1923 Italian Grand Prix

The 1923 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on 9 September 1923.[1]

1923 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Date	9 September 1923
Official name	III Gran Premio d'Italia I Grand Prix d'Europe
Location	Monza, Italy
Course	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Course length	10.00 km (6.21 mi)
Distance	80 laps, 800 km (496.8 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Ferdinando Minoia	Benz
Grid positions set by car number
Fastest lap
Driver	Pietro Bordino	Fiat
Time	3:44.0
Podium
First	Carlo Salamano	Fiat
Second	Felice Nazzaro	Fiat
Third	Jimmy Murphy	Miller

It was the first race to be designated as the European Grand Prix.

Classification

Ferdinando Minoia in his Benz.

Winner Carlo Salamano in his Fiat.

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	14	Carlo Salamano	Fiat 805/405	80	5h27m38
2	8	Felice Nazzaro	Fiat 805	80	5h28m02
3	5	Jimmy Murphy	Miller 122	80	5h32m51
4	1	Ferdinando Minoia	Benz RH	76
NC	7	Franz Horner	Benz RH	71
NC	16	Martín de Álzaga	Miller 122	70
Ret	4	Albert Guyot	Rolland-Pilain	60
Ret	2	Pietro Bordino	Fiat 805/405	44	Driver exhaustion
Ret	10	Gaston Delalande	Rolland-Pilain	30
Ret	15	André Lefebvre	Voisin Laboratoire	29
Ret	13	Willy Walb	Benz RH	29
Ret	9	Henri Rougier	Voisin Laboratoire	28
Ret	11	Louis Zborowski	Miller 122	15
Ret	3	Eugenio Silvani	Voisin Laboratoire	14	Mechanical
DNS	6	Antonio Ascari	Alfa Romeo P1		Withdrawn
DNS	12	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Romeo P1		Withdrawn
DNS	17	Ugo Sivocci	Alfa Romeo P1		Fatal crash in practice

References

1. Darren Galpin. "1923 Grands Prix, The GEL Motorsport Information Page". Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-03-18.