1930 Grand Prix season

1930 Grand Prix season

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The 1930 Grand Prix season was dominated by the Italian constructors Bugatti and Maserati. All six finishers at the Monaco Grand Prix were driving Bugattis. Achille Varzi won two races driving a Maserati.

Season review

Grandes Épreuves

Date	Name	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
30 May	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Billy Arnold	Summers-Miller	Report
20 July	Belgian Grand Prix European Grand Prix	Spa	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
21 September	French Grand Prix	Pau	Philippe Étancelin	Bugatti	Report

The Indianapolis 500 counted towards the AAA Championship Car title.

Other Grands Prix

Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen won the Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring. He is pictured here at the same track in 1928. He would die in an accident at the Ring in 1932.

Date	Name	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
2 March	Circuit d'Esterel Plage	Saint-Raphaël	René Dreyfus	Bugatti	Report
23 March	Tripoli Grand Prix	Tripoli	Baconin Borzacchini	Maserati	Report
6 April	Monaco Grand Prix	Monte Carlo	René Dreyfus	Bugatti	Report
20 April	Alessandria Circuit	Bordino	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo	Report
27 April	Oran Grand Prix	Arcole	Jean de Maleplane	Bugatti	Report
4 May	Targa Florio	Madonie	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo	Report
18 May	Picardy Grand Prix	Péronne	Max Fourny	Bugatti	Report
25 May	Rome Grand Prix	Tre Fontane	Luigi Arcangeli	Maserati	Report
9 June	Grand Prix des Frontières	Chimay	Georges de Marotte	Salmson	Report
15 June	Lyon Grand Prix	Quincieux	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
29 June	Grand Prix de la Marne	Reims-Gueux	René Dreyfus	Bugatti	Report
19 July	Irish Grand Prix	Dublin	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
20 July	Eifelrennen	Nürburgring	Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen	Bugatti	Report
20 July	Dieppe Grand Prix	Dieppe	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti	Report
3 August	Coppa Ciano	Montenero	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati	Report
10 August	Dauphiné Circuit	Grenoble	Philippe Étancelin	Bugatti	Report
17 August	Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	Achille Varzi	Maserati	Report
17 August	Grand Prix du Comminges	Saint-Gaudens	François Miquel	Bugatti	Report
7 September	Monza Grand Prix	Monza	Achille Varzi	Maserati	Report
8 September	Lviv Grand Prix	Lviv	Henryk Liefeldt	Austro Daimler	Report
28 September	Masaryk Circuit	Brno	Hermann zu Leiningen	Bugatti	Report
5 October	San Sebastián Grand Prix	Lasarte	Achille Varzi	Maserati	Report

References

• Etzrodt, Hans. "Grand Prix Winners 1895–1949 : Part 2 (1919–1933)". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
• Galpin, Darren. "1930 Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• Higham, Peter (1995). The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. Guinness Publishing. pp. 194–208. ISBN 0-85112-642-1.