The 1933 Nice Grand Prix (officially the II Grand Prix de Nice) was a Grand Prix motor race held at Nice on Sunday, 6 August 1933.
Compared to the relatively small 1932 Nice Circuit Race the 1933 race was a serious Grand Prix with almost all the best known drivers of the time in competition. The street course followed the best known roads in the famous holiday resort, up and down the Promenade des Anglaise (with a 1.4 km straight allowing speeds up to 200 km/h to be reached), the Avenue Verdun, around the Place Masséna, Avenue des Phocéens and Quai des Etats Unis. In common with several other Grand Prix in 1933 the grid starting positions were decided according to practice times. Tazio Nuvolari had his third consecutive Grand Prix win.
Classification
Pos 1933 Nice Grand PrixNoDriverCarLapsTime/RetiredGrid 1 2 Tazio Nuvolari Maserati 8CM 95 2:56:17.6 (103.92 km/h) 1 2 14 René Dreyfus Bugatti T51 95 2:57:47.1 9 3 8 Guy Moll Alfa Romeo Monza 94 +1 lap 8 4 16 Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo Monza 93 +2 laps 6 5 10 Marcel Lehoux Bugatti T51 92 +3 laps 5 6 30 Brian Lewis Alfa Romeo Monza 92 +3 laps12 7 32 Pierre Félix Alfa Romeo Monza 91 +4 laps14 8 20 Giuseppe Campari Maserati 4CM 2000 91 +4 laps10 Ret 6 Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Romeo Monza 80 Brake rod 3 Ret 24 Philippe Étancelin Alfa Romeo Monza 55 Brake rod 2 Ret 18 Giovanni Minozzi Maserati 8C 43 11 Ret 28 Goffredo Zehender Maserati 8CM 40 Overheating 15 Ret 12 Earl Howe Bugatti T51 15 Carburetor control 16 Ret 22 Achille Varzi Bugatti T51 15 Brakes 7 Ret 4 Raymond Sommer Alfa Romeo Monza 15 Rocker arm 4 Ret 26 Charles Jellen Alfa Romeo Monza 5 Fuel pipe 13 DNA László Hartmann Bugatti T35B DNA Clemente Biondetti MB Speciale
Notes Exact number of laps completed by retired drivers is not known for certain, values shown above are taken from available sources
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