1930 Grand Prix season

1930 Grand Prix season

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The 1930 Grand Prix season primarily featured cars from the French and Italian car manufacturers Bugatti and Maserati. All six finishers at the Monaco Grand Prix drove Bugattis. Achille Varzi won two races driving a Maserati.

The World Manufacturers' Championship was planned on seven races, with European Grand Prix and other two mandatory; four races (Germany, Spain, Great Britain and Italy) were cancelled, another (France) was raced with sport-cars regulation. Moreover European Grand Prix was shorter than the minimum of 600 kilometres. For these reasons, the championship was cancelled. In the late summer AIACR started to work on the new European championship which would begin in 1931.

Grand Épreuves

	Date	Name	Circuit	Race Regulations	Weather	Race Distance	Winner's Time	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Fastest lap	Report
5	30 May	XVIII International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis	AAA	?	500 miles	4h 59m	Billy Arnold	Summers FD-Miller	not recorded	Report
	13 Jul	Großer Preis von Deutschland	Nürburgring					cancelled
7	20 Jul	II Belgian Grand Prix VI European Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	AIACR	sunny then cloudy	600 km	5h 09m	Louis Chiron	Bugatti Type 35C	Louis Chiron Bugatti	Report
	23 Aug	British Grand Prix	Brooklands					cancelled
	7 Sep	Italian Grand Prix	Monza					not held
11	21 Sep	XXIV Grand Prix de l’ACF	Pau	AIACR	sunny	400 km	2h 43m	Philippe Étancelin	Bugatti Type 35C	William Grover-Williams Bugatti	Report
12	5 Oct postponed 25 Jul	VII Gran Premio de España VIII Gran Premio do San Sebastián	Lasarte	Formula Libre	sunny	520 km	3h 43m	Achille Varzi	Maserati Tipo 26M	Achille Varzi Maserati	Report

A grey background indicates the race was not held this year. Sources:

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
	2 Mar	Circuit d'Esterel Plage	L’Estrel beach, Saint-Raphaël	Formula Libre	?	60 km	39m	René Dreyfus	Bugatti Type 35B	Report
	18 Mar	III Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Formula Libre	?	200 miles	3h 06m	Bill Thompson	Bugatti Type 37A	Report
	23 Mar	VI Gran Premio di Tripoli	Tagiura	Formula Libre, heats	?	100 km	43m	Baconin Borzacchini	Maserati Tipo V4	Report
1	6 Apr	II Grand Prix de Monaco	Monte Carlo	Formula Libre	sunny then cloudy	320 km	3h 41m	René Dreyfus	Bugatti Type 35B	Report
2	20 Apr	VII Circuito di Alessandria (Gran Premio Bordino)	Alessandria	Formula Libre	rain	260 km	2h 22m	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo P2	Report
	27 Apr	Grand Prix d’Oranie	Arcole	Formula Libre	sunny	310 km	2h 48m	Jean de Maleplane	Bugatti Type 35C	Report
3	4 May	XXI Targa Florio	Medio Madonie	Targa Florio	sunny	540 km	6h 55m	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo P2	Report
	11 May	III I Grand Prix de Vitesse d’Algèrie	Staouéli	Formula Libre handicap	?	275 km (winner)	?	Philippe Étancelin	Bugatti Type 35B	Report
	18 May	V Grand Prix de Picardie	Péronne	Formula Libre	?	215 km (winner)	2 hours	Max Fourny	Bugatti Type 37A	Report
4	25 May	VI Premio Reale di Roma	Tre Fontane	Formula Libre	cloudy	260 km	1h 56m	Luigi Arcangeli	Maserati Tipo 26M	Report
	9 Jun	V Grand Prix des Frontières	Chimay	Formula Libre	?	110 km	59m	Georges de Marotte	Salmson GP	Report
	15 Jun	II Grand Prix de Lyon	Quincieux	Formula Libre	sunny	300 km	2h 33m	Louis Chiron	Bugatti Type 35C	Report
6	29 Jun	VI Grand Prix de la Marne	Reims-Gueux	Formula Libre	hot	400 km	2h 49m	René Dreyfus	Bugatti Type 35B	Report
	20 Jul / 6 Jul	Eifelrennen	Südschleife, Nürburgring	Formula Libre	sunny	230 km	2h 09m	Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen	Bugatti Type 35B	Report
		II Dieppe Grand Prix	Dieppe	Formula Libre	?	290 km	2h 26m	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti Type 35B	Report
8	3 Aug / 21 Jul	IV Coppa Ciano	Montenero	Formula Libre	hot	225 km	2h 34m	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati Tipo 26M	Report
	10 Aug	Circuit du Dauphiné	Grenoble	Formula Libre Voiturette	sunny	240 km	2h 01m	Philippe Étancelin	Bugatti Type 35C	Report
9	17 Aug	VI Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	Formula Libre	hot	250 km	2h 06m	Achille Varzi	Maserati Tipo 26M	Report
		VI Grand Prix du Comminges	Saint-Gaudens	Formula Libre Voiturette	hot	390 km	3h 13m	François Miquel	Bugatti Type 35C	Report
10	7 Sep	III Gran Premio di Monza	Monza	Formula Libre, heats	hot	240 km	1h 36m	Achille Varzi	Maserati Tipo 26M	Report
		VI Gran Premio delle Vetturette	Monza	Voiturette	hot	100 km	44m	Luigi Premoli	Salmson	Report
	8 Sep	Grand Prix Miasta Lwowa (Großer Preis von Lemburg)	Lwów	Formula Libre	sunny	50 km	38m	Henryk Liefeldt	Austro Daimler ADR	Report
	21 Sep / 28 Sep	Masaryk Circuit	Masaryk-Ring, Brno	Formula Libre	cloudy	500 km	4h 54m	Prinz Hermann zu Leiningen Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen	Bugatti Type 35B	Report

