1921 I Gran Premio Gentlemen
11 September - Brescia circuit: 25 laps x 17.3 km = 432.50 km
Pole Position: N/A
Fastest Lap: Giulio Masetti (Mercedes GP/14) 7.27.2
Results:
1 11 Giulio Masetti Mercedes GP/14 3:44:15.2
2 19 Tommaso Saccomanni Ceirano 15/20 4:00:38.0
3 20 Antonietta d'Avanzo Alfa-Romeo ES 4:02:28 8
4 18 Alfieri Maserati Isotta-Fraschini 4:13:18.0
Not Classified:
5 16 Giuseppe Campari Alfa-Romeo 1914 GP 23 Mechanical
6 22 Felice Nazzaro Nazzaro GP 23 Running
Did Not Finish:
13 Guido Meregalli M 11 Crash
14 Carlo Niccolini Fiat 10 Fire
12 Mario Galleani Mercedes 10 Crash
17 Ernesto Ceirano Ceirano 15/20 9 Magneto
15 Gastone Brilli-Peri Fiat 4 Mechanical
21 Emilio Materassi Itala 55 3 Mechanical
23 Franco Caiselli Alfa-Romeo ES 0
Did not start:
24 Antonio Ascari Alfa-Romeo ES DNA
RACE NOTES
1) Formula Libre
2) Starting in pairs of at 30 second intervals.
3) Louis Zborovski, is the son of Count Eliot Zborowski who died at the Turbie hill climb 1903,
Count Zborowski is one of the first second generation drivers.
4) Niccolini's car caught fire when refuelling. Although the flames were extinguished,
Niccolini's arm and hand were burned and he was uinable to contimue. Suddenly, his mechanic,
Whose name is still unknown, leaped into the car and set out at an enormous speed and he set a
lap time 7.04, 23 seconds faster than the official fastest lap of the race. He actually
competed two laps before the astonished organizers could pull themselves together, stop him
and restore order to the proceedings.
5) Penultimate (third) race of the "Settimana di Brescia" (Brescia Week).