The first San Remo Grand Prix was a non-championship event, held on July 25, 1937, for 1500 cc Voiturette class Grand Prix cars and ran counter clockwise on a 1.862 km (1.157 m.) street circuit in the town of San Remo, known as the San Remo Circuit (Circuito di San Remo, official name: Circuita Stracittadino di San Remo)
The race was run in three 25 lap heats, the 2 best of each heat qualifying for the 30 lap (55.860 km.) final, which was won in 34'39" min. by Achille Varzi driving a Maserati 4CM, averaging 96.7 km/h.
Heat 1 Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 2 Piero Dusio Maserati 25 30:29.4 1 2 10 Emilio Villoresi Maserati 25 + 1'31.6 3 3 8 Luigi Villa Bugatti T51 20 + 5 Laps 4 4 4 Ettore Blanco Maserati 18 + 7 Laps 2
Heat 2 Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 16 Achille Varzi Maserati 25 29:06.0 2 2 22 Pasquino Ermini Maserati 24 + 1 Lap 4 3 20 Nando Righetti Maserati 24 + 1 Lap 5 DNF 18 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 15 Crash Damage 1 DNF 14 Aldo Marazza Maserati 5 Ignition 3
Heat 3 Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 32 Giovanni Rocco Maserati 25 29'36.0 4 2 26 Giovanni Lurani Maserati 25 + 1'55.0 1 DNF 34 Guido Barbieri Maserati 21 + 4 Laps (crash) 5 DNF 28 Sergio Carnevalli MB 21 + 4 Lap (crash) 2 DNF 30 Luigi Rovere Maserati 21 + 4 Laps (supercharger) 3
Final Classification Pos No Driver Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 16 Achille Varzi Maserati 30 34'39.3 1 2 2 Piero Dusio Maserati 30 + 46.9 3 3 32 Giovanni Rocco Maserati 30 + 51.7 2 4 22 Pasquino Ermini Maserati 29 + 1 Lap 4 DNF 26 Giovanni Lurani Maserati 19 + 11 Laps 5 DNF 10 Emilio Villoresi Maserati 28 + 2 Laps 6
References
External links San Remo Grand Prix Ospedaletti Circuit blog 1937 San Remo Circuit Grand Prix Golden Years San Remo Circuits (1937-1951) on Google Maps