvement in the sport. Having opened up to [[Formula Libre]] engine regulations (with only a minimum 1.1-litre capacity) in the last season, for this year the minimum weight was lifted to 900 kg. The Grands Prix were still to be at least 600 km long, but now a consumption limitation was added where no more than 14.5 kg per 100 km (14.5 mpg) of petrol could be consumed. The fuel had to be carried in an external fuel-tank with a visible fuel gauge.<ref name="Venables 2009, p.56">Venables 2009, p.56</ref> A new dispensation was added, now allowing two mechanics to assist the driver during pit-stops.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Racing Regulations|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gpw5.htm|access-date=2020-05-21|archive-date=2007-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930012944/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gpw5.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nominally set up for seven races in seven countries, the planned World Championship was abandoned when most organisations disavowed the AIACR regulations. In fact, only the French and Spanish races met the requirements.<ref name="Cimarosti 1997, p.84">Cimarosti 1997, p.84</ref> |
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With racing in France in a malaise and Britain limited to [[Brooklands]], the focus for grand-prix racing moved to the Mediterranean – particularly Italy, but also Spain, the French Riviera and northern Africa. One of the latest additions would gain great fame as an icon race: the brainchild of [[Antony Noghès]], the 3 km Monaco circuit ran through the streets of Monte Carlo, from the port up to the famous hotel and casino then back, via a tunnel, along the waterfront. Safety measures included painting the kerbstones white to help the drivers judge their cornering.<ref name="Rendall 1993, p.125">Rendall 1993, p.125</ref> |
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The Targa Florio regulations were simplified to two classes: over and under 1100cc. The Coppa Florio was again run on the same course and to the same length as the Targa, however, only opened for the over-1100cc class.<ref name="Fondi 2006, p.352-3">Fondi 2006, p.352-3</ref> |
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In America, the [[AAA Contest Board|AAA]] meanwhile stuck with the tried-and-tested 1.5-litre formula for their single-seaters for one more season. But they announced that regulation changes would come for the next season.<ref>{{Cite news|title=1929 Indianapolis 500 Recap|newspaper=The Indianapolis News|date=31 May 1929|page=32|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4163530/1929-indianapolis-500-recap/|access-date=2020-10-08}}</ref> Belgium, Germany and Great Britain deferred their premier national races to sports-car events instead. |
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[[File:1929 Mercedes-Benz 710 SSK at Goodwood Revival 2012.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Mercedes-Benz SSK]] |
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[[File:1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Super Sport Works Team Car p2.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Alfa Romeo 6C-1500]] |
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===Technical Innovation=== |
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The open formula restarted the trend toward bigger engines as the simplest way to gain more power and speed. [[Maserati]] came up with one of the most unusual designs of the period with their new Tipo V4 model. It essentially combined two 2-litre engines from their 26B, running on a common crankcase with two crankshafts and twin Roots superchargers.<ref name="Cimarosti 1997, p.84">Cimarosti 1997, p.84</ref><ref name="Ludvigsen 2008, p.80">Ludvigsen 2008, p.80</ref> They also produced their first 1100cc car, the Tipo 26C.<ref name="Ludvigsen 2008, p.80"/> |
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
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|- |
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! Manufacturer |
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! Model<ref name="Cimarosti 1997, p.81">Cimarosti 1997, p.81</ref><ref name="Cimarosti 1997, p.87">Cimarosti 1997, p.87</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 Season|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp29.htm|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref> |
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! Engine |
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! Power<br>Output |
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! Max. Speed<br> (km/h) |
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! Dry Weight<br> (kg) |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bugatti]] |
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| [[Bugatti Type 35#Type 35B|Type 35B]] |
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| Bugatti 2.3L S8 ''supercharged'' |
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|140 bhp |
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| 210 |
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| 710 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bugatti]] |
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| [[Bugatti Type 35#Type 35C|Type 35C]] |
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| Bugatti 2.0L S8 ''supercharged'' |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bugatti]] |
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| [[Bugatti Type 35#Type 37A|Type 37A]] |
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| Bugatti 1496cc S4 ''supercharged'' |
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| 90 bhp |
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| 180 |
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| 720 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Maserati]] |
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| Maserati Tipo V4 |
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| Maserati 4.0L twin-8 ''supercharged'' |
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| 300 bhp |
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| 255 |
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| 1050 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Maserati]] |
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| [[Maserati Tipo 26B|Tipo 26B]] |
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| Maserati 2.0L S8 ''supercharged'' |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Alfa Romeo]] |
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| [[Alfa Romeo P2|P2]] |
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| Alfa Romeo 2.0L S8 ''supercharged'' |
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| 155 bhp |
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| 240 |
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| 750 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Alfa Romeo]] |
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| [[Alfa Romeo 6C|6C-1750 SS]] |
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| Alfa Romeo 1752cc S6 |
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| 65 bhp |
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| 130 |
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| |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Automobiles Talbot France|Talbot]] |
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| 700 GPLB |
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| Talbot 1489cc S4 ''supercharged'' |
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| 140 bhp |
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| 210 |
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| 700 |
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|- |
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| {{flagicon|Germany|Weimar}} [[Mercedes-Benz]] |
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| [[Mercedes-Benz SSK]] |
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| Mercedes-Benz 7.1L S6<br>''part-supercharged'' |
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| 225 bhp |
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| |
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| |
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|} |
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==Season review== |
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===Opening races=== |
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After the death of [[Emilio Materassi]], his friend [[Gastone Brilli-Peri]] took up the running of his racing team, the Scuderia Materassi, with [[Luigi Arcangeli]]. He won the season opener at Tunis, beating home [[Baconin Borzacchini]] in the works Maserati and [[Tazio Nuvolari]], now building his own racing team. Across the Mediterranean, on the Côte d’Azur, a series of meetings in April attracted a number of top and up-and-coming drivers. Italian interest in these essentially French affairs brought drivers with their Alfa Romeos and Maseratis making up diverse fields rather than just being a Bugatti procession. At Antibes, Swiss regular Mario Lepori lapped the field for a comfortable win. A week later, Edward Bret then won the sprint races at [[Cannes]]. |
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The series culminated at a new race held around the streets of [[Monte Carlo]]. After 100 laps, the winner would receive a golden trophy and FF100000. The organisers sent invitations to twenty drivers, a dozen of whom had raced at Antibes. These included the Bugattis of Lepori, [[Philippe Étancelin]] and [[Philippe de Rothschild]] joined by [[Marcel Lehoux]] and [[William Grover-Williams]] (racing under his pseudonym of “Williams”). [[Goffredo Zehender]], [[Pietro Ghersi]] and Louis Rigal led the Alfa Romeo challenge while German [[Rudolf Caracciola]] arrived in his 7-litre [[Mercedes-Benz SSK]] sports car. A surprise absentee was Monaco-resident [[Louis Chiron]] who was instead going to America for the Indianapolis 500.<ref name="Rendall 1993, p.124">Rendall 1993, p.124</ref> |
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[[File:Rudolf Caracciola at the 1929 Monaco Grand Prix.jpg |thumb|300px|right|Caracciola's Mercedes at the Monaco GP]] |
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After a wet practice, race day was sunny and a huge crowd thronged the circuit and watching from hotel balconies. The starting grid was decided by lot and although Lehoux took the lead from the flag it was Williams who led at the end of the first lap. Caracciola, starting from the fifth row, had already muscled his way up to second by the second lap. Coming out of the tunnel on the waterfront, Lehoux crashed his Bugatti wrecking three wheels. He ran back to the pits, retrieved three more and after changing them resumed the race 11 laps down. |
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Williams, Caracciola and Bouriano gradually pulled away from the field. On the thirtieth lap the German passed Williams to take the lead, but the Briton fought back and repassed him six laps later. At the halfway point, with only 9 of the 16 starters still running, the top three made their pit-stops. Caracciola had a farcical pitstop when the jack slipped off the tramline it was resting on and dropped the car, then the hammer used to knock the wheel off broke. This all cost him an extra three minutes (and a lap) to the two Bugattis. Thereafter Williams was able to keep up a quick, but measured, pace and secure a comfortable victory over Bouriano with Caracciola coming home third.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 Monaco GP|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2902.htm#10|access-date=2020-09-30|archive-date=2021-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213091528/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2902.htm#10|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Rendall 1993, p.124"/> Later in the year, Caracciola took his car to Northern Ireland and, in the rain in front of over 500,000 spectators, won the [[RAC Tourist Trophy]] from a field of 65 starters.<ref name="Cimarosti 1997, p.84"/><ref name="Rendall 1993, p.125">Rendall 1993, p.125</ref><ref name="Ludvigsen 2009, p.43">Ludvigsen 2009, p.43</ref> |
