1933 Grand Prix de la Marne
2 July - Reims: 50 laps x 8,000 km = 400.000 km
Pole Position: N/A
Fastest Lap: Tazio Nuvolari Alfa-Romeo 8C-2300 3.05,0
Results:
1 2 4 Philippe Etancelin Alfa-Romeo 8C-2300 2:45.12,4
2 8 5 Jean-Pierre Wimille Bugatti T54 2:45.12,6
DQ 6 6 Guy Moll Alfa-Romeo 8C-2300 48 Outside assistance
3 10 8 Raymond Sommer Alfa-Romeo 8C-2300 48 laps
4 20 14 Whitney Straight Maserati 26M (8C-3000) 45 laps
Retirements:
12 15 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa-Romeo 8C-2300 31 Rear axle
4 1 Marcel Lehoux Bugatti T51 15
24 3 Goffredo Zehender Maserati 8CM (8C-3000) 11 Driver injury
28 10 Paul Pietsch Alfa-Romeo 8C-2300 10
18 2 Giuseppe Campari Maserati 8CM (8C-3000) 8 Driver injury
26 13 Julio Villars Alfa-Romeo 8C-2300 3
14 12 Pierre Felix Alfa-Romeo 8C-2300 3
30 11 Charles Jellen Alfa-Romeo 8C-2300 2 Mechanical
36 9 Louis Braillard Bugatti T51
34 7 Clemente Biondetti MB Speciale Maserati 8C-3000
Alternative driver:
34 Giovanni Minozzi MB Speciale Maserati 8C-3000
Notes:
1 grid according to practice times
2 Sommer practised on Friday, flew to Spa to dirve the first
12 hours of the 24 hour race and then returned to Reims.
3 Nuvolari arrived too late to practice. Howver after lap
1 of the race he occupied already 2nd place.