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1937 San Remo Grand Prix
Race details
Date	25 July 1937
Official name	I Gran Premio di San Remo
Location	San Remo, Liguria, Italy
Course	San Remo
Course length	1.862 km (1.157 miles)
Distance	30 (25-Heat) laps, 55.86 km (34.71 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Achille Varzi	Maserati
Time	1:07.7
Fastest lap
Driver	Achille Varzi	Maserati
Time	1:07.0 on lap 4
Podium
First	Achille Varzi	Maserati
Second	Piero Dusio	Maserati
Third	Giovanni Rocco	Maserati

The first San Remo Grand Prix was a non-championship event, held on July 25, 1937, for 1500 cc Voiturette class Grand Prix cars and ran counter clockwise on a 1.862 km (1.157 m.) street circuit in the town of San Remo, known as the San Remo Circuit (Circuito di San Remo, official name: Circuita Stracittadino di San Remo)

The race was run in three 25 lap heats, the 2 best of each heat qualifying for the 30 lap (55.860 km.) final, which was won in 34'39" min. by Achille Varzi driving a Maserati 4CM, averaging 96.7 km/h.

Heat 1

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	Piero Dusio	Maserati	25	30:29.4	1
2	10	Emilio Villoresi	Maserati	25	+ 1'31.6	3
3	8	Luigi Villa	Bugatti T51	20	+ 5 Laps	4
4	4	Ettore Blanco	Maserati	18	+ 7 Laps	2

Heat 2

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	16	Achille Varzi	Maserati	25	29:06.0	2
2	22	Pasquino Ermini	Maserati	24	+ 1 Lap	4
3	20	Nando Righetti	Maserati	24	+ 1 Lap	5
DNF	18	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	15	Crash Damage	1
DNF	14	Aldo Marazza	Maserati	5	Ignition	3

Heat 3

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	32	Giovanni Rocco	Maserati	25	29'36.0	4
2	26	Giovanni Lurani	Maserati	25	+ 1'55.0	1
DNF	34	Guido Barbieri	Maserati	21	+ 4 Laps (crash)	5
DNF	28	Sergio Carnevalli	MB	21	+ 4 Lap (crash)	2
DNF	30	Luigi Rovere	Maserati	21	+ 4 Laps (supercharger)	3

Final Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	16	Achille Varzi	Maserati	30	34'39.3	1
2	2	Piero Dusio	Maserati	30	+ 46.9	3
3	32	Giovanni Rocco	Maserati	30	+ 51.7	2
4	22	Pasquino Ermini	Maserati	29	+ 1 Lap	4
DNF	26	Giovanni Lurani	Maserati	19	+ 11 Laps	5
DNF	10	Emilio Villoresi	Maserati	28	+ 2 Laps	6

References

1. "The Golden Era - Introduction (§ Voiturette racing)". Leif Snellman. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
2. "1937 San Remo Grand Prix (Race Results)". Leif Snellman. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
3. "1937 San Remo Grand Prix". marinadiospedaletti.it. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
4. "Sergio Carnevalli - Maserati/Bugatti". Leif Snellman. Archived from the original on February 17, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

External links

• San Remo Grand Prix Ospedaletti Circuit blog
• 1937 San Remo Circuit Grand Prix Golden Years
• San Remo Circuits (1937-1951) on Google Maps

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