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[[File:William Grover-Williams vainqueur du Grand Prix du Comminges en 1928, sur Bugatti T35C.jpg|thumb|300px|right|William Grover-Williams, winner of the inaugural Monaco GP]] |
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The [[Mille Miglia]] sports car race had been held the same weekend, won by [[Giuseppe Campari]] for Alfa Romeo. A week later a big field of 33 cars lined up for the race at [[Alessandria]], now known as the Coppa Pietro Bordino after the death the year before of the great Italian driver. The two main Italian teams arrived: Borzacchini, [[Ernesto Maserati]] and [[Luigi Fagioli]] for Maserati and Brilli-Peri and Arcangeli in the Talbots of the Scuderia Materassi. Alongside them were Varzi, Ghersi and [[Enzo Ferrari]] in their Alfa Romeos, while Nuvolari would not start after an accident in practice. From a standing start, Varzi bolted to the lead with the fastest lap of the race. Despite the dusty conditions on the public roads, he easily dominated the race and led all the way. Brilli-Peri was second for much of the race until his gearbox seized with only two kilometres to go; but he pushed his Talbot for twenty minutes to cross the line. This lifted Borzacchini and Maserati to second and third, nearly five minutes behind Varzi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 Monaco GP|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2902.htm#10|access-date=2020-09-30|archive-date=2021-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213091528/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2902.htm#10|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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[[File:Albert Divo in his Bugatti at the 1929 Targa Florio.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Albert Divo, winner of the Targa Florio for Bugatti]] |
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A promising field of 29 entrants for the 20th Targa Florio eventuated to become 19 starters. Bugatti had dominated the race with victories in the past four years and the company entered a strong team of four drivers all in the 2-litre Type 35C: race-winner [[Albert Divo]], [[Louis Wagner (driver)|Louis Wagner]], [[Ferdinando Minoia]] and [[Caberto Conelli]]. Williams was named as a reserve driver. Alfa Romeo also sent a works team with the new 1750cc Super Sport version of the [[Alfa Romeo 6C|6C tourer]]. Team drivers were Varzi, Brilli-Peri and Campari. Borzacchini and Ernesto were once again running the works Maseratis, while Lepori led a troop of privateer Bugattis.<ref name="Rendall 1993, p.124"/> |
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Following the example set the year before, by [[Eliška Junková]], of meticulous preparation, both the Bugatti and Alfa Romeo teams arrived during the month beforehand for extensive practice. The French team based itself up in the mountains at [[Polizzi Generosa|Polizzi]]. The staggered start commenced at 8am with Campari leading the field away at 3-minute intervals. Minoia set a new lap record on his first lap, with Borzacchini only four seconds behind him on elapsed time, with Brilli-Peri, Divo and Varzi further back. Minoia continued setting the pace until he slowed with steering issues on the fourth lap. This put Divo into the lead and he held on to take back-to-back victories. Borzacchini had been closing quickly on Minoia on the last lap but was stopped with suspension problems just two miles from the finish. Campari was fourth, the last classified finisher.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 Targa Florio|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2903|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> For Bugatti it was an unprecedented fifth Targa win in a row, and third consecutive Coppa Florio victory thereby winning the trophy outright. That thereafter proved to be the final time the Coppa was run in that format. It would be resumed and re-imagined in 1974, run at [[Autodromo di Pergusa|Pergusa]].<ref name="Fondi 2006, p.352-3"/> |
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Three weeks later, the competition resumed at the Rome Grand Prix with a number of the same drivers. Divo and Williams raced for Bugatti, Brilli-Peri and Varzi for Alfa Romeo and Maserati, Borzacchini and [[Luigi Fagioli]] for Maserati. Arcangeli and [[Carlo Pintacuda]] drove the Talbots of Scuderia Meterassi while Nuvolari had his Bugatti. There were also Hans Stuck in a 3-litre [[Austro-Daimler]], and [[August Momberger]] and Fritz Caflisch in their big Mercedes-Benz tourers. From pole position, Stuck jumped into the lead. The dust thrown up by the cars was so bad much of the grid had to come to a stop from lack of visibility. Stuck led for two laps until his engine lost power. Varzi and Brilli-Peri passed him and within three laps had lapped the field. As other drivers had their problems, the two Alfas kept their lead and when Varzi stopped to refuel at half distance, Brilli-Peri took over. He finally came in for his stop with only two of the thirty laps to go. Despite only a thirty-second pitstop, he emerged just behind his teammate. Varzi pulled away to win by 45 seconds, with Divo's Bugatti finishing over ten minutes back in third.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 Rome Grand Prix|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2903|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> |
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===Indianapolis=== |
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Once again the [[Indianapolis 500]] was dominated by the supercharged [[Harry Miller (auto racing)|Miller]] engines, powering over 80% of the starters. Defending champion [[Louis Meyer]], [[Cliff Bergere]] and [[Lou Moore]] ran Millers. Former winner [[Pete DePaolo]], [[Cliff Woodbury]] and [[Billy Arnold (racing driver)|Billy Arnold]] were in the Boyle Valve team Millers. George Stewart (racing under his pseudonym “[[Leon Duray]]”), with his team sponsored by Packard Cable, had [[Ralph Hepburn]] and [[Tony Gulotta]] alongside him. Up against them were only four Duesenbergs, with three of them (Jimmy Gleason, Freddie Winnai and Bill Spence) run by the works team. [[Earl Cooper]] had three of his front-wheel drive cars with Miller engines, with [[Russ Snowberger]] leading the team. Additional interest was generated with the entry of two French cars: Grand prix winner [[Louis Chiron]] ran a 1.5-litre supercharged [[Delage]] while [[Jules Moriceau]] had an [[Amilcar]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=ChampCar Stats 1929|url=http://www.champcarstats.com/races/192901.htm|access-date=2020-10-06}}</ref> |
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Once again, the front-wheel drive Millers proved very fast in practice, taking four of the top-five spots in qualifying with Cliff Woodbury claiming pole position and Leon Duray and Ralph Hepburn joining him on the front row. From the start Duray took the lead. On the fourth lap, Woodbury's right rear wheel broke spinning him round and sending him backward into the wall. Woodbury was uninjured and was able to get back to the pits to act as a relief driver later in the race. On the eighth lap [[Deacon Litz]], running third, found his handbrake broken. Diving to the infield to avoid hitting the leaders, he regained control and instead was able to overtake them to go into the lead. On the tenth lap Bill Spence hit the wall hard at turn two. The car rolled several times, throwing Spence out. He was taken to hospital with a fractured skull but died en route. His was the first fatal accident in the race for ten years. |
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Litz held the lead until lap 56 when, in his words, “something the size of a brick” exploded out the side of his engine. This moved Moore up into the lead followed by Meyer, Duray, Keech and Arnold. But after Duray's car (driven by Hepburn) retired with engine problems, at one-third distance seven of the top ten qualifiers had retired. Moore and Meyer swapped the lead until lap 93, when Moore pitted and was relieved by Barney Kleopfer. Meyer, Keech and Kleopfer stayed in close contact through the second half of the race. Meyer came in from the lead for his final stop on lap 157 but the car stalled. Once he had finally got going again he had slipped to third, four laps down. With ten laps to go, Kloepfer's car started running rough and losing oil. He pitted with just two laps, Moore got back in to nurse it to the finish but only made it to turn two before being stopped with a broken connecting rod. Keech cruised on to a comfortable victory, with Meyer taking second place six minutes behind, while Jimmy Gleason came home in third for Duesenberg twelve minutes (8 laps) later. Chiron lasted the distance but finished over half an hour behind Keech in 7th.<ref>{{Cite news|title=1929 Indianapolis 500 Recap|newspaper=The Indianapolis News|date=31 May 1929|page=32|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4163530/1929-indianapolis-500-recap/|access-date=2020-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ChampCar Stats 1929|url=http://www.champcarstats.com/races/192901.htm|access-date=2020-10-06}}</ref> |
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The first two cars has both formerly been raced by [[Frank Lockhart (racing driver)|Frank Lockhart]], who had died in 1928. Keech's Miller was now owned by Maude Yagle, to date the only female team-owner to win the race. Sadly, he would not be able to savour his new fame and celebrity, as he died just a fortnight later at the [[Altoona Speedway]], the last of the board-tracks. He was killed instantly when his car hit track debris, rolled and burst into flames.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Motorsport Memorial|url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=139|access-date=2020-10-06}}</ref><ref name="Rendall 1993, p.125"/> Louis Meyer was one of only two drivers to compete in all five events of the [[1929 AAA Championship Car season|1929 AAA series]]. With two wins and four top-5 finishes, his consistency made him the AAA's first back-to-back champion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Racing Reference Info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet/1929/UO|access-date=2020-10-06}}</ref> |
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===June to August=== |
