1933 Tunis Grand Prix

The 1933 Tunis Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Carthage Street Circuit in Tunis, the capital of colonial Tunisia, on 26 March 1933. Tazio Nuvolari won the 37 lap race, driving for Scuderia Ferrari, Alfa Romeo's works team, while his teammate, Baconin Borzacchini, finished second. Third place was taken by the privateer Maserati of Goffredo Zehender.

1933 Tunis Grand Prix
Race details
Date	26 March 1933
Official name	V Grand Prix de Tunisie
Location	Carthage Street Circuit Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia
Course	Street circuit
Course length	12.714 km (7.9 miles)
Distance	37 laps, 470.4 km (292.3 miles)
Weather	Initially dry, with thunder and rain later
Pole position
Driver	Frédéric Toselli	Bugatti
Grid positions set by car number
Fastest lap
Driver	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo
Time	5:05 on lap 7
Podium
First	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo
Second	Baconin Borzacchini	Alfa Romeo
Third	Goffredo Zehender	Maserati

Entries

No	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine
2	Frédéric Toselli	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51(A)	2.3 L8
4	Guy Moll	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35C	2.0 L8
6	László Hartmann	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
8	Baconin Borzacchini	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
12	Robert Brunet	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
14	Paul Pietsch	Private entry	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
16	Stanisłas Czaykowski	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
18	Louis Braillard	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	2.3 L8
20	Jean Gaupillat	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
22	Luigi Premoli	Private entry	PBM	PBM	3.0 L8
24	Raymond Sommer	Private entry	Maserati	Maserati 8CM	3.0 L8
26	Benoît Falchetto	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	2.3 L8
28	Tazio Nuvolari	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.6 L8
30	Julio Villars	Equipe Villars-Waldthausen	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
32	Horst von Waldthausen	Equipe Villars-Waldthausen	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
34	Goffredo Zehender	Private entry	Maserati	Maserati 8C 2800	2.8 L8
36	Philippe Étancelin	Private entry	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
38	Achille Varzi	Automobiles E. Bugatti	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
40	Marcel Lehoux	Private entry	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
42	Luigi Fagioli	Officine A. Maserati	Maserati	Maserati 8C 3000	3.0 L8
44	Juan Zanelli	Private entry	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza	2.3 L8
?	Pierre Veyron	Automobiles E. Bugatti	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	2.3 L8
?	Louis Joly	Private entry	Bugatti/Maserati	?	?
?	Pietro Ghersi	Private entry	Bugatti	?	?

Starting grid

Grid positions were allocated in numerical order.

Starting grid — 1933 Tunis Grand Prix
		Toselli Bugatti
	Moll Bugatti
		Borzacchini Alfa Romeo
	Zanelli Alfa Romeo
Brunet Bugatti
		Pietsch Alfa Romeo
	Czaykowski Bugatti
Braillard Bugatti
		Gaupillat Bugatti
	Premoli PBM
Sommer Maserati
		Falchetto Bugatti
	Nuvolari Alfa Romeo
Villars Alfa Romeo
		Waldthausen Alfa Romeo
	Zehender Maserati
Étancelin Alfa Romeo
		Varzi Bugatti
	Lehoux Bugatti
Fagioli Maserati

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	28	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo Monza	37	3:29:15.4	13
2	8	Baconin Borzacchini	Alfa Romeo Monza	37	0.2	3
3	34	Goffredo Zehender	Maserati 8C 2800	37	11:58.0	16
4	32	Horst von Waldthausen	Alfa Romeo Monza	37	12:01.0	15
5	26	Benoît Falchetto	Bugatti T35B	37	12:18.6	12
6	2	Frédéric Toselli	Bugatti T51(A)	37	15:54.2	1
7	14	Paul Pietsch	Alfa Romeo Monza	37	17:17.2	6
8	44	Juan Zanelli	Alfa Romeo Monza	37	19:07.2	4
9	4	Guy Moll	Bugatti T35C	36	Ran out of fuel	2
10	30	Julio Villars	Alfa Romeo Monza	36	1 lap	14
11	18	Louis Braillard	Bugatti T35B	35	2 laps	8
Ret	36	Philippe Étancelin	Alfa Romeo Monza	21	Rear axle	17
Ret	20	Jean Gaupillat	Bugatti T51	15	Oil pressure	9
Ret	12	Robert Brunet	Bugatti T51	14	Oil pressure	5
Ret	42	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati 8C 3000	12	Magneto drive	20
Ret	38	Achille Varzi	Bugatti T51	11	Drive shaft	18
Ret	22	Luigi Premoli	PBM	8	Transmission	10
Ret	16	Stanisłas Czaykowski	Bugatti T51	6	Oil pump drive	7
Ret	40	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti T51	6	Piston	19
Ret	24	Raymond Sommer	Maserati 8CM	5	Magneto drive	11
DNS	6	László Hartmann	Bugatti T51		Did not start
DNA	?	Pierre Veyron	Bugatti T51		Did not arrive
DNA	?	Louis Joly	Bugatti/Maserati		Did not arrive
DNA	?	Pietro Ghersi	Bugatti		Did not arrive
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