# 1930 Monza Grand Prix

The 1930 Monza Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on 7 September 1930. There were four 14-lap heats (separated by class), a 7-lap repêchage, and a 35-lap final, which was won by Achille Varzi in a Maserati. His teammates, Luigi Arcangeli and Ernesto Maserati, completed the podium.

## Entries
### 1500 cc to 2000 cc

| No | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine |
| 2 | Raffaelli Toti | Private entry | Maserati | Maserati 26 | 2.0 L8 |
| 4 | Arrigo Sartorio | Private entry | Maserati | Maserati 26B | 1.7 L8 |
| 6 | Antonio Brivio | Scuderia Materassi | Talbot | Talbot 700 | 1.5 L8 |
| 8 | Avattaneo | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T35C | 2.0 L8 |
| 10 | Carlo Pedrazzini | Private entry | Maserati | Maserati 26B | 1.5 L8 |
| 11 | Philippe Étancelin | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T35C | 2.0 L8 |
| 12 | Clemente Biondetti | Scuderia Materassi | Talbot | Talbot 700 | 1.5 L8 |
| 14 | Giovanni Tabacci | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T35C | 2.0 L8 |
| 16 | Heinrich Joachim von Morgen | German Bugatti Team | Bugatti | Bugatti T35C | 2.0 L8 |
| 18 | Max Fourny | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T35C | 2.0 L8 |
| 20 | Giovanni Minozzi | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T35C | 2.0 L8 |

### 2000 cc to 3000 cc

| No | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine |
| 22 | Marcel Lehoux | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T35B | 2.3 L8 |
| 24 | Philippe Étancelin | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T35C | 2.0 L8 |
| 26 | Achille Varzi | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 2.5 L8 |
| 28 | Ernst Günther Burggaller | German Bugatti Team | Bugatti | Bugatti T35B | 2.3 L8 |
| 30 | Luigi Arcangeli | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 2.5 L8 |
| 32 | Tazio Nuvolari | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo P2 | 2.0 L8 |
| 34 | Luigi Fagioli | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | Maserati 26M | 2.5 L8 |
| 36 | Mario Dafarra | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T35B | 2.3 L8 |
| 38 | Ugo Stefanelli | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T35B | 2.3 L8 |
| 40 | Heinrich Joachim von Morgen | German Bugatti Team | Bugatti | Bugatti T35B | 2.3 L8 |
| 42 | Baconin Borzacchini | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo P2 | 2.0 L8 |
| 44 | Heinz Ipse | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T35 | 2.0 L8 |
| 46 | Giuseppe Campari | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo P2 | 2.0 L8 |

### Over 3000 cc

| No | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine |
| 48 | Ernesto Maserati | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | Maserati V4 | 4.0 2x8 |
| 50 | Babe Stapp | Private entry | Duesenberg | Duesenberg A | 4.2 L8 |
| 52 | Rudolf Caracciola | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SSK | 7.1 L6 |
| 54 | Federico Caflisch | Private entry | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz SS | 7.1 L6 |
| 56 | Amedeo Ruggeri | Private entry | Itala | ? | 4.7 L4 |

### Up to 1100 cc

| No | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine |
| 58 | ? | ? | Amilcar | ? | 1.1 |
| 60 | Umberto Klinger | Private entry | Maserati | Maserati 26C | 1.1 L8 |
| 62 | Mario Moradei | Private entry | Salmson | ? | 1.1 |
| 64 | Gerhard Macher | Private entry | DKW | DKW RWD | 1.0 L4 |
| 66 | Luigi Premoli | Private entry | Salmson | ? | 1.1 L8 |
| 68 | ? | ? | Amilcar | ? | 1.1 |
| 70 | Abele Clerici | Private entry | Salmson | ? | 1.1 |
| 72 | Hans Simons | Private entry | DKW | DKW FWD | 1.0 L4 |
| 74 | Albino Pratesi | Private entry | Salmson | ? | 1.1 |
| 76 | Emilio Romano | Private entry | Bugatti | Bugatti T36 | 1.1 L8 |
| 78 | Victor Marret | Private entry | Salmson | ? | 1.1 |
| 80 | Alfiero Maserati | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | Maserati 26C | 1.1 L8 |
| 82 | Aldo Gerardi | Private entry | Amilcar | ? | 1.1 |
| 84 | Ruggiero Bisighin | Filippo Ardizzone | Maserati | Maserati 26C | 1.1 L8 |
| 86 | Luigi Platé | Private entry | Lombard | ? | 1.1 |
| 88 | Emile Dourel | Private entry | Amilcar | Amilcar CO | 1.1 L6 |
| 90 | Martinatti | Private entry | Salmson | ? | 1.1 |
| 92 | Piero Bucci | Private entry | Lombard | ? | 1.1 |
| 94 | Francesco Matrullo | Private entry | Amilcar | ? | 1.1 L6 |
| 96 | Louis Decaroli | Private entry | Salmson | ? | 1.1 |
| 98 | José Scaron | Private entry | Amilcar | Amilcar MCO | 1.1 L6 |
| 100 | Sergio Carnevali | Private entry | Rally | ? | 1.1 |
| 102 | Luciano Uboldi | Private entry | Lombard | ? | 1.1 |
| 104 | Dini | Private entry | Amilcar | ? | 1.1 |
| 106 | Rolly | Private entry | Derby | ? | 1.1 |
| 108 | Ipsale | Private entry | Derby | ? | 1.1 |
| 110 | Ruggiero Bisighin | Private entry | Amilcar | ? | 1.1 |