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Bugattis were definitely in the minority at the Circuito del Mugello. Ten Alfa Romeo 6Cs started, including Varzi, Campari, [[Enzo Ferrari|Ferrari]] and Nuvolari (swapping out his Bugatti). They took on five Maseratis (including the works team) and five Bugattis. The [[Officine Meccaniche|OM]] works team was present with cars for Archimede Rosa and Giuseppe Morandi. Brilli-Peri was the sole representative of the Scuderia Materassi but on the long straights, his Talbot was powerful enough to take a flag-to-flag victory. Stuck had been challenging hard in his Austro-Daimler until he crashed spectacularly. Unsighted by dust his car hit the post of a narrow bridge. Thrown out of the car, he landed below on the stones of a dry river bed, fortunately only suffering mild back injuries. Morandi and his OM finished second, over eight minutes behind the Talbot. First Alfa home, in third, was the unheralded Enrico Benini, driving reliably and consistently.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 Mugello Circuit|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2904|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> |
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[[File:William Grover-Williams at the 1929 French Grand Prix (5).jpg|thumb|300px|right|William's Bugatti at the French GP]] |
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Bugatti made a stronger effort for their home Grand Prix in France. In the works cars, Divo, Williams and Conelli had the 2.3-litre Type 35B. They were against two works Peugeot 174 4-litre sports cars driven by [[André Boillot]] and Guy Bouriat. [[Robert Sénéchal]] was the best of four Bugatti privateers and there were also two old [[Ballot (automobile)|Ballots]] rounding out the field of eleven. The race was 37 laps of the current [[Circuit de la Sarthe|Le Mans]] circuit, and it was one of only two races run on the AIACR fuel-economy formula. On the Saturday, the cars were filled with a precisely weighed amount of petrol, and the tanks sealed overnight. The next day the cars were lined up diagonally and started together. Boillot led at the end of the first lap, however his Peugeot teammate was stranded out on the circuit with a faulty magneto and it would take him an hour to get back to the pits. Boillot was hounded by the Bugattis, with Williams, Conelli, Sénéchal and Divo making up the top five. Williams caught and passed the Peugeot on the sixth lap, setting the fastest lap of the race in the process. The two continued to swap the lead until Boillot had to pit on lap 12 to fix a loose ignition wire, losing ground. At the halfway point, Williams had a 2-minute lead over Boillot and Conelli, with Divo now in fourth a further two minutes back. The second half of the race was more routine with scattered light showers dropping race speeds and limiting competitive driving. Williams won by a minute, while Boillot held on to second from a fast-finishing Conelli only eight seconds behind.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 French GP|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2904|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> |
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The Coppa Ciano was northern Italy's equivalent to the Targa Florio, run on the mountainous [[Circuito del Montenero|Montenero]] circuit near [[Livorno]]. As the next round of the Italian Championship, most of the major drivers were entered. Nuvolari and Brilli-Peri were brought into the [[Alfa Corse]] works team, leaving Arcangeli to run the Materassi Talbot. Given some of the narrowness of the road, cars were flagged off at 30-second intervals for the 10-lap race, led by the voiturettes. Although Maserati was the first over-1100cc car to arrive, it was Varzi who narrowly led from Brilli-Peri on elapsed time. Their duel continued, with the lead swapping back and forth with only seconds between them. Nuvolari was thirty seconds back in third just ahead of Biondetti's Bugatti. Varzi kept pressing building a lead and the race was decided on the eighth lap when Brilli-Peri had to pit and lost two places. This left Varzi to ease off and take the win, with Nuvolari and Campari giving Alfa Romeo a 1-2-3 result.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 Coppa Ciano|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2905|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> |
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[[File:Lasarte GP Guipúzcoa 1929-07-28-1111780 o.jpg |thumb|300px|right|Start of the Spanish GP]] |
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In Spain, the field for the San Sebastián Grand Prix was filled with Bugattis Type 35Bs and Cs, except for the single Alfa Romeo belonging to [[Luigi Platé]]. Many of the top French drivers were present including [[Louis Chiron]] (back from America), [[Philippe de Rothschild]], Guy Bouriat, [[René Dreyfus]], [[Philippe Étancelin]] and [[Marcel Lehoux]]. Running to the AIACR fuel-formula, fourteen cars started in the rain. Chiron, having recently won the German GP (for sports cars), had pole position but it was “Philippe” who took the lead, just ahead of Chilean [[Juan Zanelli]]. Barely into the second lap, heavy rain arrived, making driving treacherous. Zanelli passed de Rothschild on the third lap. When it eased off on the fifth lap, the lead swapped again. Zanelli retired on lap 9 with steering issues leaving “Philippe” with a 3-minute advantage over Chiron, Étancelin and Dreyfus. By lap 14 the sun was back out but Chiron lost five minutes limping back to the pits with a burst tyre. Despite a second puncture, Chiron's hard driving got him back up to second by lap 18. The leading two pitted at the halfway point (lap 20) for fuel and tyres. De Rothschild handed over to Bouriat who had retired his car, while Étancelin and Lehoux, now up to fourth, were the last cars on the lead lap. Having nursed his car earlier in the race, Chiron was able to push harder and take the lead. On lap 30 the rain returned but Chiron had a 4-minute lead over Bouriat. Étancelin spun on the slippery roads and had to retire while Lehoux and Dreyfus were a lap down. Even though Chiron had another puncture before the end of the race, his lead was such that he still won by almost six minutes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 San Sebastián GP|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2905|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> |
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===End of the season=== |
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After the tragic Italian Grand Prix in 1928 the race was not held this year as the circuit underwent an upgrade. In lieu of it, the Monza Grand Prix was held for the Italian Championship, just using the oval course. It was staged as a series of three 99 km heats leading onto a final of the same 22-lap length. With total prizemoney of 450,000 lire, it attracted the best diversity of cars for the season. In the 1500cc class were the Talbots of Scuderia Materassi, driven by Arcangeli and Nuvolari. As well as several privateer Maseratis there were two purple Miller 91 FDs brought over from America by “Leon Duray”. They would be raced by himself and former Delage driver, Edmond Bourlier. Earlier, Duray had gone to [[Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry|Montlhéry]] to set speed records, getting to 230 km/h in his Miller for a flying kilometre.<ref name="Rendall 1993, p.125"/><ref name="Cimarosti 1997, p.84"/> The 3-litre class featured the works teams Varzi and Brilli-Peri in the Alfa Romeo P2 and Borzacchini in the Maserati 26B. Privateer Bugattis were raced by Foresti, Biondetti and Zanelli. Bourlier's Miller was slightly bored out to 1558cc to instead race in the 3-litre category. The over-3-litre class had [[Alfieri Maserati]] presenting the debut of the new Maserati V4 with its twin 8-cylinder engine. Its competition was three Mercedes-Benz. Swiss-Italian Fritz Caflisch had an S-model, while the Daimler-Benz works team sent [[August Momberger]] in an SSK tourer and [[Adolf Rosenberger]] in a 1921 Targa Florio model, with its venerable 1914 4.5-litre Mercedes engine, now supercharged.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 Milan GP|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2906|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref><ref name="Montagna 1989, p.39">Montagna 1989, p.39</ref> |
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An immense crowd arrived on a very hot autumn day. In the first heat, in the familiar territory of a banked oval, Duray was very competitive against the Talbots. But despite setting the fastest lap of the heat, damaged engine bearing forced his retirement. Instead he took Bourlier's place in the second heat, which started badly for Varzi who had to stop after one lap to secure his radiator cap that had been left open. Brilli Peri, in the other Alfa Romeo, was controlling the race ahead of Borzacchini, Biondetti and Duray. But once again, Duray's second car was sidelined with engine issues – possibly due to the lack of its specialist oil lubrication. Varzi had fought back to third and that was how they finished with the three qualifiers being Brilli Peri, Borzacchini and Varzi. With only four starters, the third heat was more pedestrian. Rosenberger retired on lap 4 with spark plug issues. Maserati had steadily built a 20-second lead by halfway then, knowing he would qualify, eased off to be pipped at the line by Momberger's Mercedes. Although not deliberate, it angered many locals who thought he had thrown the race, having bet on him with the on-site bookies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 Milan GP|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2906|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> |
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After a 2-hour luncheon break, the nine finalists came to the grid, lined up in two rows, 5 by 4. From the start Varzi took the lead but Maserati charged hard and took the lead on the second lap. Borzacchini, Arcangeli and Brilli-Peri filled out the top-five positions and running within six seconds of the leader in a slip-streaming battle. The two Mercedes sports cars lumbered around, soon finding the pace too rough, as did Amedeo Ruggeri in his 1.5-litre Maserati. Borzacchini and Brilli-Peri had to pit to change tyres then on lap 11, at halfway, Maserati also headed for the pits to change spark-plugs. This left only the Talbots of Arcangeli and Nuvolari on the same lap as Varzi, albeit 30 seconds behind. Varzi had a trouble-free race and took an easy victory. A broken ignition wire forced Arcangeli to retire with two laps to go. Nuvolari came second a lap behind, while Momberger also avoided issues to take third.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 Milan GP|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2906|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> |
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Varzi's fourth victory made him Italian champion for the year. A fortnight later on the long straights to the east of [[Cremona]], Borzacchini took the Maserati V4 and set a record on the 10 km trial, with an average speed of 246 km/h, 20 km/h faster than Brilli-Peri in the Alfa P2.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1929 Milan GP|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp2907|access-date=2020-10-12}}</ref><ref name="Georgano 1971, p.175">Georgano 1971, p.175</ref> However, the latter got his revenge winning the season-ending race at [[Tunis]] before selling the car back to the Alfa factory.<ref name="Georgano 1971, p.178">Georgano 1971, p.178</ref> |
