The 1926 Milan Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on 12 September 1926. The race was held over 40 laps of the 10 km circuit, for a total race distance of 400 km. The race was won by Bartolomeo Costantini driving a Bugatti Type 35C.
As the race was held just one week after the 1926 Italian Grand Prix, also held at Monza, many of the entrants were the same. However, as this race was held to Formula Libre regulations, a much larger entry was attracted. The Bugatti team chose to use their 2-litre 1925 cars as they had at the Spanish Grand Prix earlier in the year.
Prizes were awarded for outright position, as well as three classes based on engine capacity:
Class E for cars up to 2 litres; Class F for cars up to 1.5 litres; Class G for cyclecars up to 1.1 litres.
A special category was also used for cars over 2 litres.
Classification
PosNoClassDriverCarLapsTime/Retired 1 19 E Meo Costantini Bugatti 40 2h36m18.4 2 18 E Jules Goux Bugatti 40 2h47m19.0 3 14 E Arturo Farinotti Bugatti 40 2h56m51.0 4 15 E Louis Chiron Bugatti 40 2h58m39.0 5 3 Gastone Brilli-Peri Itala Special 40 2h59m17.0 6 29 F Ugo Sisto Stefanelli Bugatti 40 3h0757.4 7 28 F Roberto Serboli Chiribiri 40 3h11m45.6 8 36 G Henny de Joncy BNC 40 3h16m31.6 9 32 G Abele Clerici Salmson 40 3h21m26.6 DNF 27 F Ernesto Maserati Maserati 31 Fuel Tank DNF 25 F H. Jenter Chiribiri 29 Crash DNF 22 E Supremo Montanari Bugatti 28 Engine DNF 31 G Gubernatis BNC 17 DNF 12 E Pierre Clause Bignan 13 DNF 1 Henry Segrave Sunbeam 12 Gearbox DNF 23 F Emilio Materassi Maserati 11 Fuel Tank DNF 11 E François Eysermann Bugatti 10 Oil Sump, Bearings DNF 24 F Maleterre Jean Graf 10 DNF 30 F Achille Varzi Bugatti 9 Engine Bearing DNF 33 G Jean Graf Jean Graf 6 DNS 26 F Guido Ciriaci Fiat Too slow DNS 35 G Gina Colli Amilcar Too slow DNS 38 G Pina Conti Amilcar Too slowSources:
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