## Heat 1 (1500 cc to 2000 cc)
### Starting grid

Starting grid — Heat one, 1930 Monza Grand Prix :
| Sartorio Maserati | | | | |
| Sartorio Maserati | Brivio Talbot | | | |
| | Brivio Talbot | Avattaneo Bugatti | | |
| | | Avattaneo Bugatti | Pedrazzini Maserati | |
| | | | Pedrazzini Maserati | Étancelin Bugatti |
| Biondetti Talbot | | | | |
| Biondetti Talbot | Tabacci Bugatti | | | |
| | Tabacci Bugatti | von Morgen Bugatti | | |
| | | von Morgen Bugatti | Fourny Bugatti | |
| | | | Fourny Bugatti | Minozzi Bugatti |

### Classification

| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | 11 | Philippe Étancelin | Bugatti T35C | 14 | 38:30.0 | 5 |
| 2 | 16 | Heinrich Joachim von Morgen | Bugatti T35C | 14 | +2.2 | 8 |
| 3 | 20 | Giovanni Minozzi | Bugatti T35C | 14 | +31.2 | 10 |
| 4 | 10 | Carlo Pedrazzini | Maserati 26B | 14 | +57.2 | 4 |
| 5 | 12 | Clemente Biondetti | Talbot 700 | 14 | +1:47.4 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | Arrigo Sartorio | Maserati 26B | 14 | +2:08.6 | 1 |
| 7 | 18 | Max Fourny | Bugatti T35C | 14 | +2:10.2 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Avattaneo | Bugatti T35C | 14 | +2:16.8 | 3 |
| Ret | 14 | Giovanni Tabacci | Bugatti T35C | 12 | | 7 |
| Ret | 6 | Antonio Brivio | Talbot 700 | 10 | | 2 |
| DNA | 2 | Raffaelli Toti | Maserati 26 | | Did not appear | |
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* Positions 1-4 progressed to the final; positions 5-8 were eligible for the repêchage.

## Heat 2 (2000 cc to 3000 cc)
### Starting grid

Starting grid — Heat two, 1930 Monza Grand Prix :
| Lehoux Bugatti | | | | |
| Lehoux Bugatti | Varzi Maserati | | | |
| | Varzi Maserati | Burggaller Bugatti | | |
| | | Burggaller Bugatti | Arcangeli Maserati | |
| | | | Arcangeli Maserati | Nuvolari Alfa Romeo |
| Fagioli Maserati | | | | |
| Fagioli Maserati | Dafarra Bugatti | | | |
| | Dafarra Bugatti | Stefanelli Bugatti | | |
| | | Stefanelli Bugatti | Borzacchini Alfa Romeo | |
| | | | Borzacchini Alfa Romeo | Campari Alfa Romeo |

### Classification

| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | 30 | Luigi Arcangeli | Maserati 26M | 14 | 36:36.2 | 4 |
| 2 | 42 | Baconin Borzacchini | Alfa Romeo P2 | 14 | +43.4 | 9 |
| 3 | 34 | Luigi Fagioli | Maserati 26M | 14 | +1:03.2 | 6 |
| 4 | 26 | Achille Varzi | Maserati 26M | 14 | +1:29.6 | 2 |
| 5 | 32 | Tazio Nuvolari | Alfa Romeo P2 | 14 | +1:43.2 | 5 |
| 6 | 36 | Mario Dafarra | Bugatti T35B | 14 | +3:33.8 | 7 |
| 7 | 22 | Marcel Lehoux | Bugatti T35B | 14 | +3:42.2 | 1 |
| 8 | 46 | Giuseppe Campari | Alfa Romeo P2 | 14 | +6:02.0 | 10 |
| Ret | 28 | Ernst Günther Burggaller | Bugatti T35B | 1 | Engine | 3 |
| Ret | 38 | Ugo Stefanelli | Bugatti T35B | 0 | | 8 |
| DNA | 44 | Heinz Ipse | Bugatti T35 | | Did not appear | |
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* Philippe Étancelin and Heinrich Joachim von Morgen were entered in this class, but raced in Heat 1 instead;
* Positions 1-4 progressed to the final; positions 5-8 were eligible for the repêchage.

