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Revision as of 22:01, 2 October 2020

The 1929 Grand Prix season was dominated by Italian constructors. Both Alfa Romeo and Bugatti won races, with "W Williams" and Louis Chiron being the dominant drivers.

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.

Grand Épreuves

Date Name[1][2] Circuit Race
Regulations 		Weather Race
Distance 		Winner's
Time 		Winning driver Winning
constructor 		Fastest
lap 		Report
5 30 May United States XVII International 500 Mile
Sweepstakes 		Indianapolis AAA ? 500 miles 5h 07m United States Ray Keech Miller 91 not recorded Report
7 30 Jun France XXIII Grand Prix de l’ACF Le Mans AIACR rain & sun 600 km 4h 33m United Kingdom William Grover-Williams
("W. Williams") 		Bugatti Type 35B William Grover-Williams
Bugatti 		Report
7 Jul Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps cancelled
14 Jul Germany IV Großer Preis von Deutschland Nürburgring sports ? 510 km 4h 46m Monaco Louis Chiron Bugatti Type 35B Louis Chiron
Bugatti 		Report
9 25 Jul Spain VI Gran Premio de España
VII Gran Premio do San Sebastián 		Lasarte AIACR rain & sun 690 km 5h 57m Monaco Louis Chiron Bugatti Type 35B Louis Chiron
Bugatti 		Report
17 Aug United Kingdom British Grand Prix Brooklands cancelled
8 Sep Italy 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][10]

Major Races

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
18 Mar Australia II Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island[11] Formula Libre
handicap races 		? 200 miles 3h 14m Australia Arthur Terdich Bugatti Type 37A Report
24 Mar Libya V Gran Premio di Tripoli Tagiura[12] Formula Libre overcast 420 km 3h 08m Italy Conte Gastone Brilli-Peri Talbot 700 Report
1 Apr France II Grand Prix d’Antibes Juan-les-Pins La Garoupe[13] Formula Libre sunny 310 km 4h 10m Switzerland Mario Lepori Bugatti Type 35B Report
7 Apr Algeria II I Grand Prix d’Algèrie Staouéli[14] Formula Libre sunny 360 km 3h 03m Algeria Marcel Lehoux Bugatti Type 35C Report
1 14 Apr Monaco I Grand Prix de Monaco Monte Carlo Formula Libre sunny 320 km 3h 56m United Kingdom William Grover-Williams
("W. Williams") 		Bugatti Type 35B Report
2 21 Apr Italy VI Circuito di Alessandria
(Coppa Pietro Bordino) 		Alessandria[15] Formula Libre sunny 260 km 2h 21m Italy Achille Varzi Alfa Romeo P2 Report
3 5 May Italy XX Targa Florio
Italy XII Coppa Florio 		Medio Madonie[16] Targa Florio sunny 540 km 7h 16m France Albert Divo Bugatti Type 35C Report
9 May France II Coupe de Bourgogne Dijon Formula Libre
Cyclecar 		rain 525 km
420 km 		3h 48m France Philippe de Rothschild
(“Philippe”) 		Bugatti Type 35C Report
19 May Belgium IV Grand Prix des Frontières Chimay[17] Formula Libre ? 220 km h 58m Italy Goffredo Zehender Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 Report
4 26 May Italy V Premio Reale di Roma Tre Fontane[18] Formula Libre cloudy 390 km 3h 03m Italy Achille Varzi Alfa Romeo P2 Report
2 Jun Italy IV Circuito del Pozzo Verona[19] Formula Libre hot 310 km 2h 13m Italy Giovanni Alloatti Bugatti Type 35B Report
France II Grand Prix Bugatti Le Mans Formula Libre
handicap 		? ? ? Chile Juan Zanelli Bugatti Type 35C Report
6 9 Jun Italy IX Circuito del Mugello
(Targa Giulio Masetti) 		Mugello[20] Formula Libre sunny 370 km 5h 11m Italy Conte Gastone Brilli-Peri Talbot 700 Report
France V Grand Prix de Picardie Péronne[21] Voiturette ? 190 km 1h 47m France Philippe Auber Bugatti Type 37A Report
16 Jun France I Grand Prix de Lyon Quincieux [22] Formula Libre ? 250 km 2h 28m Germany Hans Simons[23] Bugatti Type 35 Report
23 Jun France Grand Prix de Bordeaux de Cyclecars Bordeaux Cyclecar ? 75 km 1h 04m France? Hector David Salmson Report
7 Jul France V Grand Prix de la Marne Reims-Gueux Formula Libre cloudy 400 km 2h 54m France Philippe Étancelin Bugatti Type 35C Report
France Prix de la Ville de Reims Reims-Gueux Cyclecar ? 120 km 56m France Yves Giraud-Cabantous Salmson Report
France Dieppe Grand Prix Dieppe[24] Formula Libre ? 200 km 1h 47m France René Dreyfus Bugatti Type 35B Report
Italy II Coppa di Camaiore Camaiore[25] Formula Libre ? 190 km 2h 35m Italy Renato Balestrero Bugatti Type 35C Report
8 21 Jul Italy III Coppa Ciano
VIII Coppa Montenero 		Montenero Formula Libre
Voiturette 		sunny 225 km 2h 35m Italy Achille Varzi Alfa Romeo P2 Report
18 Aug France V Grand Prix du Comminges Saint-Gaudens[26] Formula Libre ? 390 km 2h 48m France Philippe Étancelin Bugatti Type 35C Report
22 Aug[27]/
2 Sep[28] 		France VI Grand Prix de la Baule La Baule[29] Formula Libre ? 100 km 46m France Philippe Étancelin Bugatti Type 35C Report
10 15 Sep Italy II Gran Premio di Monza Monza Formula Libre,
heats 		hot 100 km 31m Italy Achille Varzi Alfa Romeo P2 Report
11 29 Sep Italy IV Circuito di Cremona Cremona[30] Formula Libre cloudy 320 km 1h 47m France Conte Gastone Brilli-Peri Alfa Romeo P2 Report
12 17 Nov Tunisia II I Grand Prix de Tunisie Le Bardo[31] Formula Libre sunny 320 km 2h 23m France Conte Gastone Brilli-Peri Alfa Romeo P2 Report

