1933 Tunis Grand Prix

{{Short description|Automobile race in Tunis, Tunisia}}{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type = GP

|Grand Prix = Tunis

|Date = 26 March

|Year = 1933

|Official name = V Grand Prix de Tunisie

|Country = French protectorate of Tunisia

|Location = Carthage Street Circuit
Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia

|Image = Layout of Carthage street circuit used in Tunis Grand Prix (1931-1937).png

|Course = Street circuit

|Course_mi = 7.9

|Course_km = 12.714

|Weather = Initially dry, with thunder and rain later

|Distance_laps = 37

|Distance_mi = 292.3

|Distance_km = 470.4

|Pole_Driver = Frédéric Toselli

|Pole_Team = Bugatti

|Pole_Country = France

|Grid_from_number = True

|Fast_Driver = Tazio Nuvolari

|Fast_Team = Alfa Romeo

|Fast_Time = 5:05

|Fast_Lap = 7

|Fast_Country = Italy

|Fast_flag_suffix = 1861

|First_Driver = Tazio Nuvolari

|First_Team = Alfa Romeo

|First_Country = Italy

|First_flag_suffix = 1861

|Second_Driver = Baconin Borzacchini

|Second_Team = Alfa Romeo

|Second_Country = Italy

|Second_flag_suffix = 1861

|Third_Driver = Goffredo Zehender

|Third_Team = Maserati

|Third_Country = Italy

|Third_flag_suffix = 1861

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp3302.htm#4|title=V GRAND PRIX DE TUNISIE|publisher=kolumbus.fi|accessdate=22 November 2013|archive-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816134552/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp3302.htm#4|url-status=dead}}

Entries

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No

Driver

Entrant

Constructor

Chassis

Engine

2

| {{flagicon|France}} Frédéric Toselli

| Private entry

| Bugatti T51(A)

| 2.3 L8

4

| {{flagicon|France}} Guy Moll

| Private entry

| 2.0 L8

6

| {{flagicon|Hungary|1920}} László Hartmann

| Private entry

| 2.3 L8

8

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Baconin Borzacchini

| Scuderia Ferrari

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 2.3 L8

12

| {{flagicon|France}} Robert Brunet

| Private entry

| 2.3 L8

14

| {{flagicon|Germany|1933}} Paul Pietsch

| Private entry

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 2.3 L8

16

| {{flagicon|Poland}} Stanisłas Czaykowski

| Private entry

| 2.3 L8

18

| {{flagicon|France}} Louis Braillard

| Private entry

| 2.3 L8

20

| {{flagicon|France}} Jean Gaupillat

| Private entry

| 2.3 L8

22

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Luigi Premoli

| Private entry

| PBM

| PBM

| 3.0 L8

24

| {{flagicon|France}} Raymond Sommer

| Private entry

| 3.0 L8

26

| {{flagicon|France}} Benoît Falchetto

| Private entry

| 2.3 L8

28

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Tazio Nuvolari

| Scuderia Ferrari

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 2.6 L8

30

| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Julio Villars

| Equipe Villars-Waldthausen

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 2.3 L8

32

| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Horst von Waldthausen

| Equipe Villars-Waldthausen

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 2.3 L8

34

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Goffredo Zehender

| Private entry

| Maserati 8C 2800

| 2.8 L8

36

| {{flagicon|France}} Philippe Étancelin

| Private entry

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 2.3 L8

38

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Achille Varzi

| Automobiles E. Bugatti

| 2.3 L8

40

| {{flagicon|France}} Marcel Lehoux

| Private entry

| 2.3 L8

42

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Luigi Fagioli

| Officine A. Maserati

| Maserati 8C 3000

| 3.0 L8

44

| {{flagicon|Chile}} Juan Zanelli

| Private entry

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 2.3 L8

?

| {{flagicon|France}} Pierre Veyron

| Automobiles E. Bugatti

| 2.3 L8

?

| {{flagicon

} Louis Joly

| Private entry

| Bugatti/Maserati

| ?

| ?

|-

! ?

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Pietro Ghersi

| Private entry

| ?

| ?

|-

|}

Starting grid

Grid positions were allocated in numerical order.