## Heat 3 (over 3000 cc)
### Starting grid

Starting grid — Heat three, 1930 Monza Grand Prix :
| E. Maserati Maserati | | | | |
| E. Maserati Maserati | Stapp Duesenberg | | | |
| | Stapp Duesenberg | Caracciola Mercedes-Benz | | |
| | | Caracciola Mercedes-Benz | Caflisch Mercedes-Benz | |
| | | | Caflisch Mercedes-Benz | Ruggeri Itala |

### Classification

| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | 48 | Ernesto Maserati | Maserati V4 | 14 | 39:25.4 | 1 |
| 2 | 52 | Rudolf Caracciola | Mercedes-Benz SSK | 14 | +24.0 | 3 |
| 3 | 50 | Babe Stapp | Duesenberg A | 14 | +1:40.4 | 2 |
| 4 | 54 | Federico Caflisch | Mercedes-Benz SS | 14 | +3:54.4 | 4 |
| 5 | 56 | Amedeo Ruggeri | Itala | 14 | +4:14.6 | 5 |
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* Positions 1-4 progressed to the final; position 5 was eligible for the repêchage.

## Repêchage
### Starting grid

Starting grid — Repêchage, 1930 Monza Grand Prix :
| Sartorio Maserati | | | | |
| Sartorio Maserati | Lehoux Bugatti | | | |
| | Lehoux Bugatti | Nuvolari Alfa Romeo | | |
| | | Nuvolari Alfa Romeo | Dafarra Bugatti | |
| | | | Dafarra Bugatti | Campari Alfa Romeo |

### Classification

| Pos | No | Driver | Heat | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | 32 | Tazio Nuvolari | 2 | Alfa Romeo P2 | 7 | 20:01.0 | 3 |
| 2 | 46 | Giuseppe Campari | 2 | Alfa Romeo P2 | 7 | +0.4 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | Arrigo Sartorio | 1 | Maserati 26B | 7 | +3.6 | 1 |
| 4 | 36 | Mario Dafarra | 2 | Bugatti T35B | 7 | +2:41.0 | 4 |
| Ret | 22 | Marcel Lehoux | 2 | Bugatti T35B | 3 | Crash | 2 |
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* Positions 1-2 progressed to the final.

## Heat 4 (voiturettes - up to 1100 cc)
### Starting grid

Starting grid — Heat four, 1930 Monza Grand Prix :
| Klinger Maserati | | | | |
| Klinger Maserati | Macher DKW | | | |
| | Macher DKW | Premoli Salmson | | |
| | | Premoli Salmson | Clerici Salmson | |
| | | | Clerici Salmson | Simons DKW |
| Pratesi Salmson | | | | |
| Pratesi Salmson | Romano Bugatti | | | |
| | Romano Bugatti | A. Maserati Maserati | | |
| | | A. Maserati Maserati | Gerardi Amilcar | |
| | | | Gerardi Amilcar | Bisighin Maserati |
| Platé Lombard | | | | |
| Platé Lombard | Dourel Amilcar | | | |
| | Dourel Amilcar | Bucci Lombard | | |
| | | Bucci Lombard | Decaroli Salmson | |
| | | | Decaroli Salmson | Scaron Amilcar |
| Carnevali Rally | | | | |

