1934 Italian Grand Prix

1934 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Date	9 September 1934
Official name	XII Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.33 km (2.69[1] miles)
Distance	116 laps, 502.280 km (312.102 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver	Hans Stuck[2]	Auto Union
Time	2:13.6
Podium
First	Rudolf Caracciola Luigi Fagioli	Mercedes-Benz
Second	Hans Stuck Hermann zu Leiningen	Auto Union
Third	Carlo Felice Trossi Gianfranco Comotti	Alfa Romeo

The 1934 Italian Grand Prix (formally the XII Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Grand Prix motor race, which was run on 9 September 1934 in Monza, Italy. The race lasted 502.28 km (4.330 x 116 laps). It was the 12th running of the Italian Grand Prix.

After the fatal accidents of the previous year, it was decided to hold the race in a different configuration, using the main straight (in both directions, linked by a very tight hairpin just before the finish line), the southern corner of the oval, the southern corner of the road circuit and two double chicanes; it was the slowest configuration ever used in Monza.

Grid	No	Driver	Car
1	2	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz W25
2	4	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3
3	6	Antonio Brivio	Bugatti T59
4	8	Tazio Nuvolari	Maserati Tipo 34
5	10	Hans Stuck	Auto Union A
6	12	Luigi Fagioli	Mercedes-Benz W25
7	14	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3
8	16	Earl Howe	Bugatti T51
9	18	Goffredo Zehender	Maserati 8CM
10	20	August Momberger	Auto Union A
11	22	Ernst Henne	Mercedes-Benz W25
12	24	Louis Chiron	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3
13	26	Whitney Straight	Maserati 8CM
14	28	Hermann zu Leiningen	Auto Union A
15	30	Gianfranco Comotti	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3
16	32	Hans Ruesch	Maserati 8CM

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retire
1 SHR	2	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz W25	116	4h45m47s
1 SHR	2	Luigi Fagioli	Mercedes-Benz W25	116	4h45m47s
2 SHR	10	Hans Stuck	Auto Union A	115	+1 lap 4h47m25.2s
2 SHR	10	Hermann zu Leiningen	Auto Union A	115	+1 lap 4h47m25.2s
3 SHR	14	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	114	+2 laps 4h45m49.4s
3 SHR	14	Gianfranco Comotti	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	114	+2 laps 4h45m49.4s
4	24	Louis Chiron	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	113	+3 laps 4h45m49.2s
5	8	Tazio Nuvolari	Maserati 6C34	113	+3 laps 4h46m46.4s
6 SHR	30	Gianfranco Comotti	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	113	+3 laps 4h47m27.8s
6 SHR	30	Attilio Marinoni	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	113	+3 laps 4h47m27.8s
7 SHR	20	August Momberger	Auto Union A	112	+4 laps 4h47m27.2s
7 SHR	20	Wilhelm Sebastian	Auto Union A	112	+4 laps 4h47m27.2s
8	26	Whitney Straight	Maserati 8CM	112	+4 laps 4h47m27.6s
DSQ	32	Hans Ruesch	Maserati 8CM	105	+11 laps Outside assistance
9	16	Earl Howe	Bugatti T51	104	+12 laps 4h48m28.6s
Ret SHR	4	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	97	Gearbox
Ret SHR	4	Mario Tadini	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	97	Gearbox
Ret	18	Goffredo Zehender	Maserati 8CM	54	Brakes
Ret	28	Hermann zu Leiningen	Auto Union A	54	Out of fuel
Ret	12	Luigi Fagioli	Mercedes-Benz W25	13	Supercharger
Ret	22	Ernst Henne	Mercedes-Benz W25	2	Overheating/Supercharger?
DNS	6	Antonio Brivio	Bugatti T59	0	Supercharger

Fastest Lap: Hans Stuck (Auto Union A), 2'13.6", on lap 5

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