1928 Grand Prix season

1928 Grand Prix season
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The 1928 Grand Prix season saw the Monegasque driver Louis Chiron take seven Grand Prix victories whilst driving for the Bugatti team.

During the 1928 Italian Grand Prix in Monza a serious accident involving the car of Emilio Materassi: his Talbot crashed at 200 km/h into the grandstand, killing Materassi and 21 other people.

This event brought to evidence the need for better safety measures at the Italian circuit. The following two seasons the Italian Grand Prix wasn't held, while the Monza circuit underwent a complete upgrade.^[1]

Season review

Grandes Épreuves

Date	Name	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
30 May	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Louis Meyer	Miller	Report
9 September	Italian Grand Prix European Grand Prix	Monza	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report

The Indianapolis 500 counted towards the AAA Championship Car title.

Other Grands Prix

Date	Name	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
11 March	Tripoli Grand Prix	Tripoli	Tazio Nuvolari	Bugatti	Report
11 March	Circuit d'Esterel Plage	Saint-Raphaël	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
25 March	Pozzo Circuit	Pozzo	Tazio Nuvolari	Bugatti	Report
1 April	Riviera Circuit	Cannes	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
9 April	Antibes Grand Prix	Garoupe	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
22 April	Alessandria Circuit	Alessandria	Tazio Nuvolari	Bugatti	Report
6 May	Coppa Florio	Madonie	Albert Divo	Bugatti	Report
6 May	Targa Florio	Madonie	Albert Divo	Bugatti	Report
6 May	Algerian Grand Prix	Staouéli	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti	Report
13 May	Messina Cup	Messina	Edwald Probst	Bugatti	Report
16 May	Burgundy Grand Prix	Dijon	Jannine Jennky	Bugatti	Report
20 May	Etna Cup	Catania	Baconin Borzacchini	Maserati	Report
3 June	Tunis Grand Prix	Le Bardo	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti	Report
3 June	Mugello Circuit	Mugello	Emilio Materassi	Talbot	Report
10 June	Picardy Grand Prix	Péronne	Henry Auber	Bugatti	Report
10 June	Thuin Circuit	Thuin	"Delzaert"	Bugatti	Report
12 June	Rome Grand Prix	Tre Fontane	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
24 June	Cremona Circuit	Cremona	Luigi Arcangeli	Talbot	Report
8 July	Grand Prix de la Marne	Reims-Gueux	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
25 July	San Sebastián Grand Prix	Lasarte	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
4 August	Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	Giuseppe Campari	Alfa Romeo	Report
19 August	Coppa Montenero	Montenero	Emilio Materassi	Talbot	Report
23 August	La Baule Grand Prix	La Baule	Pierre Blacque Belair	Bugatti	Report
9 September	Boulogne Grand Prix	Boulogne	Malcolm Campbell	Delage	Report

Grand Prix seasons before the Formula One World Championship

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References

↑ Emilio Materassi, museoauto.it

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 2007-08-07.
Galpin, Darren. "1928 Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
"1928 Official Box Score". Indy500.com. Retrieved 2007-08-07.

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