1934 Grand Prix season | |
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The 1934 Grand Prix season was the final year of a two-year hiatus for the European Championship. Achille Varzi proved to be the most successful driver, winning six Grands Prix. Alfa Romeo's cars proved difficult to beat, winning 18 of the season's 35 Grands Prix.
Season review[]
Grandes Épreuves[]
Name | Circuit | Date | Winning drivers | Winning constructor | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monaco Grand Prix | Monaco | April 2 | Guy Moll | Alfa Romeo | Report |
French Grand Prix | Montlhéry | July 1 | Louis Chiron | Alfa Romeo | Report |
German Grand Prix | Nürburgring | July 15 | Hans Stuck | Auto Union | Report |
Belgian Grand Prix | Spa- Francorchamps |
July 29 | René Dreyfus | Bugatti | Report |
Italian Grand Prix | Monza | September 9 | Rudolf Caracciola | Mercedes-Benz | Report |
Luigi Fagioli | |||||
Spanish Grand Prix | Lasarte | September 23 | Luigi Fagioli | Mercedes-Benz | Report |
Other Grands Prix[]
Name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Winning constructor | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vallentunaloppet | Vallentunasjön | February 18 | Paul Pietsch | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Norwegian Grand Prix | Mjøsa, Lillehammer | February 25 | Per Victor Widengren | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Alessandria Circuit | Alessandria | April 22 | Achille Varzi | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Tripoli Grand Prix | Mellaha | May 6 | Achille Varzi | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Finnish Grand Prix | Eläintarharata | May 13 | Eugen Bjørnstad | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Casablanca Grand Prix | Anfa | May 20 | Louis Chiron | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Targa Florio | Madonie | May 20 | Achille Varzi | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Grand Prix des Frontières | Chimay | May 20 | Willy Longueville | Bugatti | Report |
Avusrennen | AVUS | May 27 | Guy Moll | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Picardy Grand Prix | Péronne | May 27 | Benoit Falchetto | Maserati | Report |
Mannin Moar | Douglas | June 2 | Brian Lewis | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Eifelrennen | Nürburgring | June 3 | Manfred von Brauchitsch | Mercedes-Benz | Report |
Montreux Grand Prix | Montreux | June 3 | Carlo Felice Trossi | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Penya Rhin Grand Prix | Montjuïc Park | June 17 | Achille Varzi | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Grand Prix de la Marne | Reims | July 8 | Louis Chiron | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Vichy Grand Prix | Vichy | July 15 | Carlo Felice Trossi | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Coppa Ciano | Montenero | July 22 | Achille Varzi | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Albi Grand Prix | Albi | July 22 | Rupert Featherstonhaugh | Maserati | Report |
Dieppe Grand Prix | Dieppe | July 22 | Philippe Étancelin | Maserati | Report |
Coppa Acerbo | Pescara | August 15 | Luigi Fagioli | Mercedes-Benz | Report |
Nice Grand Prix | Nice | August 19 | Achille Varzi | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Grand Prix du Comminges | Saint-Gaudens | August 26 | Gianfranco Comotti | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Swiss Grand Prix | Bremgarten | August 26 | Hans Stuck | Auto Union | Report |
Biella Circuit | Biella | September 2 | Carlo Felice Trossi | Alfa Romeo | Report |
U.M.F. Grand Prix | Montlhéry | September 9 | Benoit Falchetto | Alfa Romeo | Report |
Czechoslovakian Grand Prix | Masaryk Circuit | September 30 | Hans Stuck | Auto Union | Report |
Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix | Gávea | October 3 | Irineu Correa | Ford | Report |
Donington Park Trophy | Donington Park | October 6 | Whitney Straight | Maserati | Report |
Mountain Championship | Brooklands | October 13 | Whitney Straight | Maserati | Report |
Modena Grand Prix | Modena | October 14 | Tazio Nuvolari | Maserati | Report |
Naples Grand Prix | Posillipo | October 21 | Tazio Nuvolari | Maserati | Report |
Algerian Grand Prix | Algiers | October 28 | Jean-Pierre Wimille | Bugatti | Report |
Statistics[]
Grand Prix winners[]
Drivers[]
Driver | Wins | |
---|---|---|
Total | Grandes Épreuves | |
Achille Varzi | 6 | 0 |
Louis Chiron | 3 | 1 |
Luigi Fagioli | 3 | 2 (1 shared) |
Hans Stuck | 3 | 1 |
Carlo Felice Trossi | 3 | 0 |
Benoit Falchetto | 2 | 0 |
Guy Moll | 2 | 1 |
Tazio Nuvolari | 2 | 0 |
Whitney Straight | 2 | 0 |
Eugen Björnstad | 1 | 0 |
Rudolf Caracciola | 1 | 1 (1 shared) |
Gianfranco Comotti | 1 | 0 |
René Dreyfus | 1 | 1 |
Philippe Étancelin | 1 | 0 |
Rupert Featherstonhaugh | 1 | 0 |
Brian Lewis | 1 | 0 |
Willy Longueville | 1 | 0 |
Manfred von Brauchitsch | 1 | 0 |
Jean-Pierre Wimille | 1 | 0 |
Manufacturers[]
Manufacturer | Wins | |
---|---|---|
Total | Grandes Épreuves | |
Alfa Romeo | 18 | 2 |
Maserati | 7 | 0 |
Mercedes-Benz | 4 | 2 |
Auto Union | 3 | 1 |
Bugatti | 3 | 1 |
References[]
- Etzrodt, Hans. "Grand Prix Winners 1895-1949 : Part 3 (1934-1949)". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gpw3.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
- Leif Snellman and Hans Etzrodt. "1934". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp34.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
- Galpin, Darren. "1934 Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1934.html. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
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