1936 Monaco Grand Prix

Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E

  1936 Monaco Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 4 in the 1936 European Championship
Date	13 April 1936
Official name	VIII Grand Prix de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.180 km (1.976 mi)
Distance	100 laps, 318.0 km (197.6 mi)
Weather	Heavy rain
Pole position
Driver	Louis Chiron	Mercedes-Benz
Time	1:53.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Hans Stuck	Auto Union
Time	2:07.4
Podium
First	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz
Second	Achille Varzi	Auto Union
Third	Hans Stuck	Auto Union

The 1936 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Circuit de Monaco on 13 April 1936.

Heavy rain contributed to a series of accidents, while a broken oil line on the Alfa Romeo of Mario Tadini led to so many wrecks in the chicane out of the tunnel it was almost impassable.^[1] The Mercedes-Benzes of Louis Chiron, Luigi Fagioli, and Manfred von Brauchitsch, as well as Bernd Rosemeyer's Typ C of newcomer Auto Union, were all eliminated.^[2] Tazio Nuvolari in the Alfa Romeo 8C benefitted from the chaos, only to suffer brake fade, and Rudolf Caracciola, proving the truth of his nickname, Regenmeister (Rainmaster), went on to win for Mercedes. He was followed by Achille Varzi and Hans Stuck, both for Auto Union.^[3]

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Rudolf Caracciola	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W25K	100	3:49:20.4	3	1
2	4	Achille Varzi	Auto Union	Auto Union C	100	+1:48.9	7	2
3	2	Hans Stuck	Auto Union	Auto Union C	99	+1 Lap	4	3
4	24	Tazio Nuvolari	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo 8C-35	99	+1 Lap	2	4
5	26	Antonio Brivio	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo 8C-35	97	+3 Laps	11	4
		Giuseppe Farina						n/a
6	16	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Bugatti	Bugatti T59	97	+3 Laps	8	4
7	22	Raymond Sommer	Private entry	Alfa Romeo Tipo B	94	+6 Laps	14	4
8	38	Pietro Ghersi	Scuderia Torino	Maserati 6C-34	87	+13 Laps	17	4
9	18	William Grover-Williams	Bugatti	Bugatti T59	84	+16 Laps	16	4
DNF	20	Philippe Étancelin	Private entry	Maserati V8-RI	37	Split tank	15	6
DNF	32	Carlo Felice Trossi	Scuderia Torino	Maserati V8-RI	29	Timing pinion	12	6
DNF	6	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Auto Union C	12	Accident	5	7
DNF	12	Luigi Fagioli	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W25K	8	Accident	10	7
DNF	36	Eugenio Siena	Scuderia Torino	Maserati 6C-34	1	Accident	18	7
DNF	10	Louis Chiron	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W25K	1	Accident	1	7
DNF	14	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W25K	1	Accident	9	7
DNF	30	Giuseppe Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo 8C-35	1	Accident	6	7
DNF	28	Mario Tadini	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo 8C-35	1	Oil leak	13	7
DNS	3	Ernst von Delius	Auto Union	Auto Union C		Practice accident		8

Notes

1. Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, pp.1382–1383.
2. Kettlewell, p.1383.
3. Kettlewell, p.1383.

Sources

• Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp. 1381–4. London: Orbis, 1974.

(Monaco Grand Prix was not held in 1935.)