Teams and drivers

These tables only intend to cover entries in the major races, as keyed above. Sources: [32][33][34][35][36][37][38]

Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre Driver Rounds
France Usines Bugatti Bugatti Type 35C Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c France Albert Divo 3, 4, 7
Italy Conte Caberto Conelli 3, 7
Italy Ferdinando Minoia 3
United Kingdom William Grover-Williams 3*, [4], 7
France Louis Wagner 3
Italy 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 		Italy Ernesto Maserati 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12
Italy Baconin Borzacchini 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12
Italy Luigi Fagioli 2, 4, [8]
Italy Alfieri Maserati 6*, 10
Italy 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 		Italy Conte Gastone Brilli-Peri 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12
Italy Achille Varzi 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12
Italy Giuseppe Campari 3, 8
Italy Tazio Nuvolari 8
Germany Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SSK
Mercedes-Benz 1922 		[[Mercedes-Benz 7.1L S6 s/c
Mercedes-Benz 4.5L S4 		Germany Rudolf Caracciola 1, [9]
Germany August Momberger 10
Germany Adolf Rosenberger 10
Italy Officine Meccaniche O.M. 665 SMM O.M. 2.0L S 6 Italy Archimede Rosa [3], 6, 8
Italy Giuseppe Morandi [3], 6, 8
France SA des Autos et Cycles Peugeot Peugeot 174 S Peugeot 4.0L S 4 France André Boillot 7
France Guy Bouriat 7
United States Duesenberg Bros Duesenberg Type 91 Duesenberg 1.5L S8 s/c United States Jimmy Gleason 5
United States Bill Spence † 5
United States Freddy Winnai 5
United States Lora L. Corum 5*
United States Roscoe Ford 5*
United States Thane Houser 5*
United States Ernie Triplett 5*
United States Cooper Engineering
Marmon Motor Car Company 		Cooper-Miller Type 91 FD Miller 1.5L S8 s/c
Miller 1.5L S8 s/c 		United States Russ Snowberger 5
United States Fred Frame 5
United States Johnny Seymour 5
Italy Scuderia Materassi Talbot
Bugatti 		700 GPLB
Type 37A 		Talbot 1.5L S8 s/c
Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c 		Italy Conte Gastone Brilli-Peri 2, 6
Italy Luigi Arcangeli 2, 4, 8, 10, 11
Italy Carlo Maria Pintacuda 4
Italy Tazio Nuvolari 10, 11
Italy Scuderia Nuvolari Bugatti
Alfa Romeo 		Type 35C
6C-1750 SS 		Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c
Alfa Romeo 1.75L S6 s/c 		Italy Tazio Nuvolari [ 2], 4, 6
United States Bill White Race Cars Duesenberg Type 91 Miller 1.5L S8 s/c United States Babe Stapp 5
United States Boyle Valve Miller Type 91 FD Miller 1.5L S8 s/c United States Cliff Woodbury 5
United States Pete DePaolo 5
United States Billy Arnold 5
United States Red Robert 5*
United States Packard Cable Miller Type 91 FD Miller 1.5L S8 s/c United States “Leon Duray” 5
United States Ralph Hepburn 5
United States Tony Gulotta 5
United States M. A. Yagle Miller Type 91 Miller 1.5L S8 s/c United States Ray Keech † 5
United States Reed & Mulligan Miller Type 91 Miller 1.5L S8 s/c United States Albert Karnatz 5
United States / Switzerland Herman Schurch 5
United States Jack Buxton 5*
United States Thompson Products Amilcar Amilcar 1.5L France Jules Moriceau 5
United States Tommy Milton Detroit Type 91 Miller 1.5L S8 s/c United States Peter Kreis 5