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At the end of the year, “Leon Duray” arranged with [[Jean Bugatti]] to swap his two front-wheel-drive Millers for three 2.3-litre Type 43 sports cars. Bugatti saw great potential for his father in evaluating the American cars and their advanced twin-overhead-cam engine. It would lead directly to the development of the [[Bugatti Type 51]].<ref name="Rendall 1993, p.125"/> The October Wall Street Crash would cast a shadow over racing as manufacturers retrenched, or collapsed altogether. Most of the American wooden speedways had closed, their boards rotting.<ref name="Rendall 1993, p.125"/> One of the major casualties would be [[Harry Miller (auto racing)|Harry Miller]] – each car took 6500 working hours to build<ref name="Cimarosti 1997, p.83">Cimarosti 1997, p.83</ref> and cost US$15000.<ref name="Fox 1973, p.41">Fox 1973, p.41</ref> However, others saw an opportunity. [[Enzo Ferrari]] had seen the vacillation of Alfa Romeo to run a full works team, as well as the ongoing example of Scuderia Materassi, decided in September to set up his own privateer team. In December, the 31-year old experienced Alfa Romeo driver was given the works backing to represent the Italian marque and another legend had started.<ref name="Ludvigsen 2008, p.70">Ludvigsen 2008, p.70</ref><ref name="Georgano 1971, p.215">Georgano 1971, p.215</ref> |
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==Results of the season's major races== |
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! [[1929 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{flagicon|MCO}} |
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! [[1929 Alessandria Circuit|ALS]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} |
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! [[1929 Targa Florio|TGF]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} |
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! [[1929 Rome Grand Prix|ROM]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} |
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! [[1929 Indianapolis 500|IND]]<br />{{flagicon|USA|1912}} |
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! [[1929 Mugello Circuit|MUG]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} |
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! [[1929 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} |
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! [[1929 Coppa Ciano|CCN]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} |
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! [[1929 San Sebastián Grand Prix|SEB]]<br />{{flagicon|ESP|1874}} |
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! [[1929 Monza Grand Prix|MNZ]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} |
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! [[1929 Cremona Circuit|CRE]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} |
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! [[1929 Tunis Grand Prix|TUN]]<br />{{flagicon|TUN}} |
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|align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Achille Varzi |
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|align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Gastone Brilli-Peri |
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|align="left"|{{flagicon|GBR}} “Williams” |
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|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Albert Divo |
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|align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Tazio Nuvolari |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* Acerbi, Leonardo (2015) ''Mille Miglia – A race in pictures'' Milan: Giorgio Nada Editorie {{ISBN|978-88-7911-618-3}} |
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* Cimarosti, Adriano (1997) ''The Complete History of Grand Prix Motor Racing'' London: Aurum Press Ltd {{ISBN|1-85410-500-0}} |
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* Fondi, Pino (2006) ''Targa Florio: 20th Century Epic'' Milan: Giorgio Nada Editore {{ISBN|88-7911-270-8}} |
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| title = Grand Prix Winners 1895–1949 : Part 2 (1919–1933) |
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* Fox, Charles (1973) ''The Great Racing Cars & Drivers'' London: Octopus Books Ltd {{ISBN|0-7064-0213-8}} |
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| work = The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing |
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* Georgano, Nick (1971) ''The Encyclopaedia of Motor Sport'' London: Ebury Press Ltd {{ISBN|0-7181-0955-4}} |
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| url = http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gpw2.htm |
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* Higham, Peter (1995) ''The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing'' London: Guinness Publishing {{ISBN|0-85112-642-1}} |
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* Legate, Trevor (2006) ''100 years of Grand Prix'' Kent: Touchstone Books Ltd {{ISBN|0-9551-0201-4}} |
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| last = Etzrodt |
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* Ludvigsen, Karl (2008) ''Racing Colours - Italian Racing Red'' Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd {{ISBN|0-7110-3331-5}} |
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* Ludvigsen, Karl (2009) ''Racing Colours - German Racing Silver'' Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd {{ISBN|0-7110-3368-4}} |
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* Monkhouse, George (1953) ''Grand Prix Racing Facts and Figures'' London: G.T. Foulis & Co Ltd |
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* Montagna, Paolo (ed.) (1989) ''The Legendary Italian Grand Prix'' Milan: A.C. Promotion |
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* Rendall, Ivan (1991) ''The Power and The Glory – A Century of Motor Racing'' London: BBC Books {{ISBN|0-563-36093-3}} |
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* Rendall, Ivan (1993) ''The Chequered Flag – 100 years of Motor Racing'' London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd {{ISBN|0-297-83220-4}} |
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* Venables, David (2009) ''Racing Colours - French Racing Blue'' Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd {{ISBN|978-0-7110-3369-6}} |
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* [http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp29.htm 1929 Race Season] – comprehensive race reports of most events, also listing entries and results. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/cha29.htm 1929 World Championship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124100043/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/cha29.htm |date=2020-11-24 }} – detailed article about the championship regulations. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gpw5.htm Grand Prix Winners 1895–1949 : History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930012944/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gpw5.htm |date=2007-09-30 }} – Hans Etzrodt's description of the annual regulations, and changes. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081027015345/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1929.html TeamDan] - list of the major races, entrants and results of the season. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150405025213/http://www.dlg.speedfreaks.org/archive/gen/1929.html SpeedFreaks] - list of the major races, entrants and results of the season. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [http://www.forix.com/8w/6thgear/gp-yby.html#1929 6th Gear] - list of the major races and winners each year. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships?f%5B0%5D=field_season_years%253Avalue%3A1929 MotorSport magazine] – list of the year's races, entrants and results, by category. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [http://www.grandprixhistory.org/targaflorio3.htm Grand Prix History] – history of the Targa Florio race. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [http://www.targaflorio.info/20.HTM La Targa Florio] – race report and pictures of the Targa Florio. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [http://formula2.se/Targa29.html F2 Register] – race results of the Targa Florio. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/query.php?db=ct&q=year&n=1929 Motorsport Memorial] – motor-racing deaths by year. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [https://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet/1929/UO Racing Reference.com] – list of all the AAA Championship results. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1929.htm ChampCar Stats] – list of all the races, entrants and results of the AAA Championship. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150521011436/http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/history/historical-stats/race-stats/race-results/1929 Indianapolis Motor Speedway.com] – Indy 500 race results. Retrieved 15 Sep 2020 |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0NpF0WfEzY YouTube] – Indy 500 b/w footage (2mins). Retrieved 11 Oct 2020 |
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The 1929 Grand Prix season was another interim year, where most races were run to Formula Libre (open formula) rules due to a lack of regulations from the AIACR that would be popular for race organisers and manufacturers. This blurred the line between racing cars and sports cars with both competing in the same races. Bugatti won the major international races, with their drivers Louis Chiron and "W Williams". The Italian Championship proved very competitive, attracting many top drivers. There it was Alfa Romeo, using their 4-year old P2 model that claimed more victories, than their main competition coming from Bugatti and Maserati.
Chiron took a Delage across to Indianapolis but was outclassed by the Millers. Ray Keech won after duelling with the Millers of Lou Moore and Louis Meyer. Keech was killed a fortnight later at the AAA race at Altoona Speedway. Meyer went on to become the first back-to-back AAA champion.
The racing festival on the French Riviera held around Easter culminated in a new race – the Monaco Grand Prix. In a close race between Williams’ Bugatti and the Mercedes-Benz SSK sports car of Rudolf Caracciola, it was decided by a botched pit-stop for the German. The Targa Florio was another triumph for Bugatti, with Albert Divo claiming the fifth win in a row for the marque. Achille Varzi was the Italian Champion with victories at Alessandria, Rome, Montenero and Monza.
Grand Épreuves
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5 | 30 May | XVII International 500 Mile Sweepstakes |
Indianapolis | AAA | ? | 500 miles | 5h 07m | Ray Keech | Miller 91 | not recorded | Report |
7 | 30 Jun | XXIII Grand Prix de l’ACF | Le Mans | AIACR | rain & sun | 600 km | 4h 33m | William Grover-Williams ("W. Williams") |
Bugatti Type 35B | William Grover-Williams Bugatti |
Report |
7 Jul | Belgian Grand Prix | Spa-Francorchamps | cancelled | ||||||||
14 Jul | IV Großer Preis von Deutschland | Nürburgring | sports | ? | 510 km | 4h 46m | Louis Chiron | Bugatti Type 35B | Louis Chiron Bugatti |
Report | |
9 | 25 Jul | VII Gran Premio de San Sebastián (Nation's Cup) |
Lasarte | AIACR | rain & sun | 690 km | 5h 57m | Louis Chiron | Bugatti Type 35B | Louis Chiron Bugatti |
Report |
17 Aug | British Grand Prix | Brooklands | cancelled | ||||||||
8 Sep | Italian Grand Prix / European Grand Prix |
Monza | cancelled |
A pink background indicates the race was run for Sports Cars or Touring Cars this year, while a grey background indicates the race was not held this year. Sources:[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][2]
Major Races
[edit]Multiple classes are mentioned when they were divided and run to different race lengths.