Teams and drivers

These tables only intend to cover entries in the major races, as keyed above. Sources:

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Driver	Rounds
Usines Bugatti	Bugatti	Type 35C	Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c		Louis Chiron	1, 3, 4, 6♠, 7, 11
					William Grover-Williams	1, 3, 11
					Guy Bouriat	1, 4, 7, 11
					Albert Divo	3, 7, [11]
					Conte Caberto Conelli	3
Officine Alfieri Maserati SpA	Maserati	Tipo V4 Tipo 26M Tipo 26B Tipo 26C	Maserati 4.0L 2x8 twin s/c Maserati 2.5L S8 s/c Maserati 2.0L S8 s/c Maserati 2.1L S8 s/c Maserati 1.1L S8 s/c		Ernesto Maserati	3, 9, 10
					Baconin Borzacchini	1, 3, 5
					Luigi Arcangeli	1, 3, 4, 9, 10
					Luigi Fagioli	[3], 4, 8, 9, 10
					Achille Varzi	9, 10, 12
					Alfieri Maserati	10
					Conte Aymo Maggi	12
Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo	6C-1750 GS P2	Alfa Romeo 1.75L S6 s/c Alfa Romeo 2.0L S8 s/c		Achille Varzi	2, 3, 4, 8
					Tazio Nuvolari	2, 3, 4
					Giuseppe Campari	3, 8
					Conte Aymo Maggi	3
					Pietro Ghersi	[3]
Officine Meccaniche	O.M.	665 S	O.M. 2.2L S 6		Giuseppe Morandi	3
					Ferdinando Minoia	3
					Archimede Rosa	[3]
Société des Automobiles Ariès	Ariès		Ariès 3.0L S4		Arthur Duray	7
					Robert Laly	[7]
SA des Automobiles Impéria-Excelsior	Impéria	1800C Sport	Knight 1.8L S6 sleeve-valve		Conte Goffredo Zehender	7
					Michel Doré	7
					Jacques “Elgy” Ledure	7
Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz	SSK	Mercedes-Benz 7.1L S6 s/c		Rudolf Caracciola	10
SA des Autos et Cycles Peugeot	Peugeot	174 S	Peugeot 4.0L S 4		Henri Stoffel	7♠, 11, 12
					René Ferrand	11, 12
					Louis Rigal	[11]
Duesenberg Bros	Duesenberg	A	Duesenberg 4.2L S8		Babe Stapp	5
Scuderia Materassi	Talbot	700 GPLB	Talbot 1.5L S8 s/c		Conte Gastone Brilli-Peri	1†
					Clemente Biondetti	1, [2], 3, 9, 10
					Edmond Bourlier	[1]
					Marchese Antonio Brivio	9, 10
Écurie Friderich	Bugatti	Type 35B Type 35C	Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c		René Dreyfus	1, 6♠, [11♠]
Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo	P2 6C-1750 SS	Alfa Romeo 2.0L S8 s/c Alfa Romeo 1.75L S6 s/c		Enzo Ferrari	[1], 2, 9
					Giuseppe Campari	[1], 4, [9], 10
					Alfredo Caniato	2, [9]
					Mario Tadini	4
					Tazio Nuvolari	8, 9, 10, [12]
					Baconin Borzacchini	8, 9, 10, [12]
					Luigi Arcangeli	8
German Bugatti Team	Bugatti	Type 35B Type 35C Type 37A	Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c Bugatti 1496cc S4 s/c		Ernst-Günther Burggaller	2, 10
					Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen	4, 10
Bill White Race Cars	Stevens-Miller		Miller		Shorty Cantlon	5
					/ Herman Schurch	[5]
Coleman Axle	Coleman-Miller	FD	Miller		Lou Moore	5
					Phil Shafer	5
Harry Hartz	Summers-Miller	152	Miller 2.5L		Billy Arnold	5
Peter DePaolo	Stevens-Duesenberg		Duesenberg		Pete DePaolo	5
					Fred Roberts	[5]
					Bill Cummings	5
					Freddy Winnai	[5]