Significant Privateer drivers

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 		Romania / Belgium 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 		Italy 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 		France René Dreyfus 1, 9, 12
Private Entrant Bugatti Type 35A
Type 35B 		Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c
Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c 		France 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 		Italy Pietro Ghersi [1], 2, 8
Private Entrant Bugatti Type 37A
Type 35B 		Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c
Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c 		Algeria 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 		France Philippe de Rothschild
(“Philippe”) 		1, 7, 9
Private Entrant Maserati Tipo 26B Maserati 2.0L S8 s/c Italy 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 		Chile 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 		Italy Giulio Foresti 3, 4, 9, 10, [11]
Private Entrant Miller Type 91 FD Miller 1.5L S8 s/c United States Cliff Bergere 5
Private Entrant Bugatti Type 35C Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c Monaco Louis Chiron 5, 9, [11]
Private Entrant Miller Type 91 Miller 1.5L S8 s/c United States Louis Meyer 5
Private Entrant Bugatti Type 35B Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c France 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

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 14.5kg per 100km of petrol and oil could be consumed. A new dispensation was added, now allowing two mechanics to assist the driver during pit-stops.[39] 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. [40]

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 iconic 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.[41]

In America, the AAA meanwhile stuck with the tried-and-tested 1.5-litre formula for their single-seaters. Belgium, Germany and Great Britain deferred their premier national races to sports-car events instead.

Mercedes-Benz SSK
Alfa Romeo 6C-1500

Technical Innovation

The open formula re-started 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. [40]

Manufacturer Model[42][43][44] Engine Power
Output 		Max. Speed
(km/h) 		Dry Weight
(kg)
France Bugatti Type 35B Bugatti 2.3L S8 supercharged 140 bhp 210 710
France Bugatti Type 35C Bugatti 2.0L S8 supercharged
France Bugatti Type 37A Bugatti 1496cc S4 supercharged 90 bhp 180 720
Italy Maserati Maserati Tipo V4 Maserati 4.0L twin-8 supercharged 300 bhp 255 1050
Italy Maserati Tipo 26B Maserati 2.0L S8 supercharged
Italy Alfa Romeo P2 Alfa Romeo 2.0L S8 supercharged 155 bhp 240 750
Italy Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 SS Alfa Romeo 1752cc S6 65 bhp 130
France Talbot
United Kingdom 		700 GPLB Talbot 1489cc S4 supercharged 140 bhp 210 700
Germany Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SSK Mercedes-Benz 7.1L S6
part-supercharged 		225 bhp
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