### Classification

| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | 66 | Luigi Premoli | Salmson | 14 | 43:37.0 | 3 |
| 2 | 98 | José Scaron | Amilcar MCO | 14 | +5.4 | 15 |
| 3 | 60 | Umberto Klinger | Maserati 26C | 14 | +2:17.6 | 1 |
| 4 | 80 | Alfiero Maserati | Maserati 26C | 14 | +2:27.0 | 8 |
| 5 | 88 | Emile Dourel | Amilcar CO | 14 | +2:32.6 | 12 |
| 6 | 70 | Abele Clerici | Salmson | 14 | +4:49.6 | 4 |
| 7 | 86 | Luigi Platé | Lombard | 14 | +5:14.0 | 11 |
| 8 | 72 | Hans Simons | DKW FWD | 14 | +6:26.2 | 5 |
| 9 | 64 | Gerhard Macher | DKW RWD | 14 | +6:41.4 | 2 |
| 10 | 82 | Aldo Gerardi | Amilcar | 14 | +8:30.2 | 9 |
| Ret | 74 | Albino Pratesi | Salmson | 13 | | 6 |
| Ret | 96 | Louis Decaroli | Salmson | 13 | | 14 |
| Ret | 84 | Ruggiero Bisighin | Maserati 26C | 11 | | 10 |
| Ret | 76 | Emilio Romano | Bugatti T36 | 10 | | 7 |
| Ret | 92 | Piero Bucci | Lombard | 3 | | 13 |
| Ret | 100 | Sergio Carnevali | Rally | 3 | | 16 |
| DNA | 58 | ? | Amilcar | | Did not appear | |
| DNA | 62 | Mario Moradei | Salmson | | Did not appear | |
| DNA | 68 | ? | Amilcar | | Did not appear | |
| DNA | 78 | Victor Marret | Salmson | | Did not appear | |
| DNA | 90 | Martinatti | Salmson | | Did not appear | |
| DNA | 94 | Francesco Matrullo | Amilcar | | Did not appear | |
| DNA | 102 | Luciano Uboldi | Lombard | | Did not appear | |
| DNA | 104 | Dini | Amilcar | | Did not appear | |
| DNA | 106 | Rolly | Derby | | Did not appear | |
| DNA | 108 | Ipsale | Derby | | Did not appear | |
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* Positions 1-2 progressed to the final.

## Final
### Starting grid

Starting grid — Final, 1930 Monza Grand Prix :
| Nuvolari Alfa Romeo | | | | |
| Nuvolari Alfa Romeo | Caflisch Mercedes-Benz | | | |
| | Caflisch Mercedes-Benz | Campari Alfa Romeo | | |
| | | Campari Alfa Romeo | Minozzi Bugatti | |
| | | | Minozzi Bugatti | Stapp Duesenberg |
| Caracciola Mercedes-Benz | | | | |
| Caracciola Mercedes-Benz | Varzi Maserati | | | |
| | Varzi Maserati | E. Maserati Maserati | | |
| | | E. Maserati Maserati | Arcangeli Maserati | |
| | | | Arcangeli Maserati | Pedrazzini Maserati |
| | | | von Morgen Bugatti | |
    ^A — Philippe Étancelin (Bugatti), Luigi Fagioli (Maserati), Baconin Borzacchini (Alfa Romeo), and José Scaron (Amilcar) all started from the third row of the grid, but their specific positions are unknown.

### Classification

| Pos | No | Driver | Heat | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | 26 | Achille Varzi | 2 | Maserati 26M | 35 | 1:35:46.2 | 7 |
| 2 | 30 | Luigi Arcangeli | 2 | Maserati 26M | 35 | +0.2 | 9 |
| 3 | 48 | Ernesto Maserati | 3 | Maserati V4 | 35 | +24.2 | 8 |
| 4 | 20 | Giovanni Minozzi | 1 | Bugatti T35C | 35 | +3:37.0 | 4 |
| 5 | 34 | Luigi Fagioli | 2 | Maserati 26M | 35 | +3:37.4 | ? |
| 6 | 11 | Philippe Étancelin | 1 | Bugatti T35C | 35 | +4:03.6 | ? |
| 7 | 52 | Rudolf Caracciola | 3 | Mercedes-Benz SSK | 35 | +7:13.8 | 6 |
| 8 | 50 | Babe Stapp | 3 | Duesenberg A | 34 | +1 lap | 5 |
| 9 | 54 | Federico Caflisch | 3 | Mercedes-Benz SS | 33 | +2 laps | 2 |
| 10 | 98 | José Scaron | 4 | Amilcar MCO | 32 | +3 laps | ? |
| Ret | 10 | Carlo Pedrazzini | 1 | Maserati 26B | 18 | Lost wheel | 10 |
| Ret | 16 | Heinrich Joachim von Morgen | 1 | Bugatti T35C | 10 | Tyres | 14 |
| Ret | 42 | Baconin Borzacchini | 2 | Alfa Romeo P2 | 8 | Tyres | ? |
| Ret | 32 | Tazio Nuvolari | 2 | Alfa Romeo P2 | 7 | Tyres | 1 |
| Ret | 46 | Giuseppe Campari | 2 | Alfa Romeo P2 | 7 | Tyres | 3 |
| DNS | 66 | Luigi Premoli | 4 | Salmson | | Forfeit start | |
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