Date | Name | Circuit | Race Regulations |
Weather | Race Distance |
Winner's Time |
Winning driver | Winning constructor |
Report | |
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18 Mar | II Australian Grand Prix | Phillip Island[10] | Formula Libre handicap races |
? | 200 miles | 3h 14m | Arthur Terdich | Bugatti Type 37A | Report | |
24 Mar | V Gran Premio di Tripoli | Tagiura[11] | Formula Libre | overcast | 420 km | 3h 08m | Conte Gastone Brilli-Peri | Talbot 700 | Report | |
1 Apr | II Grand Prix d’Antibes Juan-les-Pins | La Garoupe[12] | Formula Libre | sunny | 310 km | 4h 10m | Mario Lepori | Bugatti Type 35B | Report | |
7 Apr | II I Grand Prix d’Algèrie | Staouéli[13] | Formula Libre | sunny | 360 km | 3h 03m | Marcel Lehoux | Bugatti Type 35C | Report | |
1 | 14 Apr | I Grand Prix de Monaco | Monte Carlo | Formula Libre | sunny | 320 km | 3h 56m | William Grover-Williams ("W. Williams") |
Bugatti Type 35B | Report |
2 | 21 Apr | VI Circuito di Alessandria (Coppa Pietro Bordino) |
Alessandria[14] | Formula Libre | sunny | 260 km | 2h 21m | Achille Varzi | Alfa Romeo P2 | Report |
3 | 5 May | XX Targa Florio XII Coppa Florio[note 1] |
Medio Madonie[15] | Targa Florio | sunny | 540 km | 7h 16m | Albert Divo | Bugatti Type 35C | Report |
9 May | II Coupe de Bourgogne | Dijon | Formula Libre Cyclecar |
rain | 525 km 420 km |
3h 48m | Philippe de Rothschild (“Philippe”) |
Bugatti Type 35C | Report | |
19 May | IV Grand Prix des Frontières | Chimay[16] | Formula Libre | ? | 220 km | h 58m | Goffredo Zehender | Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 | Report | |
4 | 26 May | V Premio Reale di Roma | Tre Fontane[17] | Formula Libre | cloudy | 390 km | 3h 03m | Achille Varzi | Alfa Romeo P2 | Report |
2 Jun | IV Circuito del Pozzo | Verona[18] | Formula Libre | hot | 310 km | 2h 13m | Giovanni Alloatti | Bugatti Type 35B | Report | |
II Grand Prix Bugatti | Le Mans | Formula Libre handicap |
? | ? | ? | Juan Zanelli | Bugatti Type 35C | Report | ||
6 | 9 Jun | IX Circuito del Mugello (Targa Giulio Masetti) |
Mugello[19] | Formula Libre | sunny | 370 km | 5h 11m | Conte Gastone Brilli-Peri | Talbot 700 | Report |
V Grand Prix de Picardie | Péronne[20] | Voiturette | ? | 190 km | 1h 47m | Philippe Auber | Bugatti Type 37A | Report | ||
16 Jun | I Grand Prix de Lyon | Quincieux[21] | Formula Libre | ? | 250 km | 2h 28m | Hans Simons[22] | Bugatti Type 35 | Report | |
23 Jun | Grand Prix de Bordeaux de Cyclecars | Bordeaux | Cyclecar | ? | 75 km | 1h 04m | ? Hector David | Salmson | Report | |
7 Jul | V Grand Prix de la Marne | Reims-Gueux | Formula Libre | cloudy | 400 km | 2h 54m | Philippe Étancelin | Bugatti Type 35C | Report | |
Prix de la Ville de Reims | Reims-Gueux | Cyclecar | ? | 120 km | 56m | Yves Giraud-Cabantous | Salmson | Report | ||
Dieppe Grand Prix | Dieppe[23] | Formula Libre | ? | 200 km | 1h 47m | René Dreyfus | Bugatti Type 35B | Report | ||
II Coppa di Camaiore | Camaiore[24] | Formula Libre | ? | 190 km | 2h 35m | Renato Balestrero | Bugatti Type 35C | Report | ||
7 | 21 Jul | III Coppa Ciano VIII Coppa Montenero |
Montenero | Formula Libre Voiturette |
hot | 225 km | 2h 35m | Achille Varzi | Alfa Romeo P2 | Report |
8 | 28 Jul | V Gran Premio de España | Lasarte | Sports | sunny | 1374 km | 12h | Louis Rigal | Alfa Romeo P2 | Report |
18 Aug | V Grand Prix du Comminges | Saint-Gaudens[25] | Formula Libre | ? | 390 km | 2h 48m | Philippe Étancelin | Bugatti Type 35C | Report | |
22 Aug[26]/ 2 Sep[27] |
VI Grand Prix de la Baule | La Baule[28] | Formula Libre | ? | 100 km | 46m | Philippe Étancelin | Bugatti Type 35C | Report | |
10 | 15 Sep | II Gran Premio di Monza | Monza | Formula Libre, heats |
hot | 100 km | 31m | Achille Varzi | Alfa Romeo P2 | Report |
11 | 29 Sep | IV Circuito di Cremona | Cremona[29] | Formula Libre | cloudy | 320 km | 1h 47m | Conte Gastone Brilli-Peri | Alfa Romeo P2 | Report |
12 | 17 Nov | II I Grand Prix de Tunisie | Le Bardo[30] | Formula Libre | sunny | 320 km | 2h 23m | Conte Gastone Brilli-Peri | Alfa Romeo P2 | Report |
- ^ The Targa Florio and the Coppa Florio were run simultaneously over the same route.
Teams and drivers
[edit]These tables only intend to cover entries in the major races, as keyed above. Sources:[31][32][33][9][34][35][36]
Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | Driver | Rounds |
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Usines Bugatti | Bugatti | Type 35C | Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c | Albert Divo | 3, 4, 7 | |
Conte Caberto Conelli | 3, 7 | |||||
Ferdinando Minoia | 3 | |||||
William Grover-Williams | 3*, [4], 7 | |||||
Louis Wagner | 3 | |||||
Officine Alfieri Maserati SpA | Maserati | Tipo V4 Tipo 26B Tipo 26R Tipo 26 |
Maserati 4.0L 2x8 twin s/c Maserati 2.0L S8 s/c Maserati 1.7L S8 s/c Maserati 1.5L S8 s/c |
Ernesto Maserati | 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12 | |
Baconin Borzacchini | 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12 | |||||
Luigi Fagioli | 2, 4, [8] | |||||
Alfieri Maserati | 6*, 10 | |||||
Alfa Corse | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 SS Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 GS Alfa Romeo P2 |
Alfa Romeo 1.75L S6 s/c Alfa Romeo 1.75L S6 s/c Alfa Romeo 2.0L S8 s/c |
Conte Gastone Brilli-Peri | 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12 | |
Achille Varzi | 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12 | |||||
Giuseppe Campari | 3, 8 | |||||
Tazio Nuvolari | 8 | |||||
Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SSK Mercedes-Benz 1921 |
Mercedes-Benz 7.1L S6 s/c Mercedes-Benz 4.5L S4 s/c |
Rudolf Caracciola | 1, [9] | |
August Momberger | 10 | |||||
Adolf Rosenberger | 10 | |||||
Officine Meccaniche | O.M. | 665 SMM | O.M. 2.0L S 6 | Archimede Rosa | [3], 6, 8 | |
Giuseppe Morandi | [3], 6, 8 | |||||
SA des Autos et Cycles Peugeot | Peugeot | 174 S | Peugeot 4.0L S 4 | André Boillot | 7 | |
Guy Bouriat | 7 | |||||
Duesenberg Bros | Duesenberg | Type 91 | Duesenberg 1.5L S8 s/c | F | Jimmy Gleason | 5 |
Bill Spence † | 5 | |||||
Freddie Winnai | 5 | |||||
Lora L. Corum | 5* | |||||
Roscoe Ford | 5* | |||||
Thane Houser | 5* | |||||
Ernie Triplett | 5* | |||||
Cooper Engineering Marmon Motor Car Company |
Cooper-Miller | Type 91 FD | Miller 1.5L S8 s/c Miller 1.5L S8 s/c |
Russ Snowberger | 5 | |
Fred Frame | 5 | |||||
Johnny Seymour | 5 | |||||
Scuderia Materassi | Talbot Bugatti |
700 GPLB Type 37A |
Talbot 1.5L S8 s/c Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c |
Conte Gastone Brilli-Peri | 2, 6 | |
Luigi Arcangeli | 2, 4, 8, 10, 11 | |||||
Carlo Maria Pintacuda | 4 | |||||
Tazio Nuvolari | 10, 11 | |||||
Scuderia Nuvolari | Bugatti Alfa Romeo |
Type 35C 6C-1750 SS |
Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c Alfa Romeo 1.75L S6 s/c |
Tazio Nuvolari | [ 2], 4, 6 | |
Bill White Race Cars | Duesenberg | Type 91 | Miller 1.5L S8 s/c | Babe Stapp | 5 | |
Boyle Valve | Miller | Type 91 FD | Miller 1.5L S8 s/c | Cliff Woodbury | 5 | |
Pete DePaolo | 5 | |||||
Billy Arnold | 5 | |||||
Red Robert | 5* | |||||
Packard Cable | Miller | Type 91 FD | Miller 1.5L S8 s/c | “Leon Duray” | 5, 10 | |
Ralph Hepburn | 5 | |||||
Tony Gulotta | 5 | |||||
Edmond Bourlier | [10] | |||||
M. A. Yagle | Miller | Type 91 | Miller 1.5L S8 s/c | F | Ray Keech † | 5 |
Reed & Mulligan | Miller | Type 91 | Miller 1.5L S8 s/c | Bert Karnatz | 5 | |
/ Herman Schurch | 5 | |||||
Jack Buxton | 5* | |||||
Thompson Products | Amilcar | Amilcar 1.5L | Jules Moriceau | 5 | ||
Tommy Milton | Detroit | Type 91 | Miller 1.5L S8 s/c | Pete Kreis | 5 |
Significant Privateer drivers
[edit]Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Private Entrant | Bugatti | Type 35C Type 35B |
Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c |
/ Georges Bouriano | [2], 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11 |
Private Entrant | Salmson Bugatti Bugatti |
. Type 37A Type 35C |
Salmson 1.1L Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c |
Clemente Biondetti | 1, [2], 4, 6, 9 |
Private Entrant | Bugatti | Type 37A Type 35B |
Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c |
René Dreyfus | 1, 9, 12 |
Private Entrant | Bugatti | Type 35A Type 35B |
Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c |
Philippe Étancelin | 1, 9, 12 |
Private Entrant | Alfa Romeo | 6C-1500 6C-1750 GS |
Alfa Romeo 1.5L S6 s/c Alfa Romeo 1.75L S6 s/c |
Pietro Ghersi | [1], 2, 8 |
Private Entrant | Bugatti | Type 37A Type 35B |
Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c |
Marcel Lehoux | 1, 9, 12 |
Private Entrant | Bugatti | Type 35C Type 44 Type 35B |
Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c Bugatti 3.0L S8 Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c |
Philippe de Rothschild (“Philippe”) |
1, 7, 9 |
Private Entrant | Maserati | Tipo 26B | Maserati 2.0L S8 s/c | Cleto Nenzioni | 2, 4, 6, 10, [11] |
Private Entrant | Bugatti | Type 35B Type 37A |
Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c |
Juan Zanelli | 2, [6], 9, 10 |
Private Entrant | Bugatti | Type 35B Type 35C |
Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c |
Giulio Foresti | 3, 4, 9, 10, [11] |
Private Entrant | Miller | Type 91 FD | Miller 1.5L S8 s/c | Cliff Bergere | 5 |
