The 1934 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the VI
Grand Prix de Monaco
The Monaco Grand Prix () is a Formula One motor racing event held annually on the Circuit de Monaco, in late May or early June. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the wo ...
) was a
Grand Prix motor race held on 2 April 1934 at
Circuit de Monaco
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in and out of
Monte Carlo
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. The race comprised 100 laps of a 3.180km circuit, for a total race distance of 318.0km.
The Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR) had announced on 12 October 1932 that a new Grand Prix formula will go into effect for the 1934 season, and the 1934 Monaco Grand Prix was the first
Grand Épreuve
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event run under the new regulations. Although one of the new rules required the race distance to be over 500 km, Monaco GP was permitted to be run for 100 laps or 318 km, as the time required to complete 100 laps at the slow Circuit de Monaco was comparable to 500 km at faster tracks such as
Monza
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.
The race was won by
Guy Moll
Guillaume Laurent "Guy" Moll (28 May 1910 – 15 August 1934) was a French motorsport, racing driver.
Moll was the son of a French father and Spanish mother who had emigrated to Algeria, then a French colony. He had only started racing in 1930, ...
, a newly recruited Algerian
[Algeria was a French colony, so Moll had a French nationality] of
Scuderia Ferrari
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, driving an
Alfa Romeo
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Tipo B/P3. In addition to winning the first race after the enrollment to the Ferrari team, Moll (at 23 years and 10 months old) remained the youngest driver to have won a Monaco GP until
Lewis Hamilton
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(at 23 years and 4 months) won in
2008
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Starting grid
Classification
Fastest Lap:
Carlo Felice Trossi
Count Carlo Felice Trossi di Pian Villar (27 April 1908 – 9 May 1949) was an Italian racing driver and auto constructor.
Racing career
During Trossi's career, he raced for three different teams: Mercedes-Benz, Alfa Romeo and, briefly, Mase ...
(
Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3), 2m00s
References
Monaco Grand Prix
Monaco Grand Prix
The Monaco Grand Prix () is a Formula One motor racing event held annually on the Circuit de Monaco, in late May or early June. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the wo ...
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