1933 Monaco Grand Prix

1933 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Date	23 April 1933
Official name	V Grand Prix de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.180 km (1.976 miles)
Distance	100 laps, 318.0 km (197.6 miles)
Weather	Sunny, warm
Pole position
Driver	Achille Varzi	Bugatti
Time	2:02
Fastest lap
Driver	Achille Varzi	Bugatti
Time	2:03
Podium
First	Achille Varzi	Bugatti
Second	Baconin Borzacchini	Alfa Romeo
Third	René Dreyfus	Bugatti

The 1933 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 23 April 1933.

This was the first Grand Prix where grid positions were decided by practice time rather than the established method of balloting. Achille Varzi and Tazio Nuvolari exchanged the lead many times during the race and the race was settled in Varzi's favour on the final lap when Nuvolari's car caught fire due to over-revving. Nuvolari was then disqualified due to outside assistance while attempting to push his car to the finish.

Rudolf Caracciola suffered a season-ending accident during practice. He crashed at Tabac due to a brake failure, and suffered serious leg injuries.

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Nat	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	10		Achille Varzi	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	100	3:27:49.4	1
2	26		Baconin Borzacchini	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Monza	100	+2:00.0	3
3	8		René Dreyfus	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	99	+1 lap	6
DSQ	28		Tazio Nuvolari	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Monza	99	+1 lap	4
4	16		Louis Chiron	Scuderia C/C	Alfa Romeo Monza	97	+3 laps	2
5	32		Carlo Felice Trossi	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Monza	97	+3 laps	10
6	38		Goffredo Zehender	Raymond Sommer	Maserati 8CM	94	+6 laps	11
7	12		William Grover-Williams	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	90	+10 laps	14
8	24		László Hartmann	Private entry	Bugatti T35B	86	+14 laps	18
Ret	14		Benoît Falchetto	Private entry	Bugatti T51	84	Rear axle	12
Ret	18		Philippe Étancelin	Private entry	Alfa Romeo Monza	69	Driveshaft	5
Ret	34		Luigi Fagioli	Private entry	Maserati 8C 3000	61	Carburetor	7
Ret	6		Earl Howe	Private entry	Bugatti T51	48	Rear axle	13
Ret	22		Jean-Pierre Wimille	Private entry	Alfa Romeo Monza	28	Brakes	8
Ret	20		Marcel Lehoux	Private entry	Bugatti T51	25	Transmission	9
Ret	36		Raymond Sommer	Raymond Sommer	Maserati 8CM	19	Con rod	17
Ret	4		Henry Birkin	Bernard Rubin	Alfa Romeo Monza	17	Differential	15
Ret	30		Eugenio Siena	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Monza	7	Clutch	16

Starting grid positions

1st Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Varzi Bugatti 2:02	Chiron Alfa Romeo 2:03	Borzacchini Alfa Romeo 2:03
2nd Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Nuvolari Alfa Romeo 2:04	Étancelin Alfa Romeo 2:04	Dreyfus Bugatti 2:05
3rd Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Fagioli Maserati 2:06	Wimille Alfa Romeo 2:06	Lehoux Bugatti 2:07
4th Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Trossi Alfa Romeo 2:08	Zehender Maserati 2:08	Falchetto Bugatti 2:09
5th Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Howe Bugatti 2:09	Grover-Williams Bugatti 2:11	Birkin Alfa Romeo 2:11
6th Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Siena Alfa Romeo no time	Sommer Maserati no time	Hartmann Bugatti no time