Private Entrant | Bugatti | Type 35C | Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c | Louis Chiron | 5, 9, [11] |
Private Entrant | Miller | Type 91 | Miller 1.5L S8 s/c | Louis Meyer | 5 |
Private Entrant | Bugatti | Type 35B | Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c | Robert Sénéchal | 7 |
Note: * raced in event as a relief driver. Those in brackets show, although entered, the driver did not race
Note: † driver killed during this racing season
Regulations and Technical
[edit]The AIACR recognised the tight economic times were limiting manufacturer involvement in the sport. Having opened up to Formula Libre engine regulations (with only a minimum 1.1-litre capacity) in the last season, for this year the minimum weight was lifted to 900 kg. The Grands Prix were still to be at least 600 km long, but now a consumption limitation was added where no more than 14.5 kg per 100 km (14.5 mpg) of petrol could be consumed. The fuel had to be carried in an external fuel-tank with a visible fuel gauge.[37] A new dispensation was added, now allowing two mechanics to assist the driver during pit-stops.[38] Nominally set up for seven races in seven countries, the planned World Championship was abandoned when most organisations disavowed the AIACR regulations. In fact, only the French and Spanish races met the requirements.[39]
With racing in France in a malaise and Britain limited to Brooklands, the focus for grand-prix racing moved to the Mediterranean – particularly Italy, but also Spain, the French Riviera and northern Africa. One of the latest additions would gain great fame as an icon race: the brainchild of Antony Noghès, the 3 km Monaco circuit ran through the streets of Monte Carlo, from the port up to the famous hotel and casino then back, via a tunnel, along the waterfront. Safety measures included painting the kerbstones white to help the drivers judge their cornering.[40]
The Targa Florio regulations were simplified to two classes: over and under 1100cc. The Coppa Florio was again run on the same course and to the same length as the Targa, however, only opened for the over-1100cc class.[41]
In America, the AAA meanwhile stuck with the tried-and-tested 1.5-litre formula for their single-seaters for one more season. But they announced that regulation changes would come for the next season.[42] Belgium, Germany and Great Britain deferred their premier national races to sports-car events instead.
Technical Innovation
[edit]The open formula restarted the trend toward bigger engines as the simplest way to gain more power and speed. Maserati came up with one of the most unusual designs of the period with their new Tipo V4 model. It essentially combined two 2-litre engines from their 26B, running on a common crankcase with two crankshafts and twin Roots superchargers.[39][43] They also produced their first 1100cc car, the Tipo 26C.[43]
Manufacturer | Model[44][45][46] | Engine | Power Output |
Max. Speed (km/h) |
Dry Weight (kg) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bugatti | Type 35B | Bugatti 2.3L S8 supercharged | 140 bhp | 210 | 710 |
Bugatti | Type 35C | Bugatti 2.0L S8 supercharged | |||
Bugatti | Type 37A | Bugatti 1496cc S4 supercharged | 90 bhp | 180 | 720 |
Maserati | Maserati Tipo V4 | Maserati 4.0L twin-8 supercharged | 300 bhp | 255 | 1050 |
Maserati | Tipo 26B | Maserati 2.0L S8 supercharged | |||
Alfa Romeo | P2 | Alfa Romeo 2.0L S8 supercharged | 155 bhp | 240 | 750 |
Alfa Romeo | 6C-1750 SS | Alfa Romeo 1752cc S6 | 65 bhp | 130 | |
/ Talbot | 700 GPLB | Talbot 1489cc S4 supercharged | 140 bhp | 210 | 700 |
Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SSK | Mercedes-Benz 7.1L S6 part-supercharged |
225 bhp |
Season review
[edit]Opening races
[edit]After the death of Emilio Materassi, his friend Gastone Brilli-Peri took up the running of his racing team, the Scuderia Materassi, with Luigi Arcangeli. He won the season opener at Tunis, beating home Baconin Borzacchini in the works Maserati and Tazio Nuvolari, now building his own racing team. Across the Mediterranean, on the Côte d’Azur, a series of meetings in April attracted a number of top and up-and-coming drivers. Italian interest in these essentially French affairs brought drivers with their Alfa Romeos and Maseratis making up diverse fields rather than just being a Bugatti procession. At Antibes, Swiss regular Mario Lepori lapped the field for a comfortable win. A week later, Edward Bret then won the sprint races at Cannes. The series culminated at a new race held around the streets of Monte Carlo. After 100 laps, the winner would receive a golden trophy and FF100000. The organisers sent invitations to twenty drivers, a dozen of whom had raced at Antibes. These included the Bugattis of Lepori, Philippe Étancelin and Philippe de Rothschild joined by Marcel Lehoux and William Grover-Williams (racing under his pseudonym of “Williams”). Goffredo Zehender, Pietro Ghersi and Louis Rigal led the Alfa Romeo challenge while German Rudolf Caracciola arrived in his 7-litre Mercedes-Benz SSK sports car. A surprise absentee was Monaco-resident Louis Chiron who was instead going to America for the Indianapolis 500.[47]
After a wet practice, race day was sunny and a huge crowd thronged the circuit and watching from hotel balconies. The starting grid was decided by lot and although Lehoux took the lead from the flag it was Williams who led at the end of the first lap. Caracciola, starting from the fifth row, had already muscled his way up to second by the second lap. Coming out of the tunnel on the waterfront, Lehoux crashed his Bugatti wrecking three wheels. He ran back to the pits, retrieved three more and after changing them resumed the race 11 laps down. Williams, Caracciola and Bouriano gradually pulled away from the field. On the thirtieth lap the German passed Williams to take the lead, but the Briton fought back and repassed him six laps later. At the halfway point, with only 9 of the 16 starters still running, the top three made their pit-stops. Caracciola had a farcical pitstop when the jack slipped off the tramline it was resting on and dropped the car, then the hammer used to knock the wheel off broke. This all cost him an extra three minutes (and a lap) to the two Bugattis. Thereafter Williams was able to keep up a quick, but measured, pace and secure a comfortable victory over Bouriano with Caracciola coming home third.[48][47] Later in the year, Caracciola took his car to Northern Ireland and, in the rain in front of over 500,000 spectators, won the RAC Tourist Trophy from a field of 65 starters.[39][40][49]
The Mille Miglia sports car race had been held the same weekend, won by Giuseppe Campari for Alfa Romeo. A week later a big field of 33 cars lined up for the race at Alessandria, now known as the Coppa Pietro Bordino after the death the year before of the great Italian driver. The two main Italian teams arrived: Borzacchini, Ernesto Maserati and Luigi Fagioli for Maserati and Brilli-Peri and Arcangeli in the Talbots of the Scuderia Materassi. Alongside them were Varzi, Ghersi and Enzo Ferrari in their Alfa Romeos, while Nuvolari would not start after an accident in practice. From a standing start, Varzi bolted to the lead with the fastest lap of the race. Despite the dusty conditions on the public roads, he easily dominated the race and led all the way. Brilli-Peri was second for much of the race until his gearbox seized with only two kilometres to go; but he pushed his Talbot for twenty minutes to cross the line. This lifted Borzacchini and Maserati to second and third, nearly five minutes behind Varzi.[50]
A promising field of 29 entrants for the 20th Targa Florio eventuated to become 19 starters. Bugatti had dominated the race with victories in the past four years and the company entered a strong team of four drivers all in the 2-litre Type 35C: race-winner Albert Divo, Louis Wagner, Ferdinando Minoia and Caberto Conelli. Williams was named as a reserve driver. Alfa Romeo also sent a works team with the new 1750cc Super Sport version of the 6C tourer. Team drivers were Varzi, Brilli-Peri and Campari. Borzacchini and Ernesto were once again running the works Maseratis, while Lepori led a troop of privateer Bugattis.[47] Following the example set the year before, by Eliška Junková, of meticulous preparation, both the Bugatti and Alfa Romeo teams arrived during the month beforehand for extensive practice. The French team based itself up in the mountains at Polizzi. The staggered start commenced at 8am with Campari leading the field away at 3-minute intervals. Minoia set a new lap record on his first lap, with Borzacchini only four seconds behind him on elapsed time, with Brilli-Peri, Divo and Varzi further back. Minoia continued setting the pace until he slowed with steering issues on the fourth lap. This put Divo into the lead and he held on to take back-to-back victories. Borzacchini had been closing quickly on Minoia on the last lap but was stopped with suspension problems just two miles from the finish. Campari was fourth, the last classified finisher.[51] For Bugatti it was an unprecedented fifth Targa win in a row, and third consecutive Coppa Florio victory thereby winning the trophy outright. That thereafter proved to be the final time the Coppa was run in that format. It would be resumed and re-imagined in 1974, run at Pergusa.[41]