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colspan=3| Starting grid — 1933 Tunis Grand Prix

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!width=150px|

|rowspan=2 width=150px| {{flagicon|France}} Toselli
Bugatti

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|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|France}} Moll
Bugatti

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}

!rowspan=2|

|- style="height: 25px;"

!rowspan=2|

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

!rowspan=2|

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Borzacchini
Alfa Romeo

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|Chile}} Zanelli
Alfa Romeo

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|France}} Brunet
Bugatti

!rowspan=2|

|- style="height: 25px;"

!rowspan=2|

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

!rowspan=2|

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|Germany|1933}} Pietsch
Alfa Romeo

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|Poland}} Czaykowski
Bugatti

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|France}} Braillard
Bugatti

!rowspan=2|

|- style="height: 25px;"

!rowspan=2|

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

!rowspan=2|

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|France}} Gaupillat
Bugatti

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Premoli
PBM

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|France}} Sommer
Maserati

!rowspan=2|

|- style="height: 25px;"

!rowspan=2|

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

!rowspan=2|

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|France}} Falchetto
Bugatti

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Nuvolari
Alfa Romeo

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Villars
Alfa Romeo

!rowspan=2|

|- style="height: 25px;"

!rowspan=2|

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

!rowspan=2|

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Waldthausen
Alfa Romeo

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Zehender
Maserati

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|France}} Étancelin
Alfa Romeo

!rowspan=2|

|- style="height: 25px;"

!rowspan=2|

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

!rowspan=2|

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Varzi
Bugatti

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|France}} Lehoux
Bugatti

|- align="center" style="height: 25px;"

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Fagioli
Maserati

!rowspan=2|

|- style="height: 25px;"

!

|- style="height: 25px;"

|}

Classification

=Race=

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!Pos

!No

!Driver

!Car

!Laps

!Time/Retired

!Grid

1

| 28

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Tazio Nuvolari

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 37

| 3:29:15.4

| 13

2

| 8

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Baconin Borzacchini

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 37

| +0.2

| 3

3

| 34

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Goffredo Zehender

| Maserati 8C 2800

| 37

| +11:58.0

| 16

4

| 32

| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Horst von Waldthausen

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 37

| +12:01.0

| 15

5

| 26

| {{flagicon|France}} Benoît Falchetto

| Bugatti T35B

| 37

| +12:18.6

| 12

6

| 2

| {{flagicon|France}} Frédéric Toselli

| Bugatti T51(A)

| 37

| +15:54.2

| 1

7

| 14

| {{flagicon|Germany|1933}} Paul Pietsch

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 37

| +17:17.2

| 6

8

| 44

| {{flagicon|Chile}} Juan Zanelli

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 37

| +19:07.2

| 4

9

| 4

| {{flagicon|France}} Guy Moll

| Bugatti T35C

| 36

| Ran out of fuel

| 2

10

| 30

| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Julio Villars

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 36

| +1 lap

| 14

11

| 18

| {{flagicon|France}} Louis Braillard

| Bugatti T35B

| 35

| +2 laps

| 8

Ret

| 36

| {{flagicon|France}} Philippe Étancelin

| Alfa Romeo Monza

| 21

| Rear axle

| 17

Ret

| 20

| {{flagicon|France}} Jean Gaupillat

| Bugatti T51

| 15

| Oil pressure

| 9

Ret

| 12

| {{flagicon|France}} Robert Brunet

| Bugatti T51

| 14

| Oil pressure

| 5

Ret

| 42

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Luigi Fagioli

| Maserati 8C 3000

| 12

| Magneto drive

| 20

Ret

| 38

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Achille Varzi

| Bugatti T51

| 11

| Drive shaft

| 18

Ret

| 22

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Luigi Premoli

| PBM

| 8

| Transmission

| 10

Ret

| 16

| {{flagicon|Poland}} Stanisłas Czaykowski

| Bugatti T51

| 6

| Oil pump drive

| 7

Ret

| 40

| {{flagicon|France}} Marcel Lehoux

| Bugatti T51

| 6

| Piston

| 19

Ret

| 24

| {{flagicon|France}} Raymond Sommer

| Maserati 8CM

| 5

| Magneto drive

| 11

DNS

| 6

| {{flagicon|Hungary|1920}} László Hartmann

| Bugatti T51

|

| Did not start

|

DNA

| ?

| {{flagicon|France}} Pierre Veyron

| Bugatti T51

|

| Did not arrive

|

DNA

| ?

| {{flagicon

} Louis Joly

| Bugatti/Maserati

|

| Did not arrive

|

|-

! DNA

| ?

| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Pietro Ghersi

|

| Did not arrive

|

|-

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{{Grand Prix race report

|Name_of_race = Tunis Grand Prix

|Year_of_race = 1933

|Previous_year's_race = 1932 Tunis Grand Prix

|Next_year's_race = 1935 Tunis Grand Prix

}}

References

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Category:1933 in African sport

Category:Motorsport in Tunisia