1936 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1936 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Circuit de Monaco on 13 April 1936.

1936 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 1 of 4 in the 1936 European Championship
Race details
Date 13 April 1936
Official name VIII Grand Prix de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.180 km (1.976 mi)
Distance 100 laps, 318.0 km (197.6 mi)
Weather Heavy rain
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes-Benz
Time 1:53.2
Fastest lap
Driver Hans Stuck Auto Union
Time 2:07.4
Podium
First
Mercedes-Benz
Second
Auto Union
Third
Auto Union

Heavy rain contributed to a series of accidents, while a broken oil line on the Alfa Romeo of Mario Tadini led to so many wrecks in the chicane out of the tunnel it was almost impassable.[1] The Mercedes-Benzes of Louis Chiron, Luigi Fagioli, and Manfred von Brauchitsch, as well as Bernd Rosemeyer's Typ C of newcomer Auto Union, were all eliminated.[2] Tazio Nuvolari in the Alfa Romeo 8C benefitted from the chaos, only to suffer brake fade, and Rudolf Caracciola, proving the truth of his nickname, Regenmeister (Rainmaster), went on to win for Mercedes. He was followed by Achille Varzi and Hans Stuck, both for Auto Union.[3]

Classification
Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 8 Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25K 100 3:49:20.4 3 1
2 4 Achille Varzi Auto Union Auto Union C 100 +1:48.9 7 2
3 2 Hans Stuck Auto Union Auto Union C 99 +1 Lap 4 3
4 24 Tazio Nuvolari Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo 8C 35 Type C 99 +1 Lap 2 4
5 26 Antonio Brivio Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo 8C 35 Type C 97 +3 Laps 11 4
Giuseppe Farina n/a
6 16 Jean-Pierre Wimille Bugatti Bugatti T59 97 +3 Laps 8 4
7 22 Raymond Sommer Private entry Alfa Romeo Tipo B 94 +6 Laps 14 4
8 38 Pietro Ghersi Scuderia Torino Maserati 6C-34 87 +13 Laps 17 4
9 18 William Grover-Williams Bugatti Bugatti T59 84 +16 Laps 16 4
DNF 20 Philippe Étancelin Private entry Maserati V8RI 37 Split tank 15 6
DNF 32 Carlo Felice Trossi Scuderia Torino Maserati V8RI 29 Timing pinion 12 6
DNF 6 Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union Auto Union C 12 Accident 5 7
DNF 12 Luigi Fagioli Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25K 8 Accident 10 7
DNF 36 Eugenio Siena Scuderia Torino Maserati 6C-34 1 Accident 18 7
DNF 10 Louis Chiron Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25K 1 Accident 1 7
DNF 14 Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25K 1 Accident 9 7
DNF 30 Giuseppe Farina Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo 8C 35 Type C 1 Accident 6 7
DNF 28 Mario Tadini Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo 8C 35 Type C 1 Oil leak 13 7
DNS 3 Ernst von Delius Auto Union Auto Union C Practice accident 8

References
  1. Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, pp.1382–1383.
  2. Kettlewell, p.1383.
  3. Kettlewell, p.1383.
  • Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp. 1381–4. London: Orbis, 1974.
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