Three weeks later, the competition resumed at the Rome Grand Prix with a number of the same drivers. Divo and Williams raced for Bugatti, Brilli-Peri and Varzi for Alfa Romeo and Maserati, Borzacchini and Luigi Fagioli for Maserati. Arcangeli and Carlo Pintacuda drove the Talbots of Scuderia Meterassi while Nuvolari had his Bugatti. There were also Hans Stuck in a 3-litre Austro-Daimler, and August Momberger and Fritz Caflisch in their big Mercedes-Benz tourers. From pole position, Stuck jumped into the lead. The dust thrown up by the cars was so bad much of the grid had to come to a stop from lack of visibility. Stuck led for two laps until his engine lost power. Varzi and Brilli-Peri passed him and within three laps had lapped the field. As other drivers had their problems, the two Alfas kept their lead and when Varzi stopped to refuel at half distance, Brilli-Peri took over. He finally came in for his stop with only two of the thirty laps to go. Despite only a thirty-second pitstop, he emerged just behind his teammate. Varzi pulled away to win by 45 seconds, with Divo's Bugatti finishing over ten minutes back in third.[52]
Indianapolis
[edit]Once again the Indianapolis 500 was dominated by the supercharged Miller engines, powering over 80% of the starters. Defending champion Louis Meyer, Cliff Bergere and Lou Moore ran Millers. Former winner Pete DePaolo, Cliff Woodbury and Billy Arnold were in the Boyle Valve team Millers. George Stewart (racing under his pseudonym “Leon Duray”), with his team sponsored by Packard Cable, had Ralph Hepburn and Tony Gulotta alongside him. Up against them were only four Duesenbergs, with three of them (Jimmy Gleason, Freddie Winnai and Bill Spence) run by the works team. Earl Cooper had three of his front-wheel drive cars with Miller engines, with Russ Snowberger leading the team. Additional interest was generated with the entry of two French cars: Grand prix winner Louis Chiron ran a 1.5-litre supercharged Delage while Jules Moriceau had an Amilcar.[53]
Once again, the front-wheel drive Millers proved very fast in practice, taking four of the top-five spots in qualifying with Cliff Woodbury claiming pole position and Leon Duray and Ralph Hepburn joining him on the front row. From the start Duray took the lead. On the fourth lap, Woodbury's right rear wheel broke spinning him round and sending him backward into the wall. Woodbury was uninjured and was able to get back to the pits to act as a relief driver later in the race. On the eighth lap Deacon Litz, running third, found his handbrake broken. Diving to the infield to avoid hitting the leaders, he regained control and instead was able to overtake them to go into the lead. On the tenth lap Bill Spence hit the wall hard at turn two. The car rolled several times, throwing Spence out. He was taken to hospital with a fractured skull but died en route. His was the first fatal accident in the race for ten years. Litz held the lead until lap 56 when, in his words, “something the size of a brick” exploded out the side of his engine. This moved Moore up into the lead followed by Meyer, Duray, Keech and Arnold. But after Duray's car (driven by Hepburn) retired with engine problems, at one-third distance seven of the top ten qualifiers had retired. Moore and Meyer swapped the lead until lap 93, when Moore pitted and was relieved by Barney Kleopfer. Meyer, Keech and Kleopfer stayed in close contact through the second half of the race. Meyer came in from the lead for his final stop on lap 157 but the car stalled. Once he had finally got going again he had slipped to third, four laps down. With ten laps to go, Kloepfer's car started running rough and losing oil. He pitted with just two laps, Moore got back in to nurse it to the finish but only made it to turn two before being stopped with a broken connecting rod. Keech cruised on to a comfortable victory, with Meyer taking second place six minutes behind, while Jimmy Gleason came home in third for Duesenberg twelve minutes (8 laps) later. Chiron lasted the distance but finished over half an hour behind Keech in 7th.[54][55]
The first two cars has both formerly been raced by Frank Lockhart, who had died in 1928. Keech's Miller was now owned by Maude Yagle, to date the only female team-owner to win the race. Sadly, he would not be able to savour his new fame and celebrity, as he died just a fortnight later at the Altoona Speedway, the last of the board-tracks. He was killed instantly when his car hit track debris, rolled and burst into flames.[56][40] Louis Meyer was one of only two drivers to compete in all five events of the 1929 AAA series. With two wins and four top-5 finishes, his consistency made him the AAA's first back-to-back champion.[57]
June to August
[edit]Bugattis were definitely in the minority at the Circuito del Mugello. Ten Alfa Romeo 6Cs started, including Varzi, Campari, Ferrari and Nuvolari (swapping out his Bugatti). They took on five Maseratis (including the works team) and five Bugattis. The OM works team was present with cars for Archimede Rosa and Giuseppe Morandi. Brilli-Peri was the sole representative of the Scuderia Materassi but on the long straights, his Talbot was powerful enough to take a flag-to-flag victory. Stuck had been challenging hard in his Austro-Daimler until he crashed spectacularly. Unsighted by dust his car hit the post of a narrow bridge. Thrown out of the car, he landed below on the stones of a dry river bed, fortunately only suffering mild back injuries. Morandi and his OM finished second, over eight minutes behind the Talbot. First Alfa home, in third, was the unheralded Enrico Benini, driving reliably and consistently.[58]
Bugatti made a stronger effort for their home Grand Prix in France. In the works cars, Divo, Williams and Conelli had the 2.3-litre Type 35B. They were against two works Peugeot 174 4-litre sports cars driven by André Boillot and Guy Bouriat. Robert Sénéchal was the best of four Bugatti privateers and there were also two old Ballots rounding out the field of eleven. The race was 37 laps of the current Le Mans circuit, and it was one of only two races run on the AIACR fuel-economy formula. On the Saturday, the cars were filled with a precisely weighed amount of petrol, and the tanks sealed overnight. The next day the cars were lined up diagonally and started together. Boillot led at the end of the first lap, however his Peugeot teammate was stranded out on the circuit with a faulty magneto and it would take him an hour to get back to the pits. Boillot was hounded by the Bugattis, with Williams, Conelli, Sénéchal and Divo making up the top five. Williams caught and passed the Peugeot on the sixth lap, setting the fastest lap of the race in the process. The two continued to swap the lead until Boillot had to pit on lap 12 to fix a loose ignition wire, losing ground. At the halfway point, Williams had a 2-minute lead over Boillot and Conelli, with Divo now in fourth a further two minutes back. The second half of the race was more routine with scattered light showers dropping race speeds and limiting competitive driving. Williams won by a minute, while Boillot held on to second from a fast-finishing Conelli only eight seconds behind.[59]
The Coppa Ciano was northern Italy's equivalent to the Targa Florio, run on the mountainous Montenero circuit near Livorno. As the next round of the Italian Championship, most of the major drivers were entered. Nuvolari and Brilli-Peri were brought into the Alfa Corse works team, leaving Arcangeli to run the Materassi Talbot. Given some of the narrowness of the road, cars were flagged off at 30-second intervals for the 10-lap race, led by the voiturettes. Although Maserati was the first over-1100cc car to arrive, it was Varzi who narrowly led from Brilli-Peri on elapsed time. Their duel continued, with the lead swapping back and forth with only seconds between them. Nuvolari was thirty seconds back in third just ahead of Biondetti's Bugatti. Varzi kept pressing building a lead and the race was decided on the eighth lap when Brilli-Peri had to pit and lost two places. This left Varzi to ease off and take the win, with Nuvolari and Campari giving Alfa Romeo a 1-2-3 result.[60]
In Spain, the field for the San Sebastián Grand Prix was filled with Bugattis Type 35Bs and Cs, except for the single Alfa Romeo belonging to Luigi Platé. Many of the top French drivers were present including Louis Chiron (back from America), Philippe de Rothschild, Guy Bouriat, René Dreyfus, Philippe Étancelin and Marcel Lehoux. Running to the AIACR fuel-formula, fourteen cars started in the rain. Chiron, having recently won the German GP (for sports cars), had pole position but it was “Philippe” who took the lead, just ahead of Chilean Juan Zanelli. Barely into the second lap, heavy rain arrived, making driving treacherous. Zanelli passed de Rothschild on the third lap. When it eased off on the fifth lap, the lead swapped again. Zanelli retired on lap 9 with steering issues leaving “Philippe” with a 3-minute advantage over Chiron, Étancelin and Dreyfus. By lap 14 the sun was back out but Chiron lost five minutes limping back to the pits with a burst tyre. Despite a second puncture, Chiron's hard driving got him back up to second by lap 18. The leading two pitted at the halfway point (lap 20) for fuel and tyres. De Rothschild handed over to Bouriat who had retired his car, while Étancelin and Lehoux, now up to fourth, were the last cars on the lead lap. Having nursed his car earlier in the race, Chiron was able to push harder and take the lead. On lap 30 the rain returned but Chiron had a 4-minute lead over Bouriat. Étancelin spun on the slippery roads and had to retire while Lehoux and Dreyfus were a lap down. Even though Chiron had another puncture before the end of the race, his lead was such that he still won by almost six minutes.[61]
