The 1934 Moroccan Grand Prix (also known as the 1934 Anfa Grand Prix or the 1934 Casablanca Grand Prix) was a Grand Prix that was held on 20 May 1934 at the street circuit in Anfa, a suburb of Casablanca, Morocco. The race, contested over 60 laps of 6.37 km (3.96 mi), was won by Louis Chiron driving an Alfa Romeo Tipo B after starting from second position.
Entries No.DriverEntrantCar2MencoMencoMaserati 26M4 Marcel LehouxScuderia FerrariAlfa Romeo Tipo B6 Luigi SoffiettiScuderia SienaAlfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza8 Clemente BiondettiGrupa Genovese San GiorgioMaserati 26M10 Gianfranco ComottiScuderia FerrariAlfa Romeo Tipo B12 Whitney StraightWhitney StraightMaserati 8CM14 Juan ZanelliJ. ZanelliAlfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza16 Philippe ÉtancelinP. ÉtancelinMaserati 8CM18 Hugh HamiltonWhitney StraightMaserati 8CM20 Raymond SommerR. SommerMaserati 8CM22 "Mlle. Hellé-Nice""Mlle. Hellé-Nice"Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza24 Giovanni MinozziScuderia SienaAlfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza26 Robert BrunetR. BrunetBugatti T5128 Secondo CorsiGrupa Genovese San GiorgioMaserati 26M30 Louis ChironScuderia FerrariAlfa Romeo Tipo B
Grid positions Pos.DriverCar ConstructorTime1Marcel LehouxAlfa Romeo2:492Louis ChironAlfa Romeo2:493Philippe ÉtancelinMaserati2:504Whitney StraightMaserati5Hugh HamiltonMaserati6Giovanni MinozziAlfa Romeo2:567Luigi SoffiettiAlfa Romeo3:008Gianfranco ComottiAlfa Romeo3:019Juan ZanelliAlfa Romeo3:0210Robert BrunetBugatti3:0811Raymond SommerMaserati12Clemente BiondettiMaserati13"Mlle. Hellé-Nice"Alfa Romeo14"Menco"Maserati15Secondo CorsiMaserati
Race report Soon in the race Chiron took over the lead from Lehoux, who later got into a long fight with Philippe Étancelin for second position. Comotti, Straight and Hamilton were fighting for fourth position. When Lehoux's tyre blew he had to make multiple extra pitstops, which made him fall back in the field. Teammates Straight and Hamilton also struck tyre trouble and at the end of the race Hamilton had to retire with a leaking fuel tank. Lehoux fought back to third position finishing behind Étancelin. Chiron, driving an Alfa Romeo Tipo B, completed the required 60 laps the fastest and took victory.
Race results Pos.DriverCar ConstructorTime (Diff.)/Status1Louis ChironAlfa Romeo2:55:42.42Philippe ÉtancelinMaserati+50.23Marcel LehouxAlfa Romeo+1 lap4Whitney StraightMaserati+2 laps5Gianfranco ComottiAlfa Romeo+2 laps6Giovanni MinozziAlfa Romeo+3 laps7Juan ZanelliAlfa Romeo8Clemente BiondettiMaserati9Robert BrunetBugatti10Luigi SoffiettiAlfa Romeo+6 laps (DNF)11Hugh HamiltonMaserati+18 laps (DNF — fuel tank)12Secondo CorsiMaserati+31 laps (DNF — oil pipe)13Raymond SommerMaserati+45 laps (DNF — clutch)14"Mlle. Hellé-Nice"Alfa Romeo+47 laps (DNF — rear axle)15"Menco"Maserati+59 laps (DNF — crash)
References
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