1931 Grand Prix season

1931 AIACR European Championship European Champion Ferdinando Minoia Previous: none Next: 1932

1931 Grand Prix season Previous: 1930 Next: 1932

The 1931 Grand Prix season was the first AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Ferdinando Minoia, driving for the Alfa Corse team. Minoia won the championship despite not winning a single race during the championship season. Similar to the modern FIA World Endurance Championship, all championship races were endurance events, each lasing ten hours, so most cars utilised more than one driver.

Season review

European Championship Grands Prix

Rd	Date	Name	Circuit	Winning drivers	Winning constructor	Report
1	24 May	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Romeo	Report
				Tazio Nuvolari
2	21 June	French Grand Prix	Montlhéry	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
				Achille Varzi
3	12 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	William Grover-Williams	Bugatti	Report
				Caberto Conelli

Non-championship Grands Prix

Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.

Date	Name	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
29 March	Tunis Grand Prix	Carthage Street Circuit	Achille Varzi	Bugatti	Report
6 April	Circuit d'Esterel Plage	Saint-Raphaël	Philippe Étancelin	Bugatti	Report
19 April	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
26 April	Circuito di Alessandria	Alessandria	Achille Varzi	Bugatti	Report
10 May	Targa Florio	Madonie	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
10 May	Picardy Grand Prix	Péronne	"Ivernel"	Bugatti	Report
17 May	Casablanca Grand Prix	Anfa Circuit	Stanislas Czaykowski	Bugatti	Report
6 June	Irish Grand Prix	Dublin	Norman Black	MG	Report
7 June	Geneva Grand Prix	Meyrin	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti	Report
7 June	Rome Grand Prix	Littorio	Ernesto Maserati	Maserati	Report
7 June	Lviv Grand Prix	Lviv	Hans Stuck	Mercedes-Benz	Report
7 June	Eifelrennen	Nürburgring	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
5 July	Grand Prix de la Marne	Reims-Gueux	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti	Report
5 July	Circuit du Vaucluse	Avignon	Frédéric Toselli	Bugatti	Report
19 July	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
26 July	Dieppe Grand Prix	Dieppe	Philippe Étancelin	Alfa Romeo	Report
2 August	Coppa Ciano	Montenero	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
2 August	Avusrennen	AVUS	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
2 August	Circuit du Dauphiné	Grenoble	Philippe Étancelin	Alfa Romeo	Report
16 August	Grand Prix du Comminges	Saint-Gaudens	Philippe Étancelin	Alfa Romeo	Report
16 August	Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Romeo	Report
6 September	Monza Grand Prix	Monza	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati	Report
13 September	La Baule Grand Prix	La Baule	William Grover-Williams	Bugatti	Report
27 September	Masaryk Grand Prix	Brno	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
27 September	Brignoles Grand Prix	Brignoles	René Dreyfus	Bugatti	Report
17 October	Mountain Championship	Brooklands	Henry Birkin	Maserati	Report

Championship Final Standings

Minoia won the championship on a tie-breaker as he had completed a longer distance in total than Campari.

Pos Driver ITA FRA BEL Pts 1 Ferdinando Minoia 2 6 3 9 2 Giuseppe Campari 1 2 Ret 9 3 Baconin Borzacchini Ret 2 2 11 4 Albert Divo 3 7 Ret 12 = Guy Bouriat 3 7 Ret 12 = Achille Varzi Ret 1 Ret 12 = Louis Chiron Ret 1 Ret 12 8 Tazio Nuvolari Ret 11 2 13 9 Jean-Pierre Wimille 4 Ret 7 14 = Jean Gaupillat 4 Ret 7 14 = William Grover-Williams Ret 1 14 = Caberto Conelli Ret 1 14 13 [1] Boris Ivanowski 5 Ret 5 15 = Henri Stoffel 5 Ret 5 15 = Giovanni Minozzi 11 3 15 16 Henry Birkin 4 4 16 = Jean Pesato 10 6 16 = Pierre Félix 10 6 16 = Brian Lewis 12 4 16 20 Pietro Ghersi 8 8 17 = Robert Sénéchal 9 5 17 22 Goffredo Zehender 6 Ret 18 23 Clemente Biondetti 3 19 = Luigi Parenti 3 19 25 Francesco Pirola 6 20 = Giovanni Lurani 6 20 = Amadeo Ruggeri 7 20 = Renato Balestrero 7 20 = George Eyston 4 20 = René Dreyfus 8 20 = René Ferrant 9 20 = Louis Rigal 9 20 = Earl Howe 12 20 34 Umberto Klinger 8 21 = Roberto di Vecchio Ret 21 = Gerolamo Ferrari Ret 21 = Marcel Lehoux Ret Ret 21 = Philippe Étancelin Ret Ret 21 = Emilio Eminente Ret 21 = Edmond Bourlier Ret 21 = Georges d'Arnoux Ret 21 = Max Fourny Ret 21 = Charles Montier 8 21 =  "Ducolombier" 8 21 = François Montier Ret 21 46 Enzo Grimaldi Ret 22 =  "Borgait" Ret 22 = Luigi Fagioli Ret 22 = Ernesto Maserati Ret 22 = Rudolf Caracciola Ret 22 = Otto Merz Ret 22 52 Alfredo Caniato Ret 23 =  "Tortini" Ret 23 = William "Bummer" Scott Ret 23 =  S. Armstrong-Payne Ret 23 = Jack Dunfee Ret 23 Pos Driver ITA FRA BEL Pts

Colour Result Points Gold Winner 1 Silver 2nd place 2 Bronze 3rd place 3 Green Completed more than 75% 4 Blue Completed between 50% and 75% 5 Purple Completed between 25% and 50% 6 Red Completed less than 25% 7 Black Disqualified 8 Blank Did not participate 8

References

Etzrodt, Hans. "Grand Prix Winners 1895–1949 : Part 2 (1919–1933)". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-04.

Galpin, Darren. "1931 Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. Retrieved 2007-08-04.

1. Ivanowski was a Russian national, but in exile since the Russian Revolution