End of the season
[edit]After the tragic Italian Grand Prix in 1928 the race was not held this year as the circuit underwent an upgrade. In lieu of it, the Monza Grand Prix was held for the Italian Championship, just using the oval course. It was staged as a series of three 99 km heats leading onto a final of the same 22-lap length. With total prizemoney of 450,000 lire, it attracted the best diversity of cars for the season. In the 1500cc class were the Talbots of Scuderia Materassi, driven by Arcangeli and Nuvolari. As well as several privateer Maseratis there were two purple Miller 91 FDs brought over from America by “Leon Duray”. They would be raced by himself and former Delage driver, Edmond Bourlier. Earlier, Duray had gone to Montlhéry to set speed records, getting to 230 km/h in his Miller for a flying kilometre.[40][39] The 3-litre class featured the works teams Varzi and Brilli-Peri in the Alfa Romeo P2 and Borzacchini in the Maserati 26B. Privateer Bugattis were raced by Foresti, Biondetti and Zanelli. Bourlier's Miller was slightly bored out to 1558cc to instead race in the 3-litre category. The over-3-litre class had Alfieri Maserati presenting the debut of the new Maserati V4 with its twin 8-cylinder engine. Its competition was three Mercedes-Benz. Swiss-Italian Fritz Caflisch had an S-model, while the Daimler-Benz works team sent August Momberger in an SSK tourer and Adolf Rosenberger in a 1921 Targa Florio model, with its venerable 1914 4.5-litre Mercedes engine, now supercharged.[62][63]
An immense crowd arrived on a very hot autumn day. In the first heat, in the familiar territory of a banked oval, Duray was very competitive against the Talbots. But despite setting the fastest lap of the heat, damaged engine bearing forced his retirement. Instead he took Bourlier's place in the second heat, which started badly for Varzi who had to stop after one lap to secure his radiator cap that had been left open. Brilli Peri, in the other Alfa Romeo, was controlling the race ahead of Borzacchini, Biondetti and Duray. But once again, Duray's second car was sidelined with engine issues – possibly due to the lack of its specialist oil lubrication. Varzi had fought back to third and that was how they finished with the three qualifiers being Brilli Peri, Borzacchini and Varzi. With only four starters, the third heat was more pedestrian. Rosenberger retired on lap 4 with spark plug issues. Maserati had steadily built a 20-second lead by halfway then, knowing he would qualify, eased off to be pipped at the line by Momberger's Mercedes. Although not deliberate, it angered many locals who thought he had thrown the race, having bet on him with the on-site bookies.[64] After a 2-hour luncheon break, the nine finalists came to the grid, lined up in two rows, 5 by 4. From the start Varzi took the lead but Maserati charged hard and took the lead on the second lap. Borzacchini, Arcangeli and Brilli-Peri filled out the top-five positions and running within six seconds of the leader in a slip-streaming battle. The two Mercedes sports cars lumbered around, soon finding the pace too rough, as did Amedeo Ruggeri in his 1.5-litre Maserati. Borzacchini and Brilli-Peri had to pit to change tyres then on lap 11, at halfway, Maserati also headed for the pits to change spark-plugs. This left only the Talbots of Arcangeli and Nuvolari on the same lap as Varzi, albeit 30 seconds behind. Varzi had a trouble-free race and took an easy victory. A broken ignition wire forced Arcangeli to retire with two laps to go. Nuvolari came second a lap behind, while Momberger also avoided issues to take third.[65]
Varzi's fourth victory made him Italian champion for the year. A fortnight later on the long straights to the east of Cremona, Borzacchini took the Maserati V4 and set a record on the 10 km trial, with an average speed of 246 km/h, 20 km/h faster than Brilli-Peri in the Alfa P2.[66][67] However, the latter got his revenge winning the season-ending race at Tunis before selling the car back to the Alfa factory.[68]
At the end of the year, “Leon Duray” arranged with Jean Bugatti to swap his two front-wheel-drive Millers for three 2.3-litre Type 43 sports cars. Bugatti saw great potential for his father in evaluating the American cars and their advanced twin-overhead-cam engine. It would lead directly to the development of the Bugatti Type 51.[40] The October Wall Street Crash would cast a shadow over racing as manufacturers retrenched, or collapsed altogether. Most of the American wooden speedways had closed, their boards rotting.[40] One of the major casualties would be Harry Miller – each car took 6500 working hours to build[69] and cost US$15000.[70] However, others saw an opportunity. Enzo Ferrari had seen the vacillation of Alfa Romeo to run a full works team, as well as the ongoing example of Scuderia Materassi, decided in September to set up his own privateer team. In December, the 31-year old experienced Alfa Romeo driver was given the works backing to represent the Italian marque and another legend had started.[71][72]
Results of the season's major races
[edit]Pos | Driver | Team | MON |
ALS |
TGF |
ROM |
IND |
MUG |
FRA |
CCN |
SEB |
MNZ |
CRE |
TUN |
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Achille Varzi | Alfa Corse | 1 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Ret | |||||
Gastone Brilli-Peri | Scuderia Materassi Alfa Corse |
13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
“Williams” | Private Entry Usines Bugatti |
1 | DNS | 1 | ||||||||||
Albert Divo | Usines Bugatti | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
Louis Chiron | Private Entry | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||
Ray Keech | Maude A. Yagle | 1 | [†] | |||||||||||
Tazio Nuvolari | Scuderia Nuvolari Alfa Corse Scuderia Materassi |
DNS | Ret | 9 | 2 | 2 | Ret | |||||||
Marcel Lehoux | Private Entry | Ret | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
Philippe de Rothschild | Private Entry | 4 | Ret | 2 | ||||||||||
Georges Bouriano | Private Entry | 2 | Ret | Ret | 7 | |||||||||
Baconin Borzacchini | Officine Alfieri Maserati | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | ||||||
Ferdinando Minoia | Usines Bugatti | 2 | ||||||||||||
Louis Meyer | Private Entry | 2 | ||||||||||||
Giuseppe Morandi | Fabbrica Officine Meccaniche | 2 | Ret [2] | |||||||||||
André Boillot | Fabbrica Officine Meccaniche | 2 | ||||||||||||
Ernesto Maserati | Officine Alfieri Maserati | 3 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 13 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
René Dreyfus | Private Entry | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
Giuseppe Campari | SA Alfa Romeo | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
Enrico Benini | SA Alfa Romeo | 3 | 9 | |||||||||||
Rudolf Caracciola | Daimler-Benz AG | 3 | ||||||||||||
Jimmy Gleason | Duesenberg Brothers | 3 | ||||||||||||
Caberto Conelli | Usines Bugatti | Ret | 3 | |||||||||||
August Momberger | Daimler-Benz AG | Ret | 3 | |||||||||||
Luigi Arcangeli | Scuderia Materassi | Ret | 4 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 4 | |||||||
Philippe Étancelin | Private Entry | 6 | Ret | 4 | ||||||||||
Arrigo Sartorio | Private Entry | 4 | 12 | 7 | ||||||||||
Carlo Pintacuda | Scuderia Materassi | 8 | 4 | DNS | ||||||||||
Carl Marchese | Duesenberg Brothers | 4 | ||||||||||||
/ Fritz Caflisch | Private Entry | 6 | 5 | DNS | ||||||||||
Pietro Ghersi | Private Entry | DNS | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
Cleto Nenzioni | Private Entry | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||
Freddie Winnai | Duesenberg Brothers | 5 | ||||||||||||
Robert Sénéchal | Private Entry | 5 | ||||||||||||
Edmond Bourlier | Private Entry | 5 | ||||||||||||
Filippo Sartorio | Private Entry | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | |||||||||
? Albert de Bondeli | Private Entry | 5 | ||||||||||||
Amedeo Ruggeri | Private Entry | 6 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 8 | Ret | |||||||
Speed Gardner | F.P. Cramer | 6 | ||||||||||||
Robert Gauthier | Private Entry | 6 | ||||||||||||
Cesare Pastore | Private Entry | 6 | ||||||||||||
Jean de Maleplane | Private Entry | 6 | Ret | |||||||||||
Alfieri Maserati | Officine Alfieri Maserati | [11] | 6 | |||||||||||
Luigi 'Gigi' Premoli | Private Entry | 6 | ||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | Team | MON |
ALS |
TGF |
ROM |
IND |
MUG |
FRA |
CCN |
SEB |
MNZ |
CRE |
TUN |
italics show the driver of the race's fastest lap.
Only those drivers with a best finish of 6th or better are shown. Sources:[73][74][33][9][34][35][36]
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