Significant Privateer drivers

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Driver	Rounds
Private Entrant	Bugatti	Type 35B	Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c	Georges Bouriano	1, 2, [7], [11]
Private Entrant	Bugatti	Type 37A	Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c	Michel Doré	1, 6
Private Entrant	Bugatti	Type 35C	Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c	Philippe Étancelin	1, 6, 10, 11, 12
Private Entrant	Bugatti	Type 35B Type 35C	Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c	Marcel Lehoux	1, 6, 10, 11, 12
Private Entrant	Bugatti	Type 35B Type 35C	Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c	Juan Zanelli	1, 2, 6, [8], 11, 12
Private Entrant	Bugatti	Type 35B	Bugatti 2.3L S8 s/c	Conte Goffredo Zehender	1
Private Entrant	Alfa Romeo	6C-1500	Alfa Romeo 1.5L S6 s/c	Marchese Antonio Brivio	2, 8
Private Entrant	Maserati	Tipo 26B	Maserati 2.0L S8 s/c	Cleto Nenzioni	2, [3], 4, [6]
Private Entrant	Mercedes-Benz	SSK	Mercedes-Benz 7.1L S6 s/c	/ Fritz Caflisch	4, 9, 10
Private Entrant	Stutz		Stutz	Lora L. Corum	5
Private Entrant	Stevens-Miller		Miller	Louis Meyer	5
Private Entrant	Stevens-Miller		Miller	Louis Schneider	5
Private Entrant	Snowberger-Miller		Miller	Russ Snowberger	5
Private Entrant	Bugatti	Type 37A Type 35C	Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c	Count Stanisław Czaykowski	[6], 11
Private Entrant	Bugatti	Type 37A Type 35C	Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c	Max Fourny	6, 10, 11, 12
Private Entrant	Bugatti	Type 37A	Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c	Jean Gaupillat	6, 11
Private Entrant	Amilcar	MCO C6	Amilcar 1.1L S6 s/c	José Scaron	6, 10, [11]
Private Entrant	Montier	Spéciale	Ford 3.3L S4	Charles Montier	7, 11
				Ferdinand Montier	7, 11
Private Entrant	Bugatti	Type 35C	Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c	Conte Aymo Maggi	8, 9
Private Entrant	Bentley	4½ Litre	Bentley 4.4L S4	Sir Henry “Tim” Birkin	11
Private Entrant	Bugatti	Type 35C	Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c	Jean de Maleplane	11
Private Entrant	Bugatti	Type 35C	Bugatti 2.0L S8 s/c	“Sabipa” (Louis Charavel)	11
Private Entrant	Delage	Type 15S8	Delage 1.5L S8 s/c	Robert Sénéchal	11, [12]
Private Entrant	Bugatti	Type 37A	Bugatti 1.5L S4 s/c	Jean-Pierre Wimille	11

Note: * raced in event as a relief driver, ♠ Works driver raced as a privateer. Those in brackets show, although entered, the driver did not race
Note: † driver killed during this racing season

Citations

References

• Acerbi, Leonardo (2015) Mille Miglia – A race in pictures Milan: Giorgio Nada Editorie ISBN 978-88-7911-618-3
• Cimarosti, Adriano (1997) The Complete History of Grand Prix Motor Racing London: Aurum Press Ltd ISBN 1-85410-500-0
• Fondi, Pino (2006) Targa Florio: 20th Century Epic Milan: Giorgio Nada Editore ISBN 88-7911-270-8
• Fox, Charles (1973) The Great Racing Cars & Drivers London: Octopus Books Ltd ISBN 0-7064-0213-8
• Georgano, Nick (1971) The Encyclopaedia of Motor Sport London: Ebury Press Ltd ISBN 0-7181-0955-4
• Higham, Peter (1995) The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing London: Guinness Publishing ISBN 0-85112-642-1
• Legate, Trevor (2006) 100 years of Grand Prix Kent: Touchstone Books Ltd ISBN 0-9551-0201-4
• Ludvigsen, Karl (2008) Racing Colours - Italian Racing Red Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd ISBN 0-7110-3331-5
• Ludvigsen, Karl (2009) Racing Colours - German Racing Silver Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd ISBN 0-7110-3368-4
• Monkhouse, George (1953) Grand Prix Racing Facts and Figures London: G.T. Foulis & Co Ltd
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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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External links

• 1930 Race Season – comprehensive race reports of most events, also listing entries and results. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020
• 1930 World Championship – detailed article about the championship regulations. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020
• Grand Prix Winners 1895–1949 : History – Hans Etzrodt's description of the annual regulations, and changes. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020
• TeamDan  - Darren Galpin’s list of the major races, entrants and results of the season. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020
• SpeedFreaks  - list of the major races, entrants and results of the season. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020
• 6th Gear  - list of the major races and winners each year. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020
• MotorSport magazine – list of the year's races, entrants and results, by category. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020
• Grand Prix History – history of the Targa Florio race. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020
• La Targa Florio – race report and pictures of the Targa Florio. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020
• F2 Register – race results of the Targa Florio. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020
• Motorsport Memorial – motor-racing deaths by year. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020
• Racing Reference.com – list of all the AAA Championship results. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020
• ChampCar Stats – list of all the races, entrants and results of the AAA Championship. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway.com – Indy 500 race results. Retrieved